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Wave Farm Powers 1500 Homes in Portugal

New Wave Farm in Portugal is Powering 1500 HomesAgucadoura is the new name in power in Portugal. But it’s not the name of a new leader, it’s the name of the world’s first wave farm.

Generating power now for up 1,500 homes in Portugal, the wave farm has tremendous potential as a significant source of energy for the planet.

The elongated metal contraptions bob up and down with the waves, while internal pistons, attached to the sea floor, remain stationary and pump hydraulic fluid. This drives electric generators, whose power is brought ashore by underwater electrical cables. The wave farm is now tapping into enough constant, renewable energy to power 1500 homes.

This article goes on to state that if we laid these wave farms out all over the world we could generate twice the world’s energy usage. That may not be practical, but it shows the capability of wave-generated energy to power the world. Set up on a smaller scale, wave farms could supplement traditional energy sources.

And you thought waves were just for surfing.

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