Sunday 17 December 2006

Don't put wave machines out at sea - use them for harbour walls

Wave machines have had limited success because out in the open sea storm wave forces are huge. Harbour walls are costly to maintain so why not use wave machine to make an outer harbour and calm the wave forces. I realise that they would generate slightly less power than out in the open sea but they would still generate electricity for the port community.

The same could be done on the East coast using wave machines to calm down the wave forces and generate some electricity at the same time. This would have the double impact of reducing the rate of erosion of the East Coast of the UK.

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