Wave energy is the energy gained from Ocean waves. It is a very clean and renewable source of energy. It is inexpensive to maintain. A long, hinged tube (about the size of 5 railway carriages) bobs up and down in the waves. As the hinges bend they pump hydraulic fluid which drives generators. Once the machines are built they are very inexpensive to maintain. Wave energy is a good alternative because it is very clean and renewable. Most of the world is water giving us a lot of places to create energy. Non-renewable energy will eventually be gone and the world will be need to have an alternative.
How Wave Energy Works
The generators work by using the machine's motion at the joints to move hydraulic pumps connected to generators. For example, consider a long rope stretched across a tub of water. As the water in the tub rolls back and forth, the string bobs up and down. The bobbing with the machine turns an electrically powered generator. There are of course other machines for generating wave energy. Another way it works is the generator includes an air chamber through which air is pushed when waves go into the generator. The moving air moves a turbine which then powers the generator.
Wave energy is the energy gained from Ocean waves. It is a very clean and renewable source of energy. It is inexpensive to maintain. A long, hinged tube (about the size of 5 railway carriages) bobs up and down in the waves. As the hinges bend they pump hydraulic fluid which drives generators. Once the machines are built they are very inexpensive to maintain. Wave energy is a good alternative because it is very clean and renewable. Most of the world is water giving us a lot of places to create energy. Non-renewable energy will eventually be gone and the world will be need to have an alternative.
How Wave Energy Works
The generators work by using the machine's motion at the joints to move hydraulic pumps connected to generators. For example, consider a long rope stretched across a tub of water. As the water in the tub rolls back and forth, the string bobs up and down. The bobbing with the machine turns an electrically powered generator. There are of course other machines for generating wave energy. Another way it works is the generator includes an air chamber through which air is pushed when waves go into the generator. The moving air moves a turbine which then powers the generator.