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MazdaMatt · 09-26-2008, 09:12 AM

To whoever wrote that wave gen is a pipe dream, I believe last summer a full scale wave generation plant was opened for operation in... New Zealand? I may be wrong about where, but it is up and running. Waves have incredible power, generated by the moon's gravity... that's big stuff. Can't run the whole world on it, i'm sure, but it is a viable addition to a system.

edit, it was portugal and it was 2008. They have 3 units producing 2.25MW and will be installing 28 more units in 2009 targetting 525MW. I don't know how many people are sustained by a MW, but I imagine it is significant. ZERO pollution. Hopefully they aren't a maintenance nightmare.

09-26-2008, 09:12 AM	#33 (permalink)
MazdaMatt Master EcoModder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 1,096 2k2Prot5 - '02 Mazda Protege5 90 day: 33.82 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	To whoever wrote that wave gen is a pipe dream, I believe last summer a full scale wave generation plant was opened for operation in... New Zealand? I may be wrong about where, but it is up and running. Waves have incredible power, generated by the moon's gravity... that's big stuff. Can't run the whole world on it, i'm sure, but it is a viable addition to a system. edit, it was portugal and it was 2008. They have 3 units producing 2.25MW and will be installing 28 more units in 2009 targetting 525MW. I don't know how many people are sustained by a MW, but I imagine it is significant. ZERO pollution. Hopefully they aren't a maintenance nightmare. Last edited by MazdaMatt; 09-26-2008 at 09:28 AM..