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The Wave Power Tech Competing with Fossil Fuels
The Waveline Magnet floats on the surface of the water and can be used for desalination, hydrogen fuel production, and electricity generation. 0:00 – Intro 0:21 – Competing with Fossil Fuels 1:17 – How it Works 2:52 – Outcomes Subscribe to CNET: Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser extension 👉 Follow us on…
Ryan Denziloe
July 2, 2023 at 12:05 pm
0:56 “We are not a company that sits in an office and looks at numbers and produces reports and publications and says that this is what our technology does.”
In other words this is not a viable, scalable source of electricity. It sounds like a scam.
Kongolox
July 2, 2023 at 12:14 pm
about 4.6 MW/H, not bad! altho it is not “power station level of production” .
U need min 100 MW/H to compete, most generate in gigawatts per hour
Keith Barnett
July 2, 2023 at 12:24 pm
I think it’s going to fail. How long is it going to last in that harsh environment? You’d need a lot of them.
snoopaka
July 2, 2023 at 12:40 pm
Very cool! I wish them all the luck in the world. Hope you guys do a follow-up video when their first commercial unit goes live.
Eric Stolworthy
July 2, 2023 at 1:03 pm
Cool idea. I wonder how it will do once seals and sea lions jump on top.
Powerhouse
July 2, 2023 at 4:50 pm
Sea Lions are not every where Pal.
John Butler
July 2, 2023 at 1:10 pm
Fantastic for coastal communities that have a need for clean water
Just Having Fun
July 2, 2023 at 1:10 pm
Harnessing wave power is next-gen energy sourcing. I wish them luck!
Bryan Escober
July 2, 2023 at 2:04 pm
I wonder if this thing could work in a lake with extremely high salt content like the Salton sea if it could help clean up that mess
lovebaja
July 2, 2023 at 2:20 pm
That’s interesting. And it won’t “compete with fossil fuels.” Thank you.
avicohen2k
July 2, 2023 at 2:32 pm
How exactly does it work?
How does it store or transmits the energy?
How does is desalinate?
How does it survive harsh weather? How durable is it?
The Home Cinema Engineer
July 2, 2023 at 3:18 pm
we NEED MORE TECH LIKE THIS!
ENOUGH with the carbon generating energy sources and damn fossil fuels
Richard White
July 2, 2023 at 3:23 pm
I have concerns about the long term use of this system. The longer it sits in the ocean, the more seaweed and animal life will attach to it, adding weight and reducing movement of the panels, thus reducing output and increasing maintenance over time. How is it tethered to keep it from following currents yet still allowing it to move with changing flows? How well does it hold up to storms, with their larger and less consistent wave heights? The most effective solutions are usually simple ones, not those with hundreds of moving parts that need to be lubricated, maintained, and replaced. An interesting concept, but I suspect it is not a very practical one, and not one that would scale up well.
Emmanuel K
July 2, 2023 at 3:46 pm
I’d argue that this tech is what fossil fuels can do. The materials used to make this required tons of fossil fuels to make. Net energy guys.
Marlene Clough
July 2, 2023 at 4:13 pm
This is great as there are waves always all the time
Abdulaziz Abdullah
July 2, 2023 at 4:35 pm
we want to compete with fossil fuel. While depending on fossil fuel to build our technology….
Jade The Marksman wolf
July 2, 2023 at 4:59 pm
Cool. another scam company to compete with the only energy step forward. Wake up people. Nuclear energy is the only option.
H. C. Turk
July 2, 2023 at 5:27 pm
Love your shirt!
Powerhouse
July 2, 2023 at 5:29 pm
We can definitely use this in Puerto Rico🇵🇷… the Electric Plants here are near the coast. Of course they are old…
This is more for a reformed renewable Solar Energy plant development. THIS can still generate power at NIGHT and stored it in batteries while Solar Panels take a break. I would assume Hawaii could use them as well and Water Base station ports for Cruise 🚢
Graeme Johnson
July 2, 2023 at 6:39 pm
I Giggle about crap like this.
7 years ago a company built a similar thing of the East Coast of Australia, at Wollongong..
After 3 years they sent it to the recycling bin..
Due to storms, higher waves than expected. It fell apart, and maintenance went over the roof.. and you need co2 blurting boats to maintain it. Another Con..
Đorđe Milićević
July 2, 2023 at 7:11 pm
Ridiculous
estonianman
July 2, 2023 at 7:29 pm
I guarantee you this will not compete with fossil fuels in energy density
John Pleli
July 2, 2023 at 8:49 pm
Just don’t feel the excitement here for this project.
doug sproston
July 2, 2023 at 9:18 pm
Damn if this isn’t the best thing sense sliced bread.
QuietStormX
July 3, 2023 at 12:00 am
Cool….. ;-D
kevin007515
July 3, 2023 at 1:12 am
what happens if a shark bites off a part?
djayjp
July 3, 2023 at 1:49 am
$/Wh is all that matters.
Darth Vader
July 3, 2023 at 2:31 am
Elon should have bought them instead of a social media platform
Charlie
July 3, 2023 at 6:23 am
I am surprised they use hydraulic and not electric motors at each lever. Very cool technology.
Candi Soda
July 3, 2023 at 7:42 am
Does it come with a usb c port though?
You Tube
July 3, 2023 at 8:24 am
We have a huge nuclear reactor in the sky that gives out the entire the world’s energy needs every day for free, find better ways of harnessing & storing it & make every home on the planet energy self-sufficient.
VENTANA ESTUDIO CREATIVO
July 3, 2023 at 8:58 am
Pretty cool! The only thing that worries me is what happens when a hurricane hits or bad storm? We have seen huge boats and a lot of infrastructure get destroyed very easily by harsh weather, and the sea is just so unpredictable. How do you guarantee the investment?
Joop Tablet
July 4, 2023 at 9:15 am
Also wear and tear over longer time periods, algae buildup as well as other marine life interactions, difficulty to repair on location, and probably myriad other issues. I do like the creativity of it though. I hope my concerns will be proven unfounded in time.
Jim Thunda
July 3, 2023 at 10:47 am
I designed something similar but more efficient twenty years ago.
I was told it would never get any interest.
TrueHorizon
July 3, 2023 at 2:03 pm
This could also be useful in restoring the reflectivity of the ocean as polar ice caps continue to melt. The yellow, or could possibly be made white, reflects more sunlight than the dark ocean, which absorbs more heat. If done at scale, it could serve this purpose as well as generating electricity.
OneAdam12Adam
July 3, 2023 at 3:05 pm
Great progress!
Adobe Wall
July 3, 2023 at 4:43 pm
California costal commission will love this lol
Jose Arreguin
July 3, 2023 at 4:43 pm
These can be used to power offshore oil rigs
Some Guy
July 3, 2023 at 6:05 pm
These things never produce and real amount of energy
alhypo
July 3, 2023 at 6:42 pm
I’m curious how desalination works. Is the desalination driven directly by the water pressure generated? Or is it powering motors? I used to work on reverse osmosis machines which require very high water pressure to function. Can that thing really put out that kind of pressure?
P H
July 4, 2023 at 1:00 am
Yes
blipco5
July 3, 2023 at 6:56 pm
The main problem here is that the wealthiest people live along the shoreline and they won’t want to look at these things. Therefore they won’t be built. Sad but true.
Flivver j
July 3, 2023 at 7:49 pm
if it can do it for cheap then by all means
Prem
July 3, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Everything is fine but what about tsunami waves.
Vikhnesh AR
July 3, 2023 at 11:03 pm
Harley nailed the pricing at 2.3 lack
But the HP is 30 not 40
kidly
July 3, 2023 at 11:52 pm
How much gw engry generate
Tazante Flight
July 4, 2023 at 12:24 am
It just pressurizes water, so I dont see how it can desalinize, or produce hydrogen.
Alexander Lavin
July 4, 2023 at 6:35 am
Too bad there’s no neighborhoods on the ocean
Peter Gaskell
July 4, 2023 at 6:50 am
Great 👍 In view of increasing likelihood of draught from climate change, if it can be used for desalination, so much the better
Terence Iutzi
July 4, 2023 at 9:13 am
How many millions of tons of Co2 will the pressure fluctuations dump int the atmosphere?
Captain Amazing
July 4, 2023 at 9:42 am
Might as well put solar panels on the flat areas too
chumark54 Chu
July 4, 2023 at 9:45 am
👍👍👍
LE HS
July 4, 2023 at 10:53 am
Those yellow floaters are a perfect platform for solar panels.
Roman Villapando
July 4, 2023 at 1:10 pm
Let’s go California look at this thing!
Sea Wench
July 4, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Bloody Epic, Good Luck
KLR-Zoomie
July 4, 2023 at 3:40 pm
Nifty and gimmicky gadget…too bad so very limited.
Terminator C
July 4, 2023 at 3:47 pm
Did these people design the Titanic tourist submarine?