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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…

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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

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57 Comments

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. John Butler

    July 2, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    Fantastic for coastal communities that have a need for clean water

  7. Just Having Fun

    July 2, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    Harnessing wave power is next-gen energy sourcing. I wish them luck!

  8. 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

  9. lovebaja

    July 2, 2023 at 2:20 pm

    That’s interesting. And it won’t “compete with fossil fuels.” Thank you.

  10. 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?

  11. 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

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. Marlene Clough

    July 2, 2023 at 4:13 pm

    This is great as there are waves always all the time

  15. 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….

  16. 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.

  17. H. C. Turk

    July 2, 2023 at 5:27 pm

    Love your shirt!

  18. 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 🚢

  19. 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..

  20. Đorđe Milićević

    July 2, 2023 at 7:11 pm

    Ridiculous

  21. estonianman

    July 2, 2023 at 7:29 pm

    I guarantee you this will not compete with fossil fuels in energy density

  22. John Pleli

    July 2, 2023 at 8:49 pm

    Just don’t feel the excitement here for this project.

  23. doug sproston

    July 2, 2023 at 9:18 pm

    Damn if this isn’t the best thing sense sliced bread.

  24. QuietStormX

    July 3, 2023 at 12:00 am

    Cool….. ;-D

  25. kevin007515

    July 3, 2023 at 1:12 am

    what happens if a shark bites off a part?

  26. djayjp

    July 3, 2023 at 1:49 am

    $/Wh is all that matters.

  27. Darth Vader

    July 3, 2023 at 2:31 am

    Elon should have bought them instead of a social media platform

  28. Charlie

    July 3, 2023 at 6:23 am

    I am surprised they use hydraulic and not electric motors at each lever. Very cool technology.

  29. Candi Soda

    July 3, 2023 at 7:42 am

    Does it come with a usb c port though?

  30. 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.

  31. 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.

  32. 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.

  33. 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.

  34. OneAdam12Adam

    July 3, 2023 at 3:05 pm

    Great progress!

  35. Adobe Wall

    July 3, 2023 at 4:43 pm

    California costal commission will love this lol

  36. Jose Arreguin

    July 3, 2023 at 4:43 pm

    These can be used to power offshore oil rigs

  37. Some Guy

    July 3, 2023 at 6:05 pm

    These things never produce and real amount of energy

  38. 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

  39. 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.

  40. Flivver j

    July 3, 2023 at 7:49 pm

    if it can do it for cheap then by all means

  41. Prem

    July 3, 2023 at 11:01 pm

    Everything is fine but what about tsunami waves.

  42. Vikhnesh AR

    July 3, 2023 at 11:03 pm

    Harley nailed the pricing at 2.3 lack
    But the HP is 30 not 40

  43. kidly

    July 3, 2023 at 11:52 pm

    How much gw engry generate

  44. Tazante Flight

    July 4, 2023 at 12:24 am

    It just pressurizes water, so I dont see how it can desalinize, or produce hydrogen.

  45. Alexander Lavin

    July 4, 2023 at 6:35 am

    Too bad there’s no neighborhoods on the ocean

  46. 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

  47. Terence Iutzi

    July 4, 2023 at 9:13 am

    How many millions of tons of Co2 will the pressure fluctuations dump int the atmosphere?

  48. Captain Amazing

    July 4, 2023 at 9:42 am

    Might as well put solar panels on the flat areas too

  49. chumark54 Chu

    July 4, 2023 at 9:45 am

    👍👍👍

  50. LE HS

    July 4, 2023 at 10:53 am

    Those yellow floaters are a perfect platform for solar panels.

  51. Roman Villapando

    July 4, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    Let’s go California look at this thing!

  52. Sea Wench

    July 4, 2023 at 3:07 pm

    Bloody Epic, Good Luck

  53. KLR-Zoomie

    July 4, 2023 at 3:40 pm

    Nifty and gimmicky gadget…too bad so very limited.

  54. Terminator C

    July 4, 2023 at 3:47 pm

    Did these people design the Titanic tourist submarine?

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