A Bid to Harness the Power of Waves

Thomas Patterson for The New York Times

A Bid to Harness the Power of Waves

By KIRK JOHNSON 7:13 PM ET

Energy development groups will be watching closely when the first commercially licensed grid-connected wave-energy device in the nation is launched in October. 

Wave power is the transport of energy by ocean surface waves, and the capture of that energy to do useful work – for example, electricity generation, water desalination, or the pumping of water (into reservoirs). Machinery able to exploit wave power is generally known as a wave energy converter (WEC).
Wave power is distinct from the diurnal flux of tidal power and the steady gyre of ocean currents. Wave-power generation is not currently a widely employed commercial technology, although there have been attempts to use it since at least 1890.^[1] In 2008, the first experimental wave farm was opened in Portugal, at the Aguçadoura Wave Park.^[2]

波力

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波力（はりょく）とは、波を利用した力のことである。この言葉は、主に海面の波と、その波のエネルギーを利用する発電（波力発電）、その他波を利用した作用を利用する場合に用いられる。
波力は、波の性質と、作用する物質の形状によって計算される。

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