Based on the activity of the human heart, the company CorPower Ocean created the HiWave system that can absorb five times more wave energy than previous designs.
How HiWave wave energy converter works. Video : CorPower Ocean
French energy company TotalEnergies is teaming up with Swiss company CorPower Ocean to harness wave energy, a renewable energy solution. The joint project will develop a technology that is being piloted in the Aguçadoura region of northern Portugal, Interesting Engineering reported on December 11.
Like wind, ocean waves are a recurring phenomenon that has the potential to be harnessed as an energy source. CorPower Ocean’s HiWave wave energy converter (WEC) design is one step closer to becoming a reality. Founded in 2012, the company has perfected the WEC through development and is preparing for commercialization.
CorPower Ocean’s WEC design was the brainchild of Stig Lundbäck, a physician with multiple patents. In this design, the motion of the waves is converted into rotational motion by a gearbox in the energy converter. The rotational motion can then be used to drive a generator to produce electricity. Over the course of a decade since 2012, the company has refined the design through increasingly rigorous development phases, and deployed the version from development phase 4 in Aguçadoura in August this year.
In the months that followed, the Portuguese coast experienced several storms with waves up to 13 m high, testing its operational readiness. More recently, the device passed its most severe test with waves up to 18 m high, and its performance was measured from Stockholm in these weather conditions.
In partnership with TotalEnergies, CorPower Ocean will conduct a further pilot program in which three WECs will be connected to form a system called CorPack. CorPack also includes an anchor system, interconnecting cables, and energy collectors, making it a complete solution that can be commercialized and scaled up.
An Khang (According to Interesting Engineering )
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