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Ocean energy

Will this startup be the first to successfully scale up ocean power?

Many companies have failed to harness the sea’s energy. Eco Wave Power thinks its shore-mounted tech, which it just installed at a wharf in LA, can buck the trend.

By Julian Spector  . 

Blue steel structures sit in the water at a wharf with a warehouse on it
Eco Wave Power's 100-kilowatt system in LA uses seven steel "floaters" that bob with the waves, building up hydraulic pressure that is then converted into electric power. (Arturo Garcia-Ayala, Eco Wave Power)

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