Comments on: WAVE ENERGY: Aquabuoy 2.0 Wave Power Generator

By: Ktoe kato

Ktoe kato — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:45:18 +0000

Hi I’m involved in a alternative micro power project on the coast of Bali and I’m searching for a system to harness the wave power which is constant and reliable. would any of you experts be able to advise me of a package that would be most suitable either 50m offshore or preferably to be incorporated into the seawall similar to the Islay power generator in scotland which harnesses the power through to blowhole.I would appreciate any opinions\ advice on this matter, thank you Dylan

By: Ktoe kato

Ktoe kato — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:36:36 +0000

I’m involved in a small alternative power project in Bali and I’m searching for a micro wave generation package that could used, maybe similar to the Islay wave system or any other devices that could be used either close to the shore or incorporated as part of the sea wall, harnessing the air power through a blow hole. I would appreciate any advice or links to suitable sites, thanks Dylan

By: isfc99

isfc99 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:18:46 +0000

I\’m also excited on wave power…:)

By: Bryce

Bryce — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:04:47 +0000

I’m very excited about wave power. Some of the devices I’ve read about so far seem to be very complicated Rube Goldberg affairs, but I’d love to see some of these being applied.

By: Nick Simpson

Nick Simpson — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:01:46 +0000

Hmmm, maybe a little harsh Moom… I take your point, maybe even agree, but these articles are on a blog, they can’t be heavily researched or it’d end up as a full time job. The occasional throw-away comment will always crop up, just roll with it…

By: kent beuchert

kent beuchert — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:35:09 +0000

Any reewable energy geenrator that cannot produce dispatchable power is doomed – wind, photovoltaic ,
and wave. Only the Seadog wave machine can geenrate power using hydroelectric technology and has
an ultra simple, ultra cheap design that can produce power to compete with the imminent advent of solar thermal, which will make totally obsolete wind and photovoltaic solar technogies and also nondispatchable wave.

By: Moom

Moom — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:38:39 +0000

“If more companies were trying to generate electricity from the energy of waves, we might have more renewable energy options to choose from.”

WHAT?! Sorry, I can’t let that go. One click on the Wikipedia page for ‘wave power’ would have thrown up 33 companies trialing (or already offering) different wave-generation schemes – and that’s only the ones whose technologies are described! Are there 33 different designs for nuclear or coal power stations? No. Diversity is not the problem here, and nor is the lack of people trying.

Just one more minute of research before you wade in with the throwaway comments, please!