sustainable energy can be produced from the sea using wave energy buoys. These buoys or wave-energy converters ride up and down with each passing swell generating electricity 24 hours day as they are not dependent on the sun that is only more or less directly overhead eight hours a day, or the wind which has a tendency to diminish as the sun sets. The most recent designs consist of two main components, a thick coil of copper wire, which is anchored to the seafloor. The second component is a magnet attached to a float that moves up and down with the waves. Sustainable energy is created when the magnet bobs up and down, along the stationary coil of copper wire.
24 December 2009
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