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Mobile WebSiteWind and solar energy are an effective alternative to fossil fuels, and in the field of renewable energy, some novel ideas are becoming reality.
Do not know why, the Berlin Jun with the power of this matter on the bar, probably because the good news is too much.
An Australian company, Wave Swell Energy, is developing a new device to convert the mechanical energy of waves into electricity.
In layman's terms, it is "wave power generation".
With the entry into force of the Paris Agreement in November last year, nearly 200 countries pledged to maintain global warming at the pre-industrial level by 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.
The core of this program is how to use traditional energy more efficiently and explore and use renewable energy.
For example, last year was "solar power" the hottest year, including solar power, including renewable energy development has exceeded the coal.
说回这个海浪发电。Wave Swell 的结构是在海上装置一个的混凝土柱，将中心海浪排除，导致空气通过水面上方的进气口吸入以驱动涡轮机。
所以它利用的其实是海浪的运动，并不是海浪形成的海风。
该装置本身尺寸为 20 米× 20 米，高 18 米，海面上有 8 米的突出。
这套系统本质上是一个人造气孔，就像在水面下方开放的洞穴，顶部保持密封。
当海浪经过结构时，水将流入洞穴并向内流入，取代了上面的空气并通过一系列阀门排出。然后当波浪下降时，阀门关闭。
然后在室内产生部分真空，吸入空气来驱动涡轮机，那就是发电。
Wave Swell Energy will be experimented with King Island waters between Tasmania and the Australian continent.
The island population of less than 2,000 people, is the perfect place for renewable energy test. In 2015, the island's renewable energy has been 100% growth.
Like any renewable energy, waves are intermittent, but when it is combined with King Island's already established solar and wind power infrastructure, the efficiency of renewable energy generation will be greatly improved.
The device will be operational in 2018.
Hawaii, which is an island, expensive but rich in waves, is another goal for the company.
However, the same attempt also occurred in Hawaii. Last year, the US Navy conducted a wave power generation test in Hawaii.
Engineers placed two huge buoys on the coast of Hawaii, powering off the waves and transmitting electricity to the military base through submarine cables, which is the first time that the wave power generation program has produced electricity in the United States.
According to scientists, the energy generated by the ocean movement can meet a quarter of the US energy needs, significantly reducing the country's dependence on oil, natural gas and coal energy.
But now, the wave power generation technology is far behind the wind and solar power technology, there are still many technical problems waiting to be resolved.
For example, these buoys must be able to withstand strong storms, the continuous impact of the ocean and the corrosion of seawater.
At the same time, one or two buoy devices may be invisible to the public, but in order to expand the scale of production, in the vicinity of the coast to set a large number of buoys and devices will cause harm to the environment is also unknown.
In fact, the wave power generation and offshore wind power have some technical commonality, the future should be able to consider the combination of technological innovation.
