Wave energy technology could generate electricity from ocean waves, clothing, cars and buildings

Image caption: A newly patented technology domain could build large, flexible structures from individual energy converters to create more cost-effective, highly efficient tools for generating clean energy from the ocean (and beyond). Image credit: Besiki Kazaishvili, NREL. Article by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Tech Xplore – September 23, 2022.

Imagine this: Clothing that charges your smart watch as you walk, buildings that vibrate in the wind and power your lights, a road that extracts energy from the friction created by moving cars, and flexible structures that change shape in ocean waves to generate clean electricity for communities around the world. […]

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