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Eco Wave Power turns wave power into electricity
发布时间：2016-12-29 22:04 作者：admin 次数：次
29.12.2016 11:00 AM
Inna Braverman co-founded the Tel Aviv startup that extracts power from the sea's ebb and flow
Inna Braverman co-founded the Tel Aviv startup that extracts power from the sea's ebb and flow
Inna Braverman is capturing the ocean's untapped energy. Her Tel Aviv-based firm Eco Wave Power makes floats that attach to coastal infrastructure to harvest wave power and convert it into electricity. In May 2016, the company launched a commercial grid-connected plant: eight units attached to a jetty in Gibraltar. Next is a 50-megawatt project in China - "which for wave energy is huge," says Braverman, 30.
Eco Wave Power's floats are attached to quays and jetties via flexible arms. As ocean swells move in, the floats' rising and sinking motion creates intense pressure that's harnessed by hydraulic cylinders and transmitted via subsea cables to land, where it spins a generator to create electricity. Wave power creates energy more efficiently than solar or wind, explains Braverman (pictured), who co-founded the company in 2011 with David Leb, who serves as its CEO. "Because the density of water is greater than air, you can produce much more electricity with smaller, cheaper devices."
Eco Wave Power's floats are attached to quays and jetties via flexible arms. As ocean swells move in, the floats' rising and sinking motion creates intense pressure that's harnessed by hydraulic cylinders and transmitted via subsea cables to land, where it spins a generator to create electricity. Wave power creates energy more efficiently than solar or wind, explains Braverman (pictured), who co-founded the company in 2011 with David Leb, who serves as its CEO. "Because the density of water is greater than air, you can produce much more electricity with smaller, cheaper devices."
