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Egypt

“Capturing football fields” of power – Offshore Wind-Wave Energy Farms in Japan and California

Juan Cole 08/03/2013

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For the real-world project, look to Japan:

“The world’s first hybrid power generation system is due to be installed off the coast of western Japan later this year. The offshore facility is designed to draw power from the wind and waves.”

Here’s the video on the Japan Wind-Wave facility:

And, for the theoretical basis for why this approach is so potentially powerful, here “Eric Stoutenburg of Stanford University discusses his dissertation findings on the synergy that one gets when one combines offshore wind and wave energy farms.” Stoutenberg is very clear and very enlightening.

Combining Offshore Wind and Wave Energy Farms to Facilitate Grid Integration of Variable Renewables :

Filed Under: Egypt, Energy

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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