Ocean energy holds vast potential to diversify the renewable energy mix, improving predictability of energy and smoothing grid production. Centipod creates the technology capable of realizing this potential.
The technical resource potential for generation from wave resources is estimated to range between 898–1,229 TWh/year. Developing just a small fraction of this resource could allow for millions of American homes to be powered with clean, reliable wave energy
Wave power is much more predictable than wind power – and it increases during the winter, when electricity demand is at its highest.
Wave and tidal stream energy has the potential to meet up to 20% of the UK’s current electricity demand, representing a 30-to-50 gigawatt (GW) installed capacity.
