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By: Pranavee Mohanakanthan, Divij Batish,
Sidhi Lakhanpal & Mosu Patel
What is wave energy?
Wave power is the transport of energy by ocean surface waves, and the capture of
that energy to do useful work for example, electricity generation, water
desalination, or the pumping of water.

1.

Where in Scotland is wave energy

used/produced?

In Scotland wave energy is produced in Orkney Islands. The other islands in

Scotland are Shetland, Isles of Bute, Outer Hebrides and Inner Hebrides.
Although Orkney islands is the only place where wave energy is produced.

2. The cost of installing and maintaining a

wave collector is expensive compared other
energies.
Wave energy collectors and generators are VERY expensive to be installed. In
Scotland the collectors cost over 4 billion which is $6,251,202.67 Canadian.

3. Which countries uses wave energy

There are quite a few countries who use wave energy here are a handful of them.
Scotland, Denmark, Ireland, Australia, USA, Belgium, Sweden, Israel, Finland, most
of the United Kingdom and many more.

4. Who discovered wave energy?

Edward Mills Purcell and Felix Bloch first discovered wave energy.

5. Wave energy is NOT available where we

live.
Alot of time people mistaken that wave energy can be produced in Canada ,
although that is incorrect. Wave energy can only be produced by OCEAN waves.
Bodies of water such as the Niagara Falls or the great lakes. We need to have
access to larger amounts of water like from the ocean which is not frozen.

6. Wave energy does not harm the

environment when being harnessed.
Wave energy is eco- friendly, although there are a few malfunctions in the systems
which happen EXTREMELY rarely so it is safe for the marine life.

7. How many homes can wave energy supply

per year?
Annually in Scotland there is an approximate 1,200 homes being supplied with
energy.

8. Wave energy machines change the habitat

of near-shore creatures like..
Starfish, crabs, especially and other sea animals. but it does NOT change their
vital needs, making it safe for the animals so their is no harm done.

9. Is it rare that when wave energy is being

harnessed there can be a toxic spill?
Yes, it is very rare for there to be toxic spills in the ocean caused by the wave
energy generators. Although is the generators are not well maintained it may lead
to malfunction to the system and create a toxic spill.

10. Wave energy can produce a large amount

of waves in a SHORT period of time.
Ocean waves are a constant energy source there are always waves and there will
always be waves created by wind. Since the wind is always blowing waves are always
being created. Since wind and wave energy are hand in hand. Waves are created
through the use of wind and wind is made through the use of the sun.

11. What type of collectors are used to

generate wave energy?
There are a few different types of wave energy collectors. The most common being
water snakees, there are also salter duck wave energy collectors.

12. Tidal and wave energy is the same.

Tidal energy is is a form of hydropower that converts the energy from tides into
useful forms of power, mainly electricity. Therefore tidal energy is different from
wave energy. The similarity they both have is the use of water.

13. Wave energy and Hydroelectricity is not

the same.
Hydroelectricity is the production of electrical power through the use of flowing
water, so it is not the same as wave energy. The similarity both energy types have
in common is the fact they both use water.

14. As clean as wave energy is, it still creates

hazards for some of the CREATURES near it.
To some sea creatures habitat change may affect them more than other creatures
who are marine inhabitants.

15. When Girard and his son used waves

energy for the first time what year was it?
The year that Girard and his son tested out wave energy, was in 1799.

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