wave energy
Sep 27 2008, Sameer Kumar

EcoFactor: The world’s first wave power plant is up and floating off the coast of Portugal and has a capability of producing 2.25 MW of clean energy.

Unlike solar and wind power, wave energy is still largely uncharted territory for us. But all...

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