device/year
Proponent
Country
Capture method
Commercial application of Point absorber
AquaBuOY/2003
Finavera Wind Energy
Ireland/Canada/
Buoy
SSE Renewable Ltd.
Scotland
CETO wave power/1999
Carnegie
Australia
Buoy
FlanSea/2010
FlanSea
Belgium
Buoy
Lysekil Project/2002
Uppsala University
Sweden
Buoy
Oceanlinx/1997
Oceanlinx
Australia
Buoy
OE buoy/2006
Ocean Energy
Ireland
Buoy
PowerBuoy/1997
Ocean Power
United States
Buoy
Technologies
SDE Sea Waves Power
SDE Energy Ltd.
Israel
Buoy
Plant/2010
SeaRaser/2008
Alvin Smith
United Kingdom
Buoy
(Dartmouth Wave
Energy)/Electricity
Unnamed Ocean Wave
SRI International
United States
Buoy
Powered
Generator/2004
Wavebob/1999
Wavebob
Ireland
Buoy
Wave Star/2000
Wave Star A/S
Denmark
Multipoint Absorber
Commercial application of attenuator
Anaconda Wave Energy
Checkmate Sea Energy
United Kingdom
Surface following
Converter/2008
attenuator
AWS-III/2010
AWS Ocean Energy
United Kingdom
Surface following
(Scotland)
attenuator
Pelamis Wave Energy
Pelamis Wave Power
United Kingdom
Surface following
Converter/1998
(Scotland)
attenuator
R38/50 kW, R115/150
40 South Energy
United Kingdom
Underwater attenuator
kW/2010
Commercial applications of Oscillating Water Column
Islay LIMPET/1991
Islay LIMPET
Scotland
Oscillating water column
Oyster Wave Energy
Aquamarine Power
United Kingdom,
Oscillating wave surge
Converter/2005
Scotland, Irish
converter
Wave Roller/1994
AW-Energy Oy
Finland
Oscillating wave surge
converter
Cycloidal Wave Energy
Atargis Energy Corp.
United States
Fully submerged wave
Converter/2006
termination device
Commercial application of Overtopping device
Wave Dragon/2003
ErikFrils-Madsen
Denmark
Overtopping device
Source: “Wave power,” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2013.
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