This innovative installation may hold one of the keys to accelerating a transition away from fossil fuels that scientists say is necessary if the world is to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
Looking a little like piano keys, the floaters rise and fall with each wave.
When the pressure is released, it spins a turbine that generates electrical current.
Supporters of the technology say wave energy is an endlessly renewable and always reliable source of power.
And there is a lot of it.
The waves off the American West Coast could theoretically power 130 million homes -- or supply around a third of the electricity used every year in the United States, according to the US Department of Energy.
The history of the sector is full of company shipwrecks and projects sunk by the brutality of the high seas. Developing devices robust enough to withstand the fury of the waves, while transmitting electricity via underwater cables to the shore, has proven to be an impossible task so far.
With her retractable dock-mounted device, the entrepreneur believes she has found the answer.
The design appeals to Krish Thiagarajan Sharman, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
“So having a device close to shore, where you can walk on a breakwater and then inspect the device, makes a lot of sense.”
“This eight-mile breakwater, that’s not a common thing. It’s a rare opportunity, a rare location where such a long wavefront is available for producing power,“ he said.
Braverman's Eco Wave Power is already thinking ahead, having identified dozens more sites in the United States that could be suitable for similar projects.
In Israel, up to 100 homes in the port of Jaffa have been powered by waves since December.
Braverman dreams of 20-megawatt projects, a critical capacity needed to offer electricity at rates that can compete with wind power.
“There’s zero environmental impact. We connect to existent man-made structures, which already disturb the environment.”
“The amount of energy that we’re consuming is only increasing with the age of AI and data centers,“ said Jenny Krusoe, founder of AltaSea, an organization that helped fund the project.
“So the faster we can move this technology and have it down the coastline, the better for California.” - AFP
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