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nia, Berkeley. The Wave Carpet operates submerged, allowing

CalWave it to survive stormy seas while causing no visual pollution or posing any collision danger. The WaveCarpet has the advan- (Berkeley, Calif.)

CalWave provides a solution to harness the renewable power tage of being: of ocean waves to produce electricity and freshwater. The 1) Survivable: Due to the fact that the carpet is fully sub- device is a novel Wave Energy Converter (WEC) called the merged, it is able to survive the strong momentum of stormy seas.

WaveCarpet that is simple and scalable. The approach was in- spired by the ability of a muddy sea? oor to effectively absorb 2) Passive: The device poses no visual pollution to the ocean surface and no collision danger to boats and sea life.

over passing ocean waves within only a few wavelengths. The unique converter design uses a synthetic-seabed-carpet that 3) Simple: High, broadband and omnidirectional absorption ef? ciency of ocean waves.

has the ability to extract wave energy the same way. The tech- nology is based on research conducted at the Massachusetts 4) Scalable: The modular design allows the device to scale in width for setting a desired output power capacity.

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