{"Page SDG":["SDG07 Affordable and clean energy"],"Page URL":["https://www.appropedia.org/Wave_energy"],"Page description":["Wave energy is energy captured from the motion of waves either on the surface or by the pressure changes below the surface. Ocean waves contain tremendous energy potential. Devices either floating on the surface of the ocean or anchored on the bottom capture this energy. Wave energy technologies can be installed in three separate areas, each with their own environmental impacts: nearshore, offshore and far offshore. Typically, energy units are given in gigawatts (GW) or killawatt-hours (kWh), but wave and tidal energy is often given in terawatt-hours/year (TWh/yr). Wave energy is still a relatively new technology with projects underway across the world. There are a variety of applications for the wave energy devices each having their own benefits and impacts."],"Page image":["File:Waves of Luputhana 09.jpg"],"Page keywords":["Energy production","Ocean wave energy harvesting"],"Page language":["en"],"Page license":["CC-BY-SA-3.0"],"Page title":["Wave energy"],"Page views":[417],"Page year":["Thursday, 01-Jan-09 00:00:00 UTC"],"Modification date":["Friday, 28-Nov-25 12:24:02 UTC"]}