While the ocean energy sector is still in its early stages of development, a new report from the Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides an analysis of 10 emerging technologies for generating energy from ocean tides and waves.
The European Commission admits it is almost a science-fiction fantasy to imagine the energy needs of our cities and houses being met by the oceans’ permanent ebb and flow. And yet, it states, such ideas are being studied with a view to possible commercial success.