Making a Wave Energy Converter Part 5: Building the Buoy
Once the design for the wave energy converter had been finalized, the team decided to start with building the buoy.
Ocean Wave
Making a Wave Energy Converter Part 3: The Design, Before the Final Design
After investigative research, our team had broken down the wave energy converter (WEC) into five major subsystems: buoy, hydraulics, electronics, spar, and heave plate.
Making a Wave Energy Converter Part 2: Stuck in a Design Loop
It had been four years since I first learned about renewable ocean power technology. I now had a team, funding, and the beginnings of a plan to build a wave energy converter (WEC) using off-the-shelf parts so that others could take our plans and improve them. Even before the project ever started, I had countless designs all worked out in my head.
Making an Ocean Wave Energy Converter
This is part one of a 10-part series about the trials and tribulations of building a wave energy converter. Throughout the project, our mission has always been to promote the idea of ocean energy and share our designs with the maker community.
