Recently, the industry has been shaking with announcements of new interesting technologies and Archimedes Waveswing is one of them. Affordable electricity thanks to hydro generation is coming soon!
Affordable energy sources in the most inaccessible places
Operators of marinas or single berths are often faced with the problem of lack of electricity and its delivery to hard-to-reach places. Alas, it often happens that even after the installation of power lines, such lines are not a reliable source of energy.

The Scottish company AWS Ocean Energy from Inverness intends to radically change the situation. Perhaps it is thanks to the company's new technology that a reliable source of electricity will also appear in the most remote marinas and anchorages.
As planned, the force of the waves will be used to solve the problem. The new generator will use the wave to generate electricity and, by and large, will have an inexhaustible source of energy.

For owners of marinas and marinas, this means solving one of the main problems of remote regions. For yachtsmen and travelers, such generators will provide an opportunity to explore the farthest corners of the planet without fear of wasting the entire battery supply.
Learn more about Archimedes Waveswing
Archimedes Waveswing will be attached to the seabed. The device, thanks to the built-in technologies and the gyroscope, is very sensitive to any fluctuations in the water. Thanks to an internal converter, the Archimedes Waveswing will capture hydrodynamic energy and convert it into AC current.

The device has already passed the first tests. Testing was carried out at the European Marine Energy Center in Orkney. According to the company, the results are more than encouraging. The device was able to sustainably generate an average of 10 kW of power. Sometimes peak output reached 80 kW. According to the European Center for Marine Energy, the results exceeded those predicted for 20%.
Archimedes Waveswing is expected to reach its commercial potential soon. Until that time, the company plans to increase the output power to 500 kW. For comparison, a small private household consumes from 25 to 45 kW of electricity per day.
The future of the project
AWS Ocean Energy CEO Simon Gray says Waveswing's first customers are likely to be large industrial companies and firms. The device will be used to supply industrial facilities such as floating power plants, offshore platforms and drilling rigs. According to Simon, such potential customers are unlikely to be intimidated by the impressive dimensions and weight of the device.

The Waveswing prototype is 7 meters high, 4 meters in diameter, and weighs about 50 tons. This puts the device on a par with the largest equipment and complicates its installation and operation. At the same time, Simon assures that over time they will be able to reduce the dimensions of the Waveswing. Right now it's just a working prototype.
Again, we all remember the first computers - several floors of huge electronic computers. Now, the smartphone you're probably reading this on is more powerful than any computer from the 1950s. We look forward to the moment when devices like Waveswing can provide us with electricity even in the most remote parts of the planet.

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21.12.2022
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