A system for maintaining buoyant, energy-capture devices in general relative position in water in the presence of surface waves allows heeling of the energy capture devices while preventing collision. The system includes a grid of structural members that resists compression while permitting limited relative surface displacement between the first and second energy-capture devices. The structural members may be partially compressible and provide a restoring force, and they may allow heeling. Electricity from wave energy capture devices is combined in a way that smoothes variations inherent in wave action. Electricity from wind energy capture devices is combined with energy from wave energy capture devices for transmission to shore.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY USING GRID OF WIND AND WATER ENERGY CAPTURE DEVICES
11.01.2018
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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