Marine energy

Abstract

Marine Energy Highlights  PROCESS AND TECHNOLOGY STATUS – Ocean energy encompasses a number of very different technologies that exploit a diverse range of marine energy sources including:  Wind-driven waves;  Tidal ranges (tidal barrage);  Tidal stream (marine currents);  Marine salinity gradients; and  Thermal gradients between warm surface water and deep (> 1000 m) cold water (also called ocean thermal energy conversion, OTEC)