# Electricity From Waves

**URL:** https://community.clark.com/t/electricity-from-waves/5819
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 26, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/electricity-from-waves/5819 "2024-07-26T17:45:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Lavarock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/lavarock/32/119_2.png) [@Lavarock](https://community.clark.com/u/Lavarock)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/electricity-from-waves/5819/1 "2024-07-26T17:45:53Z")

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Awaiting production connection.

> **[Revolutionary grid-scale wave energy generator deployed in Hawaii](https://newatlas.com/energy/revolutionary-wave-turbine-hooked-hawaii-energy/)**
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> Ocean Energy has deployed its 826-tonne wave energy converter buoy OE-35 at the US Navy's Wave Energy Test Site off the coast of the island of Oahu ahead of it being hooked up to Hawaii's electricity grid.

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### Author: ![H200h](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@H200h](https://community.clark.com/u/H200h)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/electricity-from-waves/5819/2 "2024-07-26T18:05:58Z")

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Don’t let the extension cord get kinked! 🙂

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### Author: ![Lavarock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/lavarock/32/119_2.png) [@Lavarock](https://community.clark.com/u/Lavarock)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/electricity-from-waves/5819/3 "2024-07-26T18:46:17Z")

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There have been proposals to link each island together to create a state grid, but it probably won’t happen. This guy does a great job explaining the issues.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/clark/original/2X/6/6809bf21c19688197fed562b581e2b4e24354648.jpeg "How the Hawaiian Power Grid Works") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbECmVdyWlQ)
