When the wind blows over the sea, its energy is transferred into the water and moves across the planet in the form of waves.

An innovative set of technologies, known as wave energy converters (WECs), can capture this movement of ocean and sea waves to generate electricity, with energy output depending on wave speed, height, frequency and water density.

With a staggering global resource, wave energy has the potential to be the largest source of energy from our seas. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) puts the potential annual global production at 29,500 TWh – almost ten times Europe’s annual electricity consumption of 3,000 TWh.

Wave energy offers utility-scale power production and works very well in tandem with other renewables such as wind. Not only this, but wave energy is clean, infinite and home-grown, so it is a crucial part of securing the energy supply and achieving our climate goals.