The United States is in the middle of a transition period
away from nonrenewable sources of energy. In order to secure a strong renewable
energy economy, a wide diversity of energy sources is a must. One source that
has come into recent media attention within the clean energy marketplace is
hydropower – specifically, wave energy.
Wave energy is clean energy. It’s
sustainable and lucrative and provides a way to produce mass amounts of energy
when the technology interacts with ocean waves. The energy that it can yield
depends on wave height, speed, length and density. While solar and wind energy have
become the mainstream clean energy go-to, thus dropping in price, less can be
said about wave energy. However, unlike solar or wind energy, which can
potentially become stagnate at certain times throughout the day, wave energy is
constant. Ocean waves seemingly never come to a halt. This is what makes it a
very interesting sector to increase investments in, and what the recent
bipartisan amendment hopes to illustrate.
