The information contained in this section of the Wave Energy Network is aimed at students and the general public who wish to gather information regarding Wave Energy. It contains less technical extracts from this Wave Energy Network web site. We encourage feedback from students and schools and would welcome submissions of projects / reports / etc. which you have prepared on Wave Energy. We hope to create links to documents which will act as a resource to others.

The European Commission has prepared an electronic brochure titled "Wave Energy Utilization in Europe". This is a pdf file and is 3.8Mb in size.

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Additional Information

Wave Energy Potential

History of Wave Energy

European Policies for Wave Energy


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