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SOLUTION Nr. 2

BIOWAVE & BIOSTREAM are you ready to transform marine currents into electric currents?

A part of the solution to the challenge of diversifying the energy mix and to the increasing number of states committing to clean energy may lie in the development of renewable marine energy. The swell, waves, tides and wind of the seas and oceans that cover 70% of the surface of the planet have an enormous potential.

Australian company BPS is harnessing this potential by conceiving two innovations inspired by marine fauna and flora: BioWAVE and BioSTREAM. Both of the mechanisms work like dynamos. They capture the marine energy, which is sent to an O-Drive module that equalises it and converts it into hydraulic pressure and then alternating current, using a turbine. The energy is then conveyed to the onshore point of use or the electricity grid.