Can We Turn Ocean Waves into Energy?

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

California is aiming to be powered 100% by clean energy by 2045, but there’s still a long way to go. With 840 miles of coastline, could California turn to the ocean as a potential source of power? Reporter Holly J. McDede explores past and present attempts to harness the power of waves, and whether this technology may finally be about to crest. Additional Reading: California Needs Renewable Energy. Could We Harness the Power of the Ocean? Read a transcript of the episode Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Holly J. McDede. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Amanda Font, Christopher Beale and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Attila Pelit and Holly Kernan.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:03.0	Hello everybody, I'm Olivia Allen Price, and this is Bay Curious.
0:08.0	I want to start today's episode at the ocean.
0:13.0	My gosh, whenever I look at the waves, I can't help but marvel at their power, the sheer amount of energy they have. These waves have been on the mind of a Bay curious
0:28.1	listener. My name is Alex Kwok. I've lived in the Bay Area for most of my whole life. Spent a lot of time in Fremont, grew up there.
0:37.7	Alex is generally a curious person. Random questions pop into his mind all the time.
0:43.0	Every time I hear about the state going through another rolling power
0:46.0	outage or PG&E cutting power,
0:48.0	that usually sparks some sort of thinking on my part.
0:52.0	When it comes to green energy, he's... some sort of thinking on my part.
0:52.8	When it comes to green energy,
0:54.6	he's seen a lot of solar and wind energy projects
0:57.8	here in California.
0:59.1	But they have drawbacks.
1:00.5	The wind doesn't always blow,
1:02.4	and the sun does set every day actually but the ocean
1:06.7	the ocean's always there the tides are always going in and out right today on Bay Curious we are going to explore the potential for harnessing the ocean for energy.
1:17.0	It's a largely untapped frontier, for a few sensible reasons, actually, but the tide may be turning.
1:23.4	I'm Olivia Ellen Price.
1:25.0	We'll explain more after the break. Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, still family-owned, operated and argued over.
1:40.0	Explore their brews wherever fine beverages are sold,
1:43.2	and taste how trailblazing runs in the family.
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