List of wave power stations

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This page lists most power stations that run on wave power. However, there are not many operational at present, as wave energy is still a nascent technology. A longer list of proposed and prototype wave power devices is given at List of wave power projects.

Wave farms are classified into eight types based on the technology used: surface-following attenuator, point absorber, oscillating wave surge converter, oscillating water column, overtopping/terminator, submerged pressure differential, bulge wave device, and rotating mass.

Wave farms

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! Station !! Country !! Location !! Capacity (MW) !! Type !! {{Tooltip|Operation|Year of commissioning}}

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Ada Foah Wave Farm{{cite web |title=Ghana Project |url=https://www.seabased.com/ghana |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430102601/https://www.seabased.com/ghana |archive-date=30 April 2019 |access-date=30 April 2019 |website=Seabased}}{{flag|Ghana}}0.4Point absorber2016

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Agucadoura Wave Farm (Pelamis).{{Citation |title=Aguçadoura Wave Farm |date=2005-05-19 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4563077.stm |publisher=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609090050/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4563077.stm |access-date=2010-03-21 |archive-date=2009-06-09 |url-status=live}}{{Citation |last=Jha |first=Alok |title=Aguçadoura Wave Farm |date=2008-09-25 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/sep/25/greentech.alternativeenergy |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926025830/http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/25/greentech.alternativeenergy |location=London |access-date=2010-03-21 |archive-date=2008-09-26 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Pelamis Sinks Portugal Wave Power |url=http://cleantech.com/news/4276/pelamis-sinks-portugal-wave-power-p |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321113455/http://www.cleantech.com/news/4276/pelamis-sinks-portugal-wave-power-p |archive-date=2009-03-21 |access-date=September 2, 2010 |publisher=cleantech.com}}{{cite web |title=Pelamis Wave Power Jettisons Its CEO, Rough Waters Ahead? |url=http://www.greentechmedia.com/green-light/post/pelamis-wave-power-jettisons-its-ceo-rough-waters-ahead |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003125522/http://www.greentechmedia.com/green-light/post/pelamis-wave-power-jettisons-its-ceo-rough-waters-ahead |archive-date=2009-10-03 |access-date=September 2, 2010 |publisher=greentechmedia.com}}

| {{flag|Portugal}}

{{Coord|41|25|57|N|08|50|33|W|name=Aguçadoura Wave Farm}}2.25Surface-following attenuatorJuly 2008-November 2008

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Azura{{cite web |title=Innovative Wave Power Device Starts Producing Clean Power in Hawaii |url=https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/innovative-wave-power-device-starts-producing-clean-power-hawaii |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531220837/https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/innovative-wave-power-device-starts-producing-clean-power-hawaii |archive-date=2017-05-31 |access-date=2017-06-25 |work=Energy.gov}}{{flagu|United States}}0.02Point absorber2015

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BOLT Lifesaver{{cite web |title=Bolt Wave Power |url=http://www.boltwavepower.com/wave |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103093822/http://www.boltwavepower.com/wave |archive-date=2017-01-03 |access-date=2017-01-02}}{{flagu|United States}}0.03Point absorber2016

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CETO{{cite web |title=Renewable Power from the Ocean's Waves |url=http://www.ceto.com.au/home.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101204352/http://www.ceto.com.au/home.php |archive-date=January 1, 2011 |access-date=November 9, 2010 |publisher=CETO Wave Power}}{{cite news |author=Keith Orchison |date=October 7, 2010 |title=Wave of the future needs investment |work=The Australian |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/climate-change/climate-change/story-fn5oikwf-1225935586957 |url-status=live |access-date=November 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106144137/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/climate-change/climate-change/story-fn5oikwf-1225935586957 |archive-date=November 6, 2010}}{{cite web |date=February 18, 2015 |title=WA wave energy project turned on to power naval base at Garden Island |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-18/wa-wave-energy-project-turned-on-to-power-naval-base/6141254 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220213351/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-18/wa-wave-energy-project-turned-on-to-power-naval-base/6141254 |archive-date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2015 |work=ABC News Online |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}{{cite web |last=Downing |first=Louise |date=February 19, 2015 |title=Carnegie Connects First Wave Power Machine to Grid in Australia |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-18/carnegie-connects-first-wave-power-machine-to-grid-in-australia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221082151/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-18/carnegie-connects-first-wave-power-machine-to-grid-in-australia |archive-date=February 21, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2015 |work=BloombergBusiness |publisher=Bloomberg}}

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|Western Australia

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|2015

|Two submerged buoys anchored to the seabed generate energy through hydraulic pressure.

Gibraltar Wave Farm

|{{Flag|Gibraltar}}

|Gibraltar

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|Surface attenuator

|2016

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Islay Limpet{{Citation |title=Islay Limpet |url=http://www.wavegen.co.uk/pdf/LIMPET%20publishable%20report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220031301/http://www.wavegen.co.uk/pdf/LIMPET%20publishable%20report.pdf |access-date=2010-03-21 |archive-date=2011-02-20 |url-status=usurped}}{{Citation |title=Commercial development of wave power research |url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/WelcometoSustainableDevelopmentatQueens/filestore/Filetoupload,129151,en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185100/http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/WelcometoSustainableDevelopmentatQueens/filestore/Filetoupload,129151,en.pdf |access-date=2010-03-21 |archive-date=2011-06-12 |url-status=dead}}{{flagu|United Kingdom}}{{Coord|55|41|24|N|06|31|15|W|name=Islay Limpet}}0.5Oscillating water column2000–2012

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Mutriku Breakwater Wave Plant{{Cite web |title=First breakwater wave plant built in Mutriku |url=http://www.voithhydro.com/media/HyPower16_S.53.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318064133/http://www.voithhydro.com/media/HyPower16_S.53.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-18 |access-date=2011-06-07}}{{Cite web |title=Mutriku Wave Power Plant: from the thinking out to the reality |url=http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~shs/Wave%20Energy/EWTEC%202009/EWTEC%202009%20(D)/papers/214.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324185706/http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~shs/Wave%20Energy/EWTEC%202009/EWTEC%202009%20%28D%29/papers/214.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-24 |access-date=2011-06-07}}{{Cite web |title=Mutriku wave project under construction in Spain |url=http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/357759/articles/hydro-review-worldwide/volume-16/issue-4/departments/new-hydro.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313102425/http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/357759/articles/hydro-review-worldwide/volume-16/issue-4/departments/new-hydro.html |archive-date=2012-03-13 |access-date=2011-06-07}}{{flagu|Spain}}{{coord|43|18|26|N|2|23|6|W|region:ES_type:city}}0.3 (296 kW from 16 turbines and 16 OWCs.{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.eve.eus/EVE/media/EVE/pdf/Mutriku-2016.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915061053/http://eve.eus/EVE/media/EVE/pdf/Mutriku-2016.pdf |archive-date=2017-09-15 |access-date=2017-05-29}})

| Oscillating water column

2011–date

|Lifetime generation of over 3 GWh by the end of 2023.{{Cite report |url=https://www.ocean-energy-systems.org/publications/oes-annual-reports/document/oes-annual-report-2023/ |title=Annual Report: An Overview of Ocean Energy Activities in 2023 |last=IEA-OES |date=2024-02-29 |page=23}}

Ocean RusEnergy{{Cite web |last=rebeccavandenberge |date=2013-04-22 |title=Russian Company Develops Mobile Wave Energy Generator |url=https://www.offshorewind.biz/2013/04/22/russian-company-develops-mobile-wave-energy-generator/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Offshore Wind }}

|{{flagu|Russia}}

|Yekaterinburg

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|Small-scale

|2013

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Pico Wave Power Plant{{cite web |title=Pico Power Plant |url=http://www.pico-owc.net/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430100500/http://www.pico-owc.net/ |archive-date=30 April 2019 |access-date=30 April 2019}}{{flag|Portugal}}0.4Oscillating water column2010

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Runde Demo Site{{cite web |title=Norge har fått sitt første bølgekraftverk som leverer strøm til kraftnettet |url=https://www.tu.no/artikler/norge-har-fatt-sitt-forste-bolgekraftverk-som-leverer-strom-til-kraftnettet-slik-virker-det/395569 |access-date=12 August 2022}}{{flag|Norway}}0.1Oscillating water column2017

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SDE Sea Waves Power Plant{{Cite web |title=Israel's First Wave Power Plant Completed In Jaffa |url=http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/2010/08/israels-first-wave-power-plant.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708060418/http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/2010/08/israels-first-wave-power-plant.html |archive-date=2011-07-08 |access-date=2010-09-02}}{{flag|Israel}}{{Coord|32|05|59|N|34|46|24|E|name=SDE Sea Waves Power Plant}}0.04Oscillating wave surge converter2009

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SINN Power wave energy converter{{Cite web |date=2015-12-16 |title=Wave energy module successfully installed on Crete for the first time |url=http://www.sinnpower.com/single-post/2015/12/16/Wave-energy-module-successfully-installed-on-Crete-for-the-first-time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103093858/http://www.sinnpower.com/single-post/2015/12/16/Wave-energy-module-successfully-installed-on-Crete-for-the-first-time |archive-date=2017-01-03 |access-date=2017-01-02 |website=www.sinnpower.com}}{{Flag|Greece}}{{Coord|35.352161|25.156061}}0.02Point absorber2015

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Sotenäs Wave Power Station{{cite web |title=Sotenäs Project |url=https://www.seabased.com/sotenaes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430072256/https://www.seabased.com/sotenaes |archive-date=30 April 2019 |access-date=30 April 2019 |website=Seabased}}{{flag|Sweden}}{{Coord|58|22|45|N|11|08|57|E|name=Sotenäs Wave Power Station}}3Point absorber2015

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