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CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS

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How far have we gone in 30+ yrs Some milestones:<br />

1974 - Salter & the duck<br />

1976 – Masuda<br />

& Kaimei<br />

1975- …The early theoreticians<br />

1985-91<br />

The early OWCs<br />

Early 1980s<br />

Point absorbers<br />

in Scandinavia<br />

1975-82 - The<br />

British Program<br />

Goal: 2 GW plant<br />

1991: EU<br />

backs up<br />

wave energy<br />

1996<br />

EURATLAS<br />

1999-2000<br />

OWCs in<br />

Europe<br />

Since 2004<br />

The “new”<br />

offshore devices

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