| 摘要 |
<p>A method of generating power from renewable energy, the method comprising the steps: locating a vessel offshore in waves or a tidal stream; using the energy in the waves or a tidal stream to generate heat; storing the heat in a heat store on the vessel; transporting the heat store to an onshore facility; using the heat to generate power onshore. Embodiments of the invention do not require a cable to be run from an offshore device to the onshore station and so may be used at more remote locations where the wave energy is greater. Moreover since the vessel may be directed to the most energetic waves, the vessels of the present invention operate in the most optimum conditions whereas, known fixed devices extract much less, on average, because of localised vagaries in weather and wave conditions. In preferred embodiments the energy extracted from the waves is stored as heat and in especially preferred embodiments the energy is converted directly to heat, obviating the inefficient step of conversion to electricity at source.</p> |
