On its own, wave energy could satisfy up to 34% of the United States’ electricity needs. Combined, the three renewable resources could provide the grid with reliable power both day and night and year-round. When the sun sets and winds slow, waves keep moving at a steady pace through all four seasons. Wave energy is also a good complement to other renewable energy resources. “Wave power is regarded as the largest unused renewable resource and the third-largest technical feasible resource,” said Lehmann, who co-founded California-based CalWave in 2014.
The launch edges the technology closer to providing grid-connected electricity for coastal communities worldwide. In September 2021, one of those designs-CalWave’s xWave-got a step closer with the company’s (and California’s) first at-sea, long-duration wave energy pilot project. Several architectural designs are currently vying for commercial success. But the marine energy industry-which develops technology that creates electricity from ocean waves, currents, and tides-is in an earlier stage of development. Through decades of development, the solar power and wind energy industries have homed in on the most cost-effective and efficient designs to transform these energy sources into electricity.
Today, as the CEO of CalWave Power Technologies, Inc., Lehmann and his team build machines to capture a different, newer renewable energy source: the energy of ocean waves. After hearing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change urgently call for more renewable energy, the young engineer decided to dedicate his career to thwarting climate change with new renewable energy solutions. In high school, Marcus Lehmann built a solar-powered race car.
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