We’ll explain the difference between wind-generated waves, swells, and tides, and how factors like wind speed, duration, and the distance it travels, known as fetch, ...

How Waves Could Quietly Overtake Solar & Wind. The ocean carries more energy than the roughly 30,000 TWh of electricity ...

And a perfect wave doesn’t just happen. Beneath the magic and beauty lie the physics in action. Its perfection is born from a ...

The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) says swells are "wind-generated waves that have traveled out of their generating area" and can create unpredictable, rough waters.

NEWPORT, Ore. — At a moment when large offshore wind projects are encountering public resistance, a nascent ocean industry is showing promise: wave energy. It’s coming to life in Newport, a ...

With offshore wind power nearly dead in the water, New Jersey wants to study the power-generation potential of ocean waves in an effort that could center on the Steel Pier.

In 2021, the global wind industry added 93.6 gigawatts of new capacity, according to a recent report from the Global Wind Energy Council. This brings the total installed wind capacity to 837 GW, which ...