Eastern and south-eastern coasts of Africa have currents that put them among the world’s top potential locations for ocean energy production, according to a study by Florida Atlantic University.
Global energy demand continues to rise. According to data from the International Energy Agency, last year global energy demand rose by 2.2% – considerably faster than the average annual demand increase of 1.3% between 2013 and 2023.
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University have published a study looking at the potential of using ocean currents to meet our growing energy demand.
“Marine energy is much more predictable and reliable than many other forms of renewable energy because unlike sun and wind, which regularly do not produce electricity, ocean currents never stop moving around the planet,” said Mahsan Sadoughipour, the study’s first author from the department of ocean and mechanical engineering at Florida Atlantic University.
However, while marine current energy or tidal stream energy holds...