• Question: will the machine that is water powered give us electricity and help it be cheap to pay bills

    Asked by 374enea52 to Ray on 9 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Ray Alcorn

      Ray Alcorn answered on 9 Nov 2014:

      Yes wave and tidal energy devices will give electricity. We are also working on other systems which desalinate sea water and produce drinking water from the wave or tidal energy. About cheap electricity it’s not that simple. Although you don’t have to pay for the resource, the waves or tides.. The machines are expensive and need maintained so the electricity is not free. The best idea is to use many different renewable sources which will reduce our need for conventional generators and this in the long term will give us cheaper more stable electricity. DID you know that in Ireland we import 90% of all our energy.. And we have lots of wave and tidal and wind energy.

Comments