Watch 9.3: Oceans

Wave and tidal energy potential is estimated at more than seven times current global energy usage. In California, an inventor is testing a device to utilize this untapped resource. Watch his story on 9.3.

The potential energy available from wave and tidal movement is estimated at more than seven times current global energy use. This episode of 9.3 features an inventor at California Polytechnic State University who is testing a device to utilize this untapped resource.

Phil Kithil is founder and CEO of Atmocean, Inc. opens in a new tab in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and inventor of the Wave Energy Sequestration Technology (WEST) device being tested at California Polytechnic State University. WEST simultaneously stimulates plankton growth, the foundation of the ocean’s food chain.

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