Cuba Harvests Clean Energy From the Sea

Buoys that generate electricity from wave motion could reduce the country's diesel dependence.

By Allie Wilkinson
Jun 25, 2014 3:00 PMNov 19, 2019 10:42 PM
Power Bouy - Oldfield
This 3-foot-long energy-generating buoy was developed in Indonesia in 2012 as part of a coral reef restoration project. In Cuba, larger, more powerful versions, nearly 12 feet long, could reduce reliance on diesel. (Credit: Matthew Oldfield)

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Cuba, like most Caribbean island nations, depends almost entirely on inefficient and highly polluting diesel generators for electricity. But a new project using small wave-energy buoys aims to harvest clean energy from the ocean instead.

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