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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAVE FARM

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WHAT DOES WAVE FARM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Wave farm

A wave farm – or wave power farm or wave energy park – is a collection of machines in the same location and used for the generation of wave power electricity. Wave farms can be either offshore or nearshore, with the former the most promising for the production of large quantities of electricity for the grid. The first wave farm was in Portugal, the Aguçadoura Wave Farm, consisting of three Pelamis machines. The world's largest is planned for Scotland.

Definition of wave farm in the English dictionary

The definition of wave farm in the dictionary is a collection of machines designed to generate electricity by harnessing the kinetic energy of sea waves.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAVE FARM

wave
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wave moth
wave number
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wave speed
wave theory
wave train
wave velocity
wave-and-pay
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waveband
waved umber
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WORDS THAT END LIKE WAVE FARM

collective farm
dairy farm
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pig farm
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Synonyms and antonyms of wave farm in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «wave farm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAVE FARM

Find out the translation of wave farm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wave farm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wave farm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

波的农场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

granja de onda
570 millions of speakers

English

wave farm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लहर खेत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مزرعة موجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волна ферма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fazenda de ondas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তরঙ্গ খামার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ferme d´onde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ladang gelombang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wellenfarm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

波ファーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

웨이브 농장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gelombang farm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trang trại sóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலை பண்ணை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाट शेगडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dalga çiftliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

onda fattoria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gospodarstwo fali
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хвиля ферма
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fermă val
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγρόκτημα κύμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

golf plaas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

våg gård
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bølgepark
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wave farm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAVE FARM»

The term «wave farm» is used very little and occupies the 159.183 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAVE FARM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wave farm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAVE FARM»

Discover the use of wave farm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wave farm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ocean Wave Energy: Current Status and Future Prespectives
Resource assessment studies are essential when evaluating the possible locations for a wave energy project, and site specific measurements and surveys are necessary prior to any final decision on where to install a wave farm.
Joao Cruz, 2007
2
Wave Farm
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
3
Waggle and Wave - Farm Numbers
Plush finger puppet, simple text and beautiful art make first learning fun! Robust board book format with rounded corners and tabbed pages. Core first concepts covered - numbers and colours
‎2013
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Electricity from Wave and Tide: An Introduction to Marine Energy
By 2012 the company was advertising a series of projects in the planning stage designed to progress Pelamis towards full commercial viability: - Aegir, a 10 MW wave farm off the southwest of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, to be developed ...
Paul A. Lynn, 2013
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Refocus Marine Renewable Energy Report: Global Markets, ...
Portugal: In April 2004, Ocean Power Delivery won a £100 million deal to supply Pelamis technology to Enersis in Portugal. Enersis has been awarded 20 MW of grid capacity to build a 20 MW wave farm. The first phase of this project would be  ...
Adam Westwood, 2005
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Seawater Desalination: Conventional and Renewable Energy ...
Furthermore, the installation of a 1.25 MW wave farm-utilising PowerBuoy technology is in development on the northern coast of Spain. The same company has announced the installation of a 100 MW wave farm in the UK [7]. R&D on wave ...
Andrea Cipollina, Giorgio Micale, Lucio Rizzuti, 2009
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Renewable Power Plant Introduction: Aguçadoura Wave Farm, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
8
Handbook of Renewable Energy Technology
18.6.6 Wave farms The world's first commercial wave farm opened in 2008 at the Agu ̧cadora Wave Park near P ́ovoa de Varzim in Portugal. It uses three Pelamis P-750 machines with a total installed capacity of 2.25 MW.3,21A second  ...
Ahmed F. Zobaa, Ramesh C. Bansal, 2011
9
Ocean, Tidal and Wave Energy: Power from the Sea
ZZZ •awatsoMUMWi Scientists have just begun to explore energy generated from waves. The first commercial wave farm was opened in Portugal, in southwestern Europe, in 2006. The wave farm uses a long, floating device called the Pelamis ...
Lynn Peppas, 2008
10
Ocean Energy: Tide and Tidal Power
A wave farm has been placed off the Portugal coast in 2006. The Archimedes Wave Swing generator—designed and developed by a Scottish company—com- pleted successful trials in Portguese waters. The system is moored to the seabed  ...
R. H. Charlier, Charles W. Finkl, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAVE FARM»

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Swedish wave farm set for hook-up
The wave energy park in north-west Sweden is a collaboration between Finnish utility Fortum and the Swedish Energy Agency. Seabased hold permits allowing ... «reNews, Mar 15»
2
Underwater Aussie wave farms pump both power and water
It isn't the motion of the ocean that matters so much as what you do with the waves. At one Australian naval base, those waves are being put to use providing ... «Engadget, Mar 15»
3
First-Of-Its-Kind Wave Energy Farm For Largest Naval Base In …
You've heard of wind farms and solar farms, now here's another reason why economic growth is decoupling from fossil fuels: wave farms. The Australian ... «CleanTechnica, Mar 15»
4
Looks swell
Mr Ottaviano reckons that if CETO 5 were deployed en masse, in “wave farms” with a capacity of 25MW, it could produce electricity at a cost of 30-40 US cents a ... «The Economist, Mar 15»
5
Shetland wave farm plan abandoned
Plans to install a small wave farm around the southern tip of Shetland have ... The company behind the venture, Aegir Wave Power Ltd, had been planning to ... «BBC News, Feb 15»
6
Why Wave Power Has Lagged Far Behind as Energy Source
There are a few small wave farms and pilot projects in the water, including Pelamis Wave Power's first-ever wave farm off the coast of Northern Portugal. «Yale Environment 360, Apr 14»
7
Pioneering wave power farm renews green energy hope
After a series of false dawns, the world's first commercial wave farm is to open soon. Will this ... WAVE energy hasn't had a great time of it in recent years. Despite ... «New Scientist, May 13»
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Scotland Gives World's Largest Wave Farm a Green Light
Wave energy — using the ocean's waves to generate electricity — just got a big thumbs-up from the government of Scotland. The world's largest wave farm has ... «LiveScience.com, May 13»
9
Proposed San Onofre wave farm halted by feds
An Orange County entrepreneur's controversial proposal to build one of the nation's first hydrokinetic wave farms off San Onofre State Beach isn't quite dead, but ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 12»
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San Onofre Wave Farm Raises Concerns Among Environmentalists …
The waves off San Onofre have for generations beckoned surfers and sport fishermen to a wild stretch of coastline in the shadow of domed nuclear reactors. «Huffington Post, Mar 11»

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