Energy system based on the use of renewable resources of the World Ocean

Energy largely determines the level of development of any society. Energy development is conditioned by the needs of the economy and the desire to improve the quality of life in the face of a steady increase in the population of the Earth. At the same time, it is the energy sector that is mainly responsible for the negative changes in the planet's ecosystem. Comparison of the amount of energy currently produced by mankind with the magnitude of the energy flows characteristic of natural phenomena shows that the power of both energy sources become commensurate. In recent years, the understanding has become undeniable that the more energy is produced by burning fossil fuels, the higher the price has to be paid for maintaining the conditions in the environment necessary for a healthy and fulfilling life. The intensive use of fuel-burning technologies in the energy sector is accompanied by pollution, the greenhouse effect and climate warming, leading to irreversible degradation of the Earth's biosphere. It is clear that it is most reasonable to solve energy problems in close connection with environmental ones by using environmentally friendly energy production technologies based on renewable energy resources. In many regions and countries, these problems can be largely solved by using the wave and water resources of the World Ocean. Sea waves capable of developing the highest specific power for renewable sources are a very promising energy carrier. The wave power of the World Ocean, available for utilization, is estimated at about 5 terawatts, which can double the production of electricity on the planet. The use of hydrogen as an environmentally safe source and energy storage is also a very urgent task, because. hydrogen can replace any type of fuel in various industries, energy and transport. The complex, consisting of the Wave Power Plant, a plant for the electrolysis production of Hydrogen and Oxygen from sea water, energy storage devices and consumers, is an environmentally safe energy industrial system. In fact, the functioning of such a system links the processes occurring in nature into a single cycle with the processes of production and economic use of energy without disturbing the natural energy balance. Our project is dedicated to the creation of components of an environmentally friendly energy system based on the use of renewable energy resources of the World Ocean, consisting of a highly efficient installation for converting the energy of sea waves into electricity and a plant for the electrolysis production of hydrogen from sea water.