But the first waves of marine wind farms are being built in shallower water, nearer consumers, to the east of England and in the Irish Sea.
He was wrapped in the sensation of her absence, the gulls crying and circling, the crash and drag of the waves, a cold wind slicing underneath his clothes.
Renewable energy sources such as wind and waves have plenty of backers.
For some races, the combination of water flowing west and wind blowing east creates a series of choppy five-foot waves.
The silence was broken only by the wind in the trees and the waves of the bordering sea.
But despite the UK's abundant wind, waves and engineering skill, lack of government focus and priority means Britain's renewables industry remains tiny.
The air was thick with the din of an insect chorus, while the wind arrived in waves through the bush.
And then sounds of people relaxing, lovers relaxing on the beach and talking to one another and the sound of the wind blowing and the sea gulls and the waves breaking.
After resistance from oil-producing countries led by Venezuela, from America, and from poor countries worried by costs, the final text includes no targets for the use of renewable energy sources such as wind, sunlight and waves.
Wind-driven swells slapped over the tops of breakwaters and turned waves into a churning froth under piers at points such as Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach on the Los Angeles County coast.
Each wind was given a name, which along with the colour of water or the height of waves was used to help forecast the weather.
What is needed are specific detectors that take advantage of the fact that tsunamis are felt throughout the ocean's depths, unlike wind-generated waves, which affect only its surface.
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Investing in clean British energy from the wind, waves and Sun - along with a major energy-saving drive - would create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, boost energy security and keep the lights on.
At Piper Alpha, where 167 men had died, huge pieces of debris had to be moved from the wellhead by cranes tossing like flotsam amid the wind and the waves.
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