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For the first time in Australian history, a trial run of a wave energy converter has succeeded in generating energy from chaotic and wild ocean waves to a power plant. Key points: Australia can now use the ocean for power generation after trials on King Island proved successful in generating energy This unit can now be commercialized and made up to five times larger and placed off any coast, anywhere in the world. Industry experts are “very happy” with the successful pilot, hope it now opens the door to the industry For years, companies around the world have tried to harness the power of the sea, with varying degrees of success. “This is truly the first project to successfully generate electricity for a customer, and it proves that ocean energy can work,” said Stephanie Thornton of the Australian Ocean Energy Group. Located off Raja Island in Bass Strait, the unit – created by Melbourne company Wave Swell Energy – has been generating electricity for the island’s local energy grid for t

Scientists discovered a new hydrothermal field 8,366 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean covering an area the size of a football field that could help them better understand how volcanic activity has affected life in Earth’s oceans. These deep-sea vents are located in places where activity from the planet’s crust causes tectonic plates to split and form new seafloor rock that contains cracks where seawater seeps – similar to what hot springs do on land, these vents eject mineral-rich fluids. heated to a high temperature. A team of researchers from Lehigh University discovered this field about 200 miles off the coast of Mexico and have stated that it will help to advance our understanding of how marine life is – and continues to be – affected by volcanic eruptions. Scroll down for the video ‘The mapping work provides a detailed picture of the ocean floor so we can monitor and measure changes that occur when the next volcanic eruption occurs,’ said one of the researchers. Photo: The hy