Did you ever wonder why there are so many different kinds of wave energy converters (WEC)? I met up with Florence Ungaro, a mechanical engineer at the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) to ask her all about wave energy technologies and how they are developed.

Check out the other videos in my wave energy playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJZcg-yztmIbg3nWZhT2KjnA_1NrFj5HX

And more examples of women in engineering and STEM, working on technologies related to renewable energy and sustainability in this playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJZcg-yztmIblkszLqOtESoHAt0Jb5Est

Find out more about ocean energy at EMEC's website:
http://www.emec.org.uk/

Sources for images used in photo montage @ 00:20:
Eco Wave Power
Wavebob wave energy converter. Photo by Wavebob, NREL 19384
Ocean Power Technologies of Pennington's 150 kW PowerBuoy 2011. Photo by Ocean Power Technologies, NREL 22857
Waverider buoy and mooring. Photo by Frank Spada, NREL 46986
Wave Energy Technology New Zealand (WET-NZ) 2000. Photo by Northwest Energy Innovations, NREL 25664
Oceanlinx oscillating water column 2005. Photo by Oceanlinx, NREL 17208
Pelamis Prototype machine at EMEC, Orkney, Scotland, 2007

Find more interviews with women in engineering and women in STEM in this playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJZcg-yztmIblkszLqOtESoHAt0Jb5Est

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