Ko tētahi hangarau pūngao moana whai hua ko te Wave Energy Converter (WEC), e whakamahi ana i te nekehanga o ngā ngaru moana hei whakaputa hiko. He maha ngā momo kaitahuri pūngao ngaru kua whakawhanakehia, he maha o ēnei e mahi ana i roto i te huarahi rite ki ngā tāpine wai: kei runga, kei raro rānei i te wai ngā taputapu āhua pou, āhua mata, āhua pōito rānei, hei hopu i te pūngao i hangaia e ngā ngaru moana. Kātahi ka tukuna tēnei pūngao ki te whakaputa hiko, ka hurihia hei pūngao hiko.
He ōrite, he matapaetia hoki ngā ngaru, engari ko te pūngao ngaru, pērā i te nuinga o ngā momo pūngao whakahou, tae atu ki te pūngao o te rā me te hau - he pūtake pūngao rerekē tonu, e whakaputaina ana i ngā wā rerekē, i ngā wā maha atu rānei, i runga i ngā āhuatanga pēnei i te hau me ngā āhuatanga o te rangi. He iti iho rānei te pūngao. Nō reira, ko ngā wero matua e rua mō te hoahoa i tētahi kaitahuri pūngao ngaru pono me te whakataetae ko te pakari me te whai hua: me kaha te pūnaha ki te ora i ngā awha nui o te moana, me te hopu pūngao i raro i ngā āhuatanga tino pai hei whakatutuki i te whāinga whakaputa pūngao ā-tau (AEP, Annual Energy Production) me te whakaiti i ngā utu hiko.
Wā tuku: Hepetema-03-2021
