the square of wave height. Then, when wave height is
doubled generates four times as much power [1].
Excluding waves created by major storms, the largest
waves are about 15 meters high and have a period of
about 15 seconds. According to the Eq.(3), such waves
carry about 1700 kilowatts of potential power across each
meter of wave front. A good wave power location will
have an average flux much less than this, perhaps about
50 kW/m. The Atlantic waves along northwest cost have
an average value o 40 kW/m.