Eco Wave Power technology in action. Photo: Eco Wave Power.
JNS.org– Swedish-Israeli wave energy developer Eco Wave Power (EWP) has won the public voting for the Global Innovation Award in the “Life Under Water” category at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week for its solution to generate clean electricity from ocean and sea waves, the company announced on Monday.
EWP is recognized as a “pioneering technology” by Israel’s Energy Ministry, and has been designated an “efficient solution” by the Solar Impulse Foundation. An EWP project in Gibraltar received funding from the European Union Regional Development Fund and from the European Commission’s HORIZON2020 framework program. The company has also been given the United Nations’ Climate Action Award.