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BEARINGS...
Bearings expertise helps to
harvest energy from waves
SKF bearing selection software has helped CorPower Ocean to specify the most
appropriate bearings for a new design of wave energy converter
KF’s expertise in bearings has helped amplifying the movement, using phase-control
CorPower Ocean to optimise the design of technology, and converting this into electricity.
a new class of wave energy converters. “Wave power has a constant production profile,”
SCorPower’s compact wave energy says Patrik Möller, CEO of CorPower. “It can play a
converter works by oscillating with the waves, key role in the transition to 100 percent renewable
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