By: Joseph Seabra
The
Philippines which as mentioned before is a nation that I trying to rapidly grow
within the areas of infrastructure and technology, could benefit highly from
implementing sustainable technologies within the country. When considering the
different sustainable technologies that could be put in place many of these
technologies such wind turbines, and solar panels take up large amounts of
useable land for both agricultural and commercial purposes. Though one
sustainable technology that has rapidly spread in use over the last few years
is that of wave energy generators, which are placed in the ocean off the coast
of a country. These technologies have spread rapidly throughout the South-West
Pacific due to the number of island nations that are present in that area. Due
to the technology’s implementation near a body of water the Philippines could
utilize this technology seeing as it is a geographically divided nation.
According
to the (EIA) Energy Information Administration it is estimated that
approximately “2.64 trillion kilowatthours” which is the “equivalent of about
64% of U.S. electricity generation” was generated in 2018 (2019). This means
that there is a large amount of under-utilized energy that is not being
harnessed to serve as a new source of technology that could serve as the
forefront for countries with large stretches of coastline. The Philippines as
mentioned before is divided into multiple islands and because of this the
Philippines has approximately 36,289 km of coastline that surround the country
(2018). This amount of coastline is longer than both Japan and the United
states both of which are the leading countries of hydroelectric power from
waves, which was interesting to see since the Filipino government has not yet
instituted this technology.
One of
the leading companies in harnessing wave power is currently is Carnegie Clean
Energy which had led the development in technology for harnessing wave power
with the development of its CETO technology, The latest wave harnessing device
that Carnegie has developed is the CETO 6 which according to the Carengie Clean
Energy website “provides emissions free sustainable energy and water security
to countries & islands” while also having “minimal environmental impact” (2019).
As
mentioned in previously the Philippines is a nation which has multiple
limitations and barriers set in place for companies based outside of the
country, which could limit many sustainable technology companies from entering
the country. Though if the Filipino government was to institute this technology
within its energy grid it could serve to greatly benefit the country in
reducing its emissions while also allowing for an increase in the amount of
arable land by placing its electrical generation facilities on its coast.
Looking forward it can be assumed that this technology will not take off
rapidly in the Philippines due to the many barriers of entry to outside
technology companies, though if this technology is able to work its way into
the Filipino market its popularity and usage would increase dramatically.
References
(2018). Countries with the Longest
Coastline. In worldatlas.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019, from https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-the-most-coastline.html
(2019).
Hydropower explained: Wave Power. In U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Retrieved October 30, 2019, from https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/hydropower/wave-power.php
(2019). CETO Technology. In Carnegie
Clean Energy. Retrieved October 31, 2019, from https://www.carnegiece.com/technology/
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