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References
A great deal of information in this video was found through phone interviews with Simec Atlantis engineers
[1] 4,170 TW is annual US energy production (table 1.1 here) – US wave power potential is ~2000TW, according to this 2011 DOE report
[2] https://www.iea.org/topics/renewables...
[3]    • What Physics Teachers Get Wrong About...  
[4] Figure 9.6 and 9.7 on page 82 https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default...
[5] https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default...
[6] https://tethys.pnnl.gov/annex-iv-site...
[7] Page 19 https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default...
[8] https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default...
[9] https://www.power-technology.com/proj...
[10] http://icomps.co.uk/seagen-decommissi...
[11] https://www.seai.ie/publications/Rene...
[12] Page 14 https://www.climatexchange.org.uk/med...
[13] https://www.bt-projects.com/wp-conten...
[14] http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/v...
[15] https://vimeo.com/237566185
[16] Figure 11.2 and 11.3 page 114 https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default...
[17] Page 154 https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default...
[18] Page 43 https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default...
[19] Page 39 https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default...
[20] Page 17 https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default...
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