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Published online 7 November 2007 | Nature 450, 156-159 (2007) | doi:10.1038/450156a
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Energy: To catch a wave
Ocean wave energy is trying to break into the renewable-energy market, but many challenges remain. Ewen Callaway reports.
The North Sea is not known for calm days, and neither is its inlet called Nissum Bredning, 300 kilometres northwest of Copenhagen. On a typical afternoon, windsurfers skate across the grey-green water while birds seem to hover, frozen, in mid-air.
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