| Wave energy is a renewable energy that produces the generation of electricity through conversion of ocean current, swell, tidal, or wave action. Even the thermal gradient of the oceans surface is being converted to a usable form of energy. Wave power generation is not a widely employed technology, the world's first commercial wave farm, the Aguçadora Wave Park in Portugal, was established in 2006. In the United States, the Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative is funding the building of a commercial wave-power park at Reedsport, Oregon. There are multiple devices in various stages of development that convert the power of the waves into electricity.
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