Wave energy must overcome big hurdles before it can attract investment: researcher

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Technologies capable of harnessing ocean currents andnwaves to generate electricity are a long way from becomingncheap enough to attract commercial investment, the head of anresearch institute on ocean energy said.nKey technologies are “not yet cost competitive” and there isnno timeline for when they will be, said Sue Skemp, executivendirector of the Center for Ocean Energy Technology at FloridanAtlantic University.