@Tfmonkey I won't tell where I'm getting this but there are companies making moves on Ocean Energy mainly because most customers that are small islands that rely heavily on fossil fuels and want to attain energy autonomy as much as possible. They dont have the means to get their own sustainable energy sources so a crisis would greatly hinder them.
Just on the Ganzirri site, there is a potential Annual Energy Production (AEP) of 150GWh and a Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE) of 0.10€/kWh
@Tfmonkey It's still comparably sucky to Wind & Solar and its power output is much more sensitive to seasons than other weather driven energies. My company's presentation remains optimistic regarding wave energy for its infrastructure as there is a lot more room for efficiency.
BOTTOM LINE: Still not as good as fossil fuels.
@Wopu That's cool, but how viable is wave energy compared to solar? That's the problem with a lot of these "ambient energy" sources, they're not economically viable compared to solar, which itself isn't economically viable compared to fossil fuels.