The globe is facing severe energy crisis. And the severity is becoming adverse day by day. Heavy dependence on fossil fuels for energy production is one of the main reasons for crises. Fossil fuels are depleting at an alarming rate and the world’s resources are nearly exhaust. In this scenario, the whole world is at a quest for a reliable alternative being a renewable energy resource. Much advancement has been made in the field of solar and wind, but still a great disparity in terms of energy production prevails between conventional fossil fuel and Non-renewable resources. Adding further to that, there are distinct drawbacks attached to both solar & wind energy technologies. At this stage, the world wants to exploit the wave energy of the seas and oceans which possess far high density of energy than solar and wind. Its estimated global potential is 8000 – 80,000 TWh compared to global electricity production of 19,855 TWh for the year 2007. Owing to this huge potential, some research & development has been done in this field but still wave powered electricity production is not common on commercial scale. This is due to number of reasons like low energy of waves at shore, off-shore makes it very expensive and difficult to maintain, off-shore plant is often subjected to severe storms, some legality issues also causing hindrance. These problems add up a big cost, making wave energy lag wind and solar in terms of cost effectiveness.

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The aim of this project is to provide a solution to the mentioned problems being faced by the world in this field. We came up with a solution and we called it ‘Bahr Power Bahrain’ to produce electricity through utilizing sea waves while catering the above-mentioned problems. Bahr Power Bahrain is a portable wave energy extracting platform. The power take off mechanism is placed on a ship/boat which can travel to locations of higher density waves located off shore. Also, being mobile gives it an advantage that it can been pulled out of the sea during storms. Maintenance also becomes far easier and cost effective compared to conventional off-shore setups since the ship can anchor back on-shore at a maintenance facility. The energy storage can be on-board the ship or it can be connected directly to the grid via underwater cables. According to Dr. Andre Sharon of MIT, storing energy onboard technique can produce electricity at a remarkable rate of 15cents/KWh which is comparable to modern solar and wind energy. It can be lowered further, if the storage on onboard batteries are replaced with direct grid connection provided underground cables does not have to be laid very long.