For decades, wave energy has been the elusive dream of the clean energy world — full of promise, yet stuck in development limbo. Despite the ocean holding more power than the 30,000 TWh of electricity generated globally in 2023, turning wave motion into reliable, affordable energy has remained out of reach.
In this video, Matt Ferrell of “Undecided” explores “Could waves quietly overtake solar and wind” (May 2025). In 2023, Swedish company CorPower made headlines when its wave energy buoys withstood massive 60-foot waves — and crucially, kept feeding power to the grid. This milestone signals a potential turning point for an industry long plagued by technical and economic hurdles.
With costs now falling and the first full-scale wave farms on the horizon, wave energy could finally be stepping out of the shadows of solar and wind. The big question: will it become a major pillar of the clean energy mix, or remain another cautionary tale of unmet potential?
The tides of energy may be shifting — this time, quite literally.
