Onshore Wave Energy: 90% Availability, Transforming Renewable Power Generation
Hardware to Save a Planet · 2025-10-02 · 43 min
Episode notes
Wave energy has the potential to provide up to 66% of U.S. electricity needs, but offshore systems have long struggled with cost, durability, and scalability. All that is about to change. In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet , host Dylan Garrett welcomes Inna Braverman, founder and CEO of Eco Wave Power, to explore how her company is making wave energy commercially viable through an innovative onshore approach. Inna shares her personal journey from surviving the Chernobyl disaster as an infant to becoming a pioneer in clean energy at just 24. She explains why building on existing coastal infrastructure reduces costs and risks, how wave energy’s 90% availability rate complements solar and wind, and why focusing on achievable early markets is key to scaling climate tech. What you will learn: How personal experience inspired a mission to develop clean energy solutions Why onshore wave energy systems offer significant advantages The strategic value of starting with existing coastal infrastructure How wave energy could provide up to 66% of U.S.