Tomoki Ikoma
Professor, Namibia University of Science and Technology
Introduction
Tomoki Ikoma is Professor and Vice Dean in the Department of Oceanic Architecture and Engineering at Nihon University, Japan.
Since the issuance of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, all of renewable energies have been developed around the world. Many countries have invested a great deal of money in research and commercialization of ocean renewable energy.
The lecture provides a brief history of development of ocean renewable energy and the kind of devices to harvest ocean energy. As well as it is explained how ocean energies are converted to electrical energy using a device corresponding to each ocean energy. At last, I will introduce my own recent researches to harvest wave power, tidal current power and ocean wind power briefly.
