{"id":64593,"date":"2025-07-25T14:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/eco-wave-power-eyes-south-africa-for-wave-energy-plant\/64593\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:40:04","slug":"eco-wave-power-eyes-south-africa-for-wave-energy-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/eco-wave-power-eyes-south-africa-for-wave-energy-plant\/64593\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco Wave Power Eyes South Africa for Wave Energy Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta\">&#13;<br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-07-25T05:43:15.0000000\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n            <span class=\"date\">July 25, 2025<\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-07-25T05:43:15.0000000\"\/>&#13;\n        <\/p>\n<div class=\"images-wrapper single\">\n<div class=\"images\">\n<div class=\"image active\">\n                <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        (Credit: Eco Wave Power)&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Eco Wave Power has signed an agreement with the Africa Great Future Development (AGFDL) to conduct a feasibility study for a potential wave energy power station at the Port of Ngqura, South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The agreement marks Eco Wave Power&#8217;s first step into the African market and aligns with the company&#8217;s strategy to expand into regions with high renewable energy demand and strong coastal resource potential.<\/p>\n<p>The Port of Ngqura, located in the Eastern Cape Province and operated by Transnet National Ports Authority, is one of South Africa&#8217;s most strategic deep-water ports and is adjacent to Coega Special Economic Zone, the largest SEZ in Southern Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Its robust breakwater infrastructure and direct ocean exposure makes it technically suitable for wave energy implementation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eco Wave Power is excited to explore South Africa&#8217;s wave energy potential in partnership with AGFDL. This feasibility study represents a meaningful step toward addressing energy access and sustainability in Africa, while advancing our global mission to commercialize wave energy technology,\u201d said Inna Braverman, Founder and CEO of Eco Wave Power.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This collaboration represents an important opportunity to support Africa&#8217;s clean energy transition. Wave energy has the potential to play a key role in delivering sustainable, reliable power to underserved communities and industries,\u201d added Wilfred Emmanuel-Gottlieb, CEO of AGFDL.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; July 25, 2025&#13; &#13; &#13; (Credit: Eco Wave Power)&#13; Eco Wave Power has signed an agreement with the Africa Great Future Development (AGFDL) to conduct a feasibility study for a potential wave energy power station at the Port of Ngqura, South Africa. The agreement marks Eco Wave Power&#8217;s first step into the African &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/64594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}