--- description: Find out why Eco Wave Power Grid Connected Energy Array is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. title: Eco Wave Power Grid Connected Energy Array: The Best Inventions of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b7eefd1af22a43b/6998ca7607a30d2fc277d668/eco-wave-power-grid-energy-array-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Eco Wave Power Grid Connected Energy Array Harnessing ocean power by [Micheline Maynard](/author/micheline-maynard/) ## Micheline Maynard Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Arturo Garcia-Ayala—Eco Wave Power The energy in breaking waves is being put to new use generating electric power. In September, Eco Wave Power launched the first U.S. wave energy project at the Port of Los Angeles. It attaches floaters to existing marine structures, such as buoys and docks. The up and down motion of the waves sends pressurized fluid to a conversion unit on land that generates electricity. The demonstration project can generate around 100 kilowatts of power (which could power a few dozen homes) and will run for two years to collect data. Eco Wave Power is already working on other projects in Portugal and [Taiwan](https://www.ecowavepower.com/eco-wave-power-announces-award-of-land-use-tender-for-wave-energy-project-in-suao-port-taiwan/ "undefined"). These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318343/eco-wave-power-grid-connected-energy-array/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318343/eco-wave-power-grid-connected-energy-array/"},"headline":"Eco Wave Power Grid Connected Energy Array","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:51.179Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318343/eco-wave-power-grid-connected-energy-array/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b7eefd1af22a43b/6998ca7607a30d2fc277d668/eco-wave-power-grid-energy-array-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Micheline Maynard","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/micheline-maynard/"}],"creator":"Micheline Maynard","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b7eefd1af22a43b/6998ca7607a30d2fc277d668/eco-wave-power-grid-energy-array-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318343/eco-wave-power-grid-connected-energy-array/","name":"Eco Wave Power Grid Connected Energy Array"}}]}] ```