About this episode

Mela Greenslade discusses her and David's efforts to develop technology to harness ocean energy for remote communities.

On a recent trip to the Chatham Islands, Mela and David Greenslade were struck by how reliant the islands are on diesel, despite being completely surrounded by powerful ocean energy. So they decided to try and develop technology to harness that energy, making something remote coastal and island communities could use. They're calling it SwellGen. Mela chats to Jesse.

People in this episode

Host: Jesse

Guest: Mela Greenslade

Topics covered

• ocean energy
• renewable technology
• sustainability
• island communities
• innovation

Keywords

• ocean energy
• Chatham Islands
• SwellGen
• renewable energy
• sustainability
• technology
• island communities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SwellGen

Places: Chatham Islands

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