Wave energy is regarded as one of the best sources of alternative energy, however, for the moment it cannot be considered as the most important as it’s very hard to harness water’s energy as the currents are not very strong. This obstacle hasn’t stopped researchers to try and find a way to generate energy from the natural motion of water, and an engineer from the University of Michigan has developed a hydrokinetic generator which uses ocean’s slow-moving currents to produce energy.

The hydrokinetic generator needs ocean’s natural “reflex” to produce energy as small vortexes are created when currents flow over a cylinder. This motion causes vibrations which means that there is…