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An apparatus and method for converting renewable wave action energy to electrical energy that harnesses fluid wave power by employing a plurality of low-mass buoys floating on a fluid surface connected to low-volume pumps. The pumps transfer fluid from a source to an elevated storage tank. There, th

An apparatus and method for converting renewable wave action energy to electrical energy that harnesses fluid wave power by employing a plurality of low-mass buoys floating on a fluid surface connected to low-volume pumps. The pumps transfer fluid from a source to an elevated storage tank. There, the water can be held in the tank as a reserve, when not being immediately used to generate electrical power. When there is a demand for electrical power, the reserve is released from the storage tank and flows, by gravity, through a hydro-electric generator creating an electrical current.

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1. A wave action hydro-electric plant comprising:a plurality of wave action pumps, said pumps being in fluid communication with a storage tank and a submerged tank, said pumps drawing a fluid from said submerged tank and pumping said fluid to said storage tank; said storage tank having a tank inlet

1. A wave action hydro-electric plant comprising:a plurality of wave action pumps, said pumps being in fluid communication with a storage tank and a submerged tank, said pumps drawing a fluid from said submerged tank and pumping said fluid to said storage tank; said storage tank having a tank inlet for receiving said fluid from said pumps and a tank outlet in selective fluid communication with a hydro-electric generator; said hydro-electric generator defining an exit; and a lid covering said storage tank, said lid defining a vent, wherein said vent is fluidly connected to said submerged tank by a vent line.