Mr Sparrow and Mr Zoshi, by contrast, reckon they can produce that much fresh water with less than 1 kWh of electricity, and no other paid-for source of power is needed.
This reduces their efficiency, increasing the cost per kWh and preventing wave power from making progress.
这些改进降低了机器工作的效率、增加了发电的成本,还使得海浪发电技术停滞不前。
Recent estimates indicate that poor households, once electrified, would initially consume about 30-200 W during 5 hours per day, corresponding to 55–360 kWh per year.