Founded in the Basque Country in 2005, Wavegarden is the most mature of the current crop of commercial wave pool companies. The following figures are taken from Wavegarden's South Korean pool data, with the final column - the Melbourne pool's energy use - extrapolated from those. Acknowledging potential limitations in this data, the approximate equivalent energy for Melbourne is a calculated uniform 82% of the South Korean energy figure, based on the Melbourne pool using 46 modules, instead of 56 used in the Korean pool. URBNSURF declined to comment when asked about their current proportion of renewable energy used and solar setup. If URBNSURF Melbourne ever decides to start heating their pool then this analysis deserves revisiting as heating the pool would likely blow the above numbers out of the water.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2023 13:11 UTC