Wave Energy Converter System

A wave energy converter system comprising:

• at least two actuators comprising each a buoy and a liquid pump mechanically connected to the buoy to be driven by the buoy movements and having a pump chamber;
• an electric generator mechanically connected to an hydraulic motor fluidically connected to the pump chamber of each liquid pump, for converting a motion of the buoys into electrical power;
• a closed liquid loop system configured to fluidically connect the pump chambers of different actuators together, by passing through the hydraulic motor, the closed liquid loop system comprising liquid discharge means for fluidically connecting the pump chamber of each liquid pump to an inlet of the hydraulic motor;
• wherein the liquid is constrained to flow from the pump chamber to the hydraulic motor, and liquid return means for connecting the pump chamber of each liquid pump to an outlet of the hydraulic motor;
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• wherein the liquid is constrained to flow from the outlet of the hydraulic motor to the pump chamber, wherein the at least two actuators are spaced with respect to the direction of wave propagation such that each buoy of an actuator is in a different phase of a wave than the at least another buoy of another actuator at a given time, and thereby exposed to different wave forces, such that the at least one actuator with higher force from its buoy discharges liquid flow from its pump chamber as the buoy is lifted, and this flow is then constrained to flow through the hydraulic motor and into the pump chamber of the at least another actuator with lower force from its buoy and thereby charging the pump chamber of this at least another actuator with liquid making it ready to discharge.