The Wave Glider SV3 incorporates the latest advancements in energy harvesting technology providing the ability to utilize both wave and solar energy for forward propulsion.

ENGADGET: Wave Glider sea robot gets a new version, replete with more power and gear

Hybrid Propulsion System: Wave-powered and solar energy storage with an auxiliary, vectored thruster for extra speed to address high currents, doldrums or to quickly accommodate changes in mission operations.

ENGADGET: Wave Glider sea robot gets a new version, replete with more power and gear

From news that Germany met half the country's energy needs with solar power to an Egyptian teenager who built a new quantum space propulsion system, 2012 was a big year for clean tech.

ENGADGET: Inhabitat's Week in Green: biological concrete, flexible solar cells and the top wearable tech of 2012