Big US Wave Energy Test Center Going To Newport, Oregon

pacific marine energy center

The town of Newport, on the Oregon coast, is selected to be the site of the first utility-scale, grid connected wave energy test site in the United States. Read more →

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NZ Wave Power Device Heading To Hawaii After Oregon Test

Kaneohe Bay test site (image via University of Hawaii)

WET-NZ, the first wave energy device to take advantage of a new Oregon test buoy, will now move on to Hawaii for a full year of DOE-funded assessment. Read more →

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Wave Test Site Narrowed To Two Oregon Towns

Wave energy device towed into place at the European Marine Energy Center (image via Aquamarine Power)

The Pacific Marine Energy Center, aiming to become the first grid-connected wave test facility in the U.S., will choose between Reedsport and Newport. Read more →

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Wave Power Anticipation Builds In Oregon

wet-nz

On the ocean off Oregon, the power of the Pacific becomes obvious; but the reality of developing the resource suggests a long, difficult process is at hand. Read more →

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NZ Wave Device First In At Oregon Test Center

wet-nz installed, oregon

The first device to hook in to the new wave energy testing site in Oregon is a New Zealand-hatched piece of machinery. Read more →

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Wave Energy Devices Put To Test In Oregon

wave energy device test, ocean sentinel, oregon

Wave energy is picking up steam on the West Coast, with the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center beginning operation of the Ocean Sentinel test site. Read more →

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Oregon Wave Energy Test Site Selected

The site for a new wave energy testing facility -the first of its kind for the US- has been selected off the central Oregon coast. Read more →

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Wave Power In Oregon Continues To Build

OSU Wave Neptune

As another wave energy start up comes to Oregon to test its clean energy technology, the state looks to take more of a leadership role in this form of cleantech. Read more →

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