Ocean could power Oregon

[jpak]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4599198.html

PORTLAND, ORE. — A Portland-based electric co-op has hooked up with a private New Jersey company to help develop a wave-energy project off the Oregon coast.

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Last month, Ocean Power received preliminary approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a project at the site with as much as 50-megawatt capacity.

The company also has filed applications for permits from FERC for 100-megawatt wave projects at two other Oregon locations — one near Coos Bay, the other near Newport.

The 12-year-old New Jersey company focuses on a proprietary technology that captures wave energy using large floating buoys anchored to the seabed. Other project sites include Oahu, Hawaii; Atlantic City, N.J.; and Santona, Spain.

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[Pierzin]

1. Anything to get the US off of fossil fuels! Way to Post jpak!

I'll look for more on that!

[AX10]

2. The less oil, the better.

[Shallah Kali]

3. Ocean Power Technologies company website

http://oceanpowertechnologies.com

Here is one of their competitors:
Ocean Power Delivery http://www.oceanpd.com/default.html

[depakid]

4. There is a LOT of potential energy off of the Oregon coast

Glassy oceans are not the norm around here... to say the least.

[XemaSab]

5. Even areas where the seas are flatter, like Santa Barbara,

still have strong tidal movements.

Tides are wierd.