Wave Energy
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Ocean advocates pore through national policy specs
One month after the While House issued strategies that would coordinate management of the country’s oceans, West Coast interests are preparing to interpret the National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan. The…
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Element Power exec to head $1 trillion infrastructure project
Chris Taylor has been tapped to head the West Coast Infrastructure Exchange, a multi-state effort to address $1 trillion in infrastructure needs. The exchange, as first reported by the Business Journal…
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Bonamici wants NOAA to save the Tillamook weather buoy
An Oregon Congressional delegation member who represents coastal Oregon communities said she’s leading the drive against the planned removal of a weather monitoring buoy. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici opposes…
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Territorial Sea Plan approved in Oregon, saving room for wave energy
After three years of negotiation and hours of meetings, the Land Conservation and Development Commission voted Thursday to adopt a new Territorial Sea Plan for Oregon, a package of policies and maps that…
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Pacific Marine Energy Center to land in Newport
The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center announced Monday that it will locate the first utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the U.S. in Newport. The federally funded wave…
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Mr. Sun goes to China: Part 2
Earlier this year I was able to attend and speak at the 2012 Low Carbon Earth Summit in Guangzhou, China. It was my second time to the conference (See: "Mr. Sun goes to China: Part 1"). Speakers, mostly…
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Oregon Wave Energy Trust works to position state as renewable leader
There’s little question that Jason Busch will look back fondly on 2012. The executive director of the Portland-based Oregon Wave Energy Trust counted four major accomplishments during the year. Each…
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Ocean Power Technologies lands wave energy contract from Japan's Mitsui
Ocean Power Technologies landed a contract worth about $900,000 from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding for further work developing Ocean Power's wave energy technology for use in Japanese seas. Ocean…
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Ocean Power sets Reedsport wave energy buoy deployment: spring, 2013
After securing a key license from the federal government, Ocean Power Technologies announced Thursday that it will deploy its first utility-scale wave energy buoy off the coast of Reedsport next spring. The…
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Survey: Oregon Coast residents support wave energy
A survey commissioned by the Oregon Wave Energy Trust found strong support for wave energy development off Oregon's coast among residents of coastal communities. The survey, conducted by Portland-based…
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Federal cash comes through for wave energy testing site
The U.S. Department of Energy stepped up with a $4 million grant that will cover half the tab to build a grid-connected wave energy test facility off the Oregon Coast. Oregon's Democratic Senators Ron…
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Newport, Reedsport are site finalists for expanded wave energy test site
Newport and Reedsport have been selected as finalists in the search for a site to host an $8 million wave energy testing facility, the Pacific Marine Energy Center. Officials at the Northwest National…
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NW Energy Innovations completes deployment of wave energy buoy
A Portland company that's been working for two years on wave energy technology through a $1.8 million contract with the U.S. Department of Energy announced this week that it completed the deployment of…
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NYT takes note of Oregon's wave energy momentum
The New York Times, which nurtures a not-so-secret crush on Portland's food scene, took note Monday of another of Oregon's features: Its early leadership in the field of wave energy. Summed up nicely…
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Ocean Power to study using wave buoys as surveillance devices
Ocean Power Technologies Inc., the New Jersey company planning a major wave energy project off the Oregon Coast, on Tuesday said it is working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to show how…
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Gallery: OSU launches wave energy testing system in the Pacific
Wave energy scientists from Oregon State University took to the seas this week, deploying one of the first public wave energy testing systems in the U.S. Called the Ocean Sentinel, the $1.5 million device…
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Community forums scheduled to discuss wave energy in Oregon
Three public forums will take place this month in communities along the Oregon Coast to discuss four possible locations for a wave energy testing facility. The testing ground would include infrastructure…
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Wave energy controversy swells in Oregon
Anxiety is building as the state of Oregon prepares for a crucial ruling that could determine the future of wave energy. The state is expected to approve a final plan by the end of the year that dictates…
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Ocean Power Technologies, Lockheed Martin to partner on Australia project
Ocean Power Technologies and Lockheed Martin announced Wednesday they will work together on a wave energy project in Portland, a town in Victoria, Australia. At 19 megawatts, the project is one of the…
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Ocean Power completes test of device for Reedsport buoy
Ocean Power Technologies announced Monday that the company had finished testing of a key power device and shipped it off to Oregon Iron Works for installation in the wave energy buoy that will be deployed…
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OSU unveils new maps of Oregon ocean
Oregon State University unveiled new maps of Oregon's coastal sea floor, the result of a multi-year project funded by state and federal sources to inform efforts including planning for marine reserves,…
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UK targets Oregon, West Coast for cleantech development
Through a program launched last year called "UK Low-Carbon Know-How," the UK Trade & Investment group is targeting Oregon and the West Coast for partnerships in the cleantech sector. The United Kingdom's…
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Oregon Wave Energy Trust opens grant program
The Oregon Wave Energy Trust is accepting applications for the second round of its Commercialization Grant Program, designed to help wave energy startups move their technology closer to being ocean-ready…
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Maine could generate 10 percent of tidal power
Maine has the potential to produce 10 percent of the nation’s tidal power energy, or 15 terrawatt-hours of electricity per year, according to recent reports by the U.S. Department of Energy. The reports…
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M3 tests wave technology, seeks funding
Corvallis-based M3 Wave Energy Systems debuted its power-generating technology last week at the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University. As testing wrapped up for the company’s…
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