First U.S. Wave Energy Set for Oregon Coast

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Infographic by the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
The Pacific Marine Energy Center will host wave devices about 5 miles offshore, connecting to the utility grid via buried cables that carry electric current back to shore.

The following news release was provided Jan. 15, 2013, from Oregon State University’sNorthwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center.

The Northwest National Marine
Renewable Energy
Center, or NNMREC, which is based at Oregon State
University, has chosen Newport, Ore., as the

  • Published on Jan 15, 2013
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