Eco Wave Power blue floats are dropped into the water as the first onshore wave power project in the U.S. opens at the Port of Los Angeles. (Etienne Laurent / For The Times) Along a rocky wharf at the ...
After more than a decade of planning, permitting, community outreach, drilling, cable-laying and construction, Oregon is now home to the largest-capacity wave energy testing facility in the world.
An informational sign at Driftwood Beach State Park on the Oregon Coast describes PacWave, the wave energy testing facility that runs under and offshore from the park. (Photo by MIchelle Klampe/Oregon ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a recent sunny morning in a channel at the Port of Los Angeles, seven blue steel structures that look like small boats are lowered into the ocean one by one. Attached to an ...
The potential to generate clean, renewable energy from the ocean is vast, possibly rivaling wind and even solar power. Yet research and development of harnessing waves and tides for electricity have ...
What if the vast, untapped power of ocean waves could finally be harnessed without the staggering costs, environmental risks, and technical headaches that have plagued traditional wave energy systems?
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The first onshore wave energy project in the U.S. launched at Port of Los Angeles. It produces little power yet, ...
The region’s largest power transmitter, the federal Bonneville Power Administration, will be the lone customer for that emissions-free energy. In a recent agreement with PacWave — OSU’s test facility ...