Cable Installation Begins Soon for Wave Energy Facility Near Newport, Oregon
Fishermen need to be aware of cable installations off Oregon to support renewable wave energy work near Newport starting later this month.
The cables will support Oregon State University’s PacWave South, the first pre-permitted, utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the United States. When the facility is completed, wave energy developers will be able to test different technologies for harnessing the power of ocean waves and transmitting that energy to the local electrical grid, according to an OSU press release by Michelle Klampe.
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