Mastodawn

#Oregon has a massive new #waveEnergy testing facility. But who is going to use it?

> Oregon has a coastline dotted with ports, #electrical infrastructure and some of the best waves on the planet for generating #energy.

Oregon’s PacWave testing facility is now complete, but delays and cuts to federal funding for renewable energy development could impact its future.

OPB

#PacWave is a #DOE-funded, grid-connected, full-scale test facility for #wave energy conversion technologies. It’s the first of its kind in the US, and construction is well under way, sited in water between 213-256ft it will be testbed of 20 #waveenergy converters
https://electrek.co/2023/02/22/the-us-first-grid-connected-wave-energy-test-facility/

A US Department of Energy-funded, grid-connected, full-scale test facility for wave energy conversion technologies is on its way.

Electrek