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.
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 ...
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 ...