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In The NewsThe federal government this week approved a lease for a wave energy test site off the Oregon Coast.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:An Oregon State University-led project called PacWave has worked for years to build an offshore facility to test wave energy devices. The lease from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management moves the project one step closer to construction, which could begin as early as this summer.Wave energy is quickly . Waves are relatively more consistent and predictable than other renewable energy sources like wind and solar, which gives them enormous potential.“We like to think of wave as the slow and steady tortoise complement to the full speed and stop character of wind and solar,” said Burke Hales, a professor of oceanography at OSU and chief scientist for PacWave.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:The industry has struggled to get off the ground. One reason is because wave energy devices need to be tested at scale (i.e. in the ocean). Putting these large pieces of infrastructure into the water requires a comprehensive regulatory process and a lot of money.A first-of-its-kind wave energy project proposed off the coast at Reedsport actually .The PacWave facility would provide a designated spot in the ocean about 7 miles off the coast at Newport to test wave energy technologies, eliminating many of those costs.“The real world has challenges that are hard to actually mimic with a scaled or laboratory experiment,” Hales said. “We’re building the facility that will let people do that.”Oregon has a fairly harsh wave climate, which provides the rigor necessary to determine a device’s long-term viability. PacWave aims to test up to four devices at a time.Hales said the lease is the last piece PacWave needs for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a license and for other federal agencies to conduct their final reviews of the project.The facility will cost about $80 million to build.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Sign up to get important news and culture from around the Northwest, delivered to your inbox six days a week.Project managers hope to begin construction on the PacWave testing facility later this year.Residents along the Oregon Coast are big supporters of wave energy, according to survey results released Thursday. Developers have identified Oregon as one of the best places in the United States to install wave energy buoys.Tags:&nbsp;, , Streaming NowThe WorldOPB NewsKMHD

In The NewsThe federal government this week approved a lease for a wave energy test site off the Oregon Coast.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:An Oregon State University-led project called PacWave has worked for years to build an offshore facility to test wave energy devices. The lease from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management moves the project one step closer to construction, which could begin as early as this summer.Wave energy is quickly . Waves are relatively more consistent and predictable than other renewable energy sources like wind and solar, which gives them enormous potential.“We...

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