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February 27, 2007

Wave-energy project pending in Oregon

REEDSPORT, Ore. (AP) — A power cooperative in the Northwest and a company in New Jersey have agreed to work together on a wave-energy field off the coast of Southern Oregon that utilizes buoys.

The buoys are moored loosely to the seabed and the natural motion of the waves causes the buoys to move up and down. Then a mechanical device uses that movement to drive an electric generator, according to the Web site of Ocean Power Technologies.


 
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