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May 15, 2007

Oregon gets closer to a wave energy system

  • Finavera has gotten a preliminary permit to analyze the impacts of its proposed coastal buoy system.
    • By BRYAN BRUMLEY
    Associated Press Writer

    PORTLAND — Federal authorities have given tentative approval for tests that could lead to a system of buoys to harness the energy of waves to generate electricity off the coast of Oregon.

    The preliminary permit, among the first of its kind granted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will allow the Finavera company to begin to analyze the environmental and economic impact of the proposed buoys.


     
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