First Utility-Scale Wave Energy Testing Center to be Built in Oregon

First Utility-Scale Wave Energy Testing Center to be Built in Oregon

by Anthony Casson, Oregon State University

The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, or NNMREC, which is based at Oregon State University, has chosen Newport, Ore., as the future site of the first utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the United States – the Pacific Marine Energy Center.