Wave energy research continues with $4M grant

The total recoverable wave energy resource along the U.S. continental shelf is almost one-third of the total electricity used in the U.S. each year, according to the Electric Power Research Institute, and could provide the sustainable generating potential of approximately 10 percent of global energy needs. The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) is examining this potential with the help of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Originally a partnership of Oregon State University and the University of Washington, the NNMREC is expanding its technological research and environmental monitoring of wave energy resources with the help of $4 million from the DOE and has added the University of Alaska Fairbanks as a new partner.

http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/wave-energy-research-continues-4m-grant/2014-09-11?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

For more:
- read this article 
Related Articles:
World's largest wave energy site approved
Wave energy test site calls Newport home