Big Buoys Could Make for Renewable Energy
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Politicians and wave-energy players get a close look at a "PowerBuoy" built for Ocean Power Technologies at Vigor Industrial in Portland.
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Politicians and wave-energy players get a close look at a "PowerBuoy" built for Ocean Power Technologies at Vigor Industrial in Portland.
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Senators Ron Wyden (Oregon) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Ocean Power Technologies VP Robert Lurie stand in front of the large float device as they discuss the company's planned wave-energy project, Reedsport OPT Wave Park.
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Pieces of Ocean Power Technologies' wave-energy "PowerBuoy" were on display at Vigor Industrial in Portland recently. On the left is the "bridge" that will sit atop a giant float. The gray structure, a heave plate, which will sit on the ocean floor.
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Senators Ron Wyden (Oregon) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) met with wave industry representatives recently to discuss how Congress can help them create viable renewable energy with the ocean's forces.
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Ocean Power Technologies plans to plant 10 "Power Buoys" in the ocean off the coast of Oregon near Coos Bay in 2012.
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Ocean Power Technologies tested one of its wave-energy systems off the coast of Scotland.
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