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Nation’s First Wave Energy Test Facility Located at Newport, Oregon

"...the Pacific Marine Energy Center will test energy generation potential and the environmental impacts of wave energy devices, at an ocean site about five miles from shore. Subsea cables will transmit energy from the wave energy devices to the local power grid, and data to scientists and engineers at on-shore facilities." - excerpt from article at Environmental News Service.

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