December 7, 2009
REEDSPORT, Ore. - - Ocean Power Technologies has selected Oregon Iron Works of Clackamas to begin construction of it's first commercial wave energy powerbuoy system in North America, and it will be built on the Douglas County coastline near Reedsport. Construction of the first power-buoy system represents phase one of the Reedsport wave power station, which is the first commercial-scale facility of its type in North America.The company says it's expected to generate about 1.5 MWs of electricity. The nine additional power-buoys will be constructed and installed under phase two of the project. PNGC Power, a regional generation and transmission public electric power cooperative, has provided partial funding for phase one of the Reedsport project. The Power-Buoy PB-150 uses the rise and fall of waves to move it up and down and drive and electric generator inside the buoy. The Reedsport wave power station about 2.5 miles off the coast, will connect to the Bonneville Power Administration's Gardiner substation.
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