Wave energy project gets environmental OK

By Communications staff, Washington State University

Washington’s Makah Bay offshore pilot project is on track to become one of the first commercial wave energy power plants in the U.S.

The project, which is expected to deliver 1,500 megawatt hours annually to the Clallam County Public Utility’s grid by the end of 2006, recently completed the Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (PDEA) process. The PDEA concluded the project would have “no significant environmental effects” on the oceanographic, geophysical and biological conditions of Makah Bay.

The project is being developed through Finavera Renewables’ wave energy division and subsidiary AquaEnergy Group Ltd. A consortium formed for the project includes Washington State University.

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Find earlier WSU Today articles on wave and alternative energy ONLINE @ www.wsutoday.wsu.edu/completestory.asp?StoryID=1191 and www.wsutoday.wsu.edu/completestory.asp?StoryID=2232

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