The Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. — A plan to generate electricity from the motion of waves near Neah Bay is getting the go-ahead from federal energy regulators. British Columbia-based Finavera Renewables got the preliminary license Thursday from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. FERC says it's the first-ever license for a hydrokinetic energy project.... http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/305462.html ahhh the red tape clean energy has to go thru.... the license is basically the first gold paver on the road to Oz *edit* ah heck... there is only two more paragraphs... might as well post the entire article Finavera's plan calls for four wave-energy buoys at the site. The company hopes to eventually generate enough electricity to supply about 150 homes in Neah Bay each year. FERC's five-year conditional license allows Finavera to continue working on the project. But it can't start construction until it gets more permits from other government agencies.
I'm looking forward to seeing more and more ocean energy technology. There's huge potential there. It's a harsh environment though, so durability is the key.
Did you see the newstory about how Grays Harbor is next on their radar? or, someone's radar, anyway, for wind/wave generation? Unfortunately, the newstory is a few days old, and the Daily World's archives are not free, or else I would link to it.
