This is welcome news. Utility scale wave power will be tested soon off the coast of Oregon. There is so much energy just waiting to be harnessed from waves, enough to power millions of coastal homes, no doubt, and with zero emissions.
The Pacific Marine Energy Center, or PMEC, 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.