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Wave-energy Tests Underway at Marine Base

7/28/2016

Military.com/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser ~

The Navy, the Marine Corps, representatives from energy companies and local lawmakers joined together Tuesday at a blessing ceremony for a wave-energy test site at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe.

The Navy and Marine Corps are testing different wave-energy conversion technologies that connect to the grid at a wave-energy test site (WETS) approximately 2.5 miles from shore. These are technologies that lawmakers and the electrical utility say could help the state reach its 100 percent renewable energy goal by 2045.

As $40M in funding looms for Oregon, feds close in on wave energy site

7/22/2016

Portland Business Journal ~

The federal government moved closer to selecting where to build a long-planned wave energy test center — the facility that Oregon wave energy backers see as vital to the future of the industry in the state.

The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday said it would soon issue a funding opportunity announcement that would offer up to $40 million in federal funding for the test center.

'Perfect storm' brought sea louse epidemic to BC salmon

7/20/2016

Science Daily -

High ocean temperatures and poor timing of parasite management likely led to an epidemic of sea lice in 2015 throughout salmon farms in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Strait, a University of Toronto-led study has found. The sea lice spread to migrating juvenile wild salmon, resulting in the highest numbers of sea lice observed on wild salmon in a decade.

New tech could restore some quiet to noisy oceans

7/12/2016

Crosscut-

Forty feet below the surface of Puget Sound, a marbled murrelet dives for its catch. The water is cold, dark — and incredibly noisy. A ping-ping-ping emanates from the shore over second-long intervals and continues on for the next several hours, sending a series of pressure waves through the ocean. For the endangered bird, these sounds could result in anything from a disturbing annoyance to internal injuries or even death.

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Wave-energy Tests Underway at Marine Base

As $40M in funding looms for Oregon, feds close in on wave energy site

'Perfect storm' brought sea louse epidemic to BC salmon

New tech could restore some quiet to noisy oceans

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