Oregon Wave Energy Trust

Market Development

Initiate and support market development activities for the wave energy industry.

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Comprehensive Industry Project List

A Blueprint for Ocean Energy Development 2010-2015

In an effort to foster a collaborative approach to advancing the ocean energy industry, OWET convened the OWET 2010 Developers’ Summit on September 27 and 28, 2010 in Portland, Oregon. The purpose of the Summit was to create an open dialogue among developers, utilities, and regulatory and policy leaders to develop a strategy to advance ocean energy development in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest of North America by 2015. Our goal in holding the Developer’s Summit was to produce a blueprint of the issues that are most important to address to advance ocean energy.

Coastal Infrastructure Inventory (Wave Energy Infrastructure Assessment in Oregon)

Assessment of the needs of the wave energy industry and infrastructure in Oregon to support them.

Douglas County Project Development Grant

Matching grant provided for research projects in support of Douglas County’s FERC license application.

Douglas County Wave & Tidal Energy Project

This project is to develop civil engineering design criteria and cost for an oscillating water column collector system at the Reedsport, Oregon location. The project will identify fabrication requirements; launching and transportation processes; installation; scour protection; and, anchoring requirements.

Marine Energy Interest Working Group (MEIG)

Co-sponsored creation of, and participated in, on-going forums to exchange information on marine-energy electric generation technologies, applications and market developments.

Ocean Energy Blue Tag Study

The purpose of this project is to provide the Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET) with a professional evaluation of various policy alternatives to address the above market price of ocean energy produced electricity. This evaluation will cover both regulatory and voluntary approaches and will include a set of recommendations in each category.

Reedsport/Winchester Bay Project Development Grant

Grant to implement specific research projects in support of OPT’s FERC license application.

Utility Market Initiative (UMI)

The Utility Market Initiative (UMI) was designed to offer electric utilities strategies and technical tools to guide the integration of wave energy into the Northwest utility grid. The UMI begins the process of aligning the needs of regional electric utilities with the resource potential of wave energy and the significant role it will play in growing Oregon’s economic and energy landscape.

Utility Market Initiative (UMI) Road Show

The UMI Road Show will develop, disseminate and present the Utility Market Initiative (UMI) program to relevant utility stakeholders in Oregon. This project will execute a series of meetings and workshops with appropriate utility staff to communicate the program results and solicit general industry feedback. The goal of this program is to deliver the appropriate tools and strategies developed under the UMI program and educate as many utility stakeholders as possible on the opportunities and challenges facing the wave energy industry.

Wave Climate, Geotechnical and Geophysical Analysis of the Tillamook Jetties

Wave Energy AS is an ocean energy company from Norway established to develop, test, market and commercialize the patented SSGTM wave energy converter technology. Wave Energy AS is interested in developing their technology in North America and the Port of Garibaldi has been selected as a potentially good location to launch the first project. This study assesses the physical environment at the proposed project site in order to determine whether or not the location will be compatible with Wave Energy’s technology.

Wave Energy Technology – New Zealand Feasibility Study (WET-NZ)

Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI) is conducting a feasibility study to assess the financial viability of conducting a grid-connected, small-scale (1 to 10 MW) demonstration of the Wave Energy Technology-New Zealand (WET-NZ) technology in the Oregon territorial sea and connected to an Oregon utility. NWEI is receiving financial assistance from USDOE and OWET to help further validate the technical performance of the technology under separate programs. The feasibility study will help further establish the business case for an in-ocean demonstration of the WET-NZ wave energy converter in Oregon.

ScholarsArchive @ OSU

The OSU Libraries and OWET are partners in providing long-term access to OWET reports and publications. OWET either holds copyright for these materials or has retained permission from the copyright holder to make the publications freely available. Visit the ScholarsArchive @ OSU

Reaching Out

Did You Know?

Oregon is a leader in wave energy.

Oregon focuses on a collaborative model for getting wave energy projects in the water.

That Oregon’s Coastline is among a few places in the world that has the key elements to tap into wave energy?

That Oregon can enjoy an abundance of energy generated by ocean waves?

That our state contains internationally- recognized experts who are leading efforts to responsibly develop wave energy?

That Oregon has capacity to build, maintain and deliver sustainable wave energy power to the grid?

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Why support Oregon Wave Energy Trust?

Wave energy is one key part of the comprehensive alternative energy solution for Oregon. And thanks to a combination of unique characteristics is the only source of energy where Oregon enjoys such a clear competitive advantage. As a result, Oregon’s wave energy industry provides myriad opportunities to deliver significant economic benefits to the state.

Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET) works closely with our state- wide stakeholders: fishing and environmental groups, coastal communities and industry, government agencies and other partners in responsibly developing this new industry while establishing Oregon as the North American leader in wave energy. The work that we do is the real benefit we offer our members.

Our Founding Partners

Oregon Wave Energy Trust was funded in part with Oregon State Lottery Funds administered by the Oregon Business Development Department. It is one of six Oregon Innovation Council initiatives supporting innovation and long term economic growth.

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