Green Options » finavera http://greenoptions.com/tag/finavera Posts tagged 'finavera' Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:07:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en PG&E to Try Next Round of Wave Power Tests off Santa Barbara Coast http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/12/pge-to-try-next-round-of-wave-power-tests-off-santa-barbara-coast/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/12/pge-to-try-next-round-of-wave-power-tests-off-santa-barbara-coast/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:07:44 +0000 Susan Kraemer http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/12/pge-to-try-next-round-of-wave-power-tests-off-santa-barbara-coast/
Moving on from the problems encountered in the Northern California wave energy tests off Mendocino and Humboldt Counties; PG&E has just filed a new preliminary permit application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for another three-year study of a potential wave power site.

Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Santa Barbara County coast is the new host. Like every Federal Agency, the Air Force is now under Executive Order to cut transport carbon emissions 30% and to power buildings with renewable energy, possibly making this location more amenable to tests of a renewable energy source that has the potential to do that.

The WaveConnect permits applied for are just the first step; allowing PG&E to put in the needed infrastructure to conduct tests. A grid extension to the ocean that brings an undersea cable 5 to 10 miles offshore to several WaveConnect “sockets” to plug the tested wave energy devices into, so that PG&E can monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the various wave energy devices they want to test.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/12/pge-to-try-next-round-of-wave-power-tests-off-santa-barbara-coast/feed/ The ‘AquaBuoy’ Wave Energy Converter (w/animation) http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/06/the-aquabuoy-wave-energy-converter-wanimation/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/06/the-aquabuoy-wave-energy-converter-wanimation/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 07:35:00 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/06/the-aquabuoy-wave-energy-converter-wanimation/ aquabuoy-2-0-deployed_mms.jpg

Cool looking contraption, huh? What you’re looking at is Finavera Renewables’ latest project in scalable wave power technology. If you think that picture is pretty cool, you’ll enjoy the animation: This story contains additional media. Click here to view the media.

Photo: U.S. Minerals Management Service

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