The Power Of The Ocean

Brookings, Oregon 2011

COOS BAY, Ore. — Oregon companies have won contracts to help develop wave power on the Oregon coast.
The World newspaper in Coos Bay reports that American Bridge Manufacturing in Reedsport and Sause Bros. in Coos Bay have won contracts related to the manufacture and deployment of wave energy-generating devices for New Jersey-based Ocean Power Technologies Inc.
After the device, called a PowerBuoy, is deployed and tested off the coast near Reedsport later this year, Ocean Power plans to construct what it says will be the first commercial-scale wave power station in the nation.
The project would consist of as many as nine additional PowerBuoys and infrastructure for a grid, subject to regulatory approvals and additional funding.
American Bridge will manufacture the subsurface floats and tow-out fixtures that are part of the PowerBuoys' mooring system.
Sause Bros. will tow the buoys from the final assembly site in Portland to Coos Bay, then position and install the buoys, mooring lines and anchors at the Reedsport site.
Oregon Iron Works of Clackamas will assemble the PowerBuoys' electronics and power take-off, and Cascade General of Portland will assemble the buoys and put them into the Columbia River for towing to the coast.
Ocean Power Technologies says its contracts so far with Oregon companies for the project total $6 million.
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Information from: The World, http://www.theworldlink.com