Off the Oregon coast just south of Newport, large rounded swells rocked The Discovery from side to side, the waves nearly tipping the boat sideways. Deep under the wobbling vessel, steel pipes ...

Oregon is poised to become a center of wave energy technology development. Oregon completed construction on the largest wave energy testing center on the planet in the spring of 2025. The PacWave ...

Millions of Americans were asked to reduce electricity to prevent outages. Millions of Americans were under historic heat wave conditions this week -- driving up widespread use of air conditioning and ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Seven miles off the Oregon Coast near Newport, Oregon State ...

NEWPORT, Ore. — At a moment when large offshore wind projects are encountering public resistance, a nascent ocean industry is showing promise: wave energy. It’s coming to life in Newport, a rainy ...

On a boat bobbing up and down in the waves off Newport, Burke Hales gave instructions to the ship captain. “So a little bit in and a tiny bit south,” Hales said, peering at the sonar screen. “We ...

We’ve figured out how to harness renewable energy from many natural systems, like solar, wind, and geothermal power. But what about the ocean’s waves? It might seem like converting wave power into ...

Did you know that at least since the 17 th century, humans have studied how to turn ocean waves into energy? But like with many other renewable energies, it was only after the oil price crisis of 1973 ...