The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has issued a lease for the first wave energy research project in federal waters off the U.S. West Coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it has issued a lease for the first wave energy research project in federal waters off the U.S. West Coast. The federal marine hydrokinetic (MHK) energy research lease was offered to Oregon State University for the PacWave South project, which is a proposed open ocean wave energy test center. BOEM outlined that the project will consist of four test berths to support the testing of up to 20 wave energy converter (WEC) devices, with an installed capacity not to exceed 20 megawatts, to demonstrate the viability of wave energy. In a statement posted on its website, BOEM said the lease represents another step forward in achieving the Biden administration’s goals to address climate change and […]