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Permanent Magnet Generator - Wave Energy Buoy
$5,000,000

Sen. Ron Wyden (OR) requests $5,000,000 for:
Columbia Power Technologies, LLC
Corvallis, OR

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Summary

At present, power requirements in remote DoD locations throughout the U.S. and its territories are met by fossil-fueled generators. Based on the present high cost per kilowatt hour at some of these remote locations and the projected cost of a commercial-grade 1 MW wave energy buoy system, this wave energy buoy system will offer a low-cost, competitive resource. This Project will develop a highly advanced wave energy system identified by Columbia Power during wave energy research in 2008. This project will make progress toward deploying a large scale ocean test of the system with the Navy in conjunction with Oregon State University and subcontracts to other small businesses in the region.

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