{"id":2444,"date":"2013-05-01T10:49:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T17:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2013-05-01T10:52:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T17:52:07","slug":"state-bill-would-require-companies-to-recover-their-own-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/2013\/05\/01\/state-bill-would-require-companies-to-recover-their-own-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"State bill would require wave energy companies to recover their own gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/files\/2013\/05\/wet-nz-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2445\" style=\"margin: 5px\" alt=\"NNMREC Newport test site and buoys\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/files\/2013\/05\/wet-nz-2-234x300.jpg\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/181\/files\/2013\/05\/wet-nz-2-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/181\/files\/2013\/05\/wet-nz-2-400x512.jpg 400w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/181\/files\/2013\/05\/wet-nz-2.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a>SALEM &#8211; The Oregon Senate voted Monday to require that companies experimenting with wave energy in Oregon\u2019s territorial waters show they have enough money to recover their equipment when they\u2019re done with it.<\/p>\n<p>The bill&#8217;s sponsors say they don&#8217;t want the state to be stuck for the cost of removing such gear if it breaks loose, sinks or outlasts its useful life.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Energy-funded Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC), based at Oregon State University, is operating a testing facility for commercial wave energy devices off the coast of Newport, an area also slated to be home to the nation&#8217;s first utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site, the Pacific Marine Energy Center.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/earthfix.opb.org\/energy\/article\/ore-bill-requires-wind-energy-companies-to-remove-\/\">More on this story from Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nnmrec.oregonstate.edu\/\">Learn more about wave energy from NNMREC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SALEM &#8211; The Oregon Senate voted Monday to require that companies experimenting with wave energy in Oregon\u2019s territorial waters show they have enough money to recover their equipment when they\u2019re done with it. 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