Last week, the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) held a public meeting at the Hatfield Marine Science Center Visitor Center regarding the Pacific Marine Energy Center, a new ocean testing facility.
PMEC-SETS will consist of four test berths, where wave energy devices will be anchored and moored.
In order to proceed with the project, NNMREC needs to acquire licences from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and a research lease from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
The open ocean test facility for prototype and commercial scale wave energy converters in the US is expected to be available in 2017.