Company wants to use ocean waves to produce electricity (Ventura, CA)

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http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jan/04/company-wants-to-use-ocean-waves-to-produce/

A Washington state company has asked federal regulators for a permit to study the potential of producing electricity from ocean waves five to 10 miles off the Ventura coast.

Greys Harbor Ocean Energy applied for a permit in October from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a first step in what would be a multi-year process.

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Modeled after a wave energy facility being built off the United Kingdom coast, the Ventura Ocean Energy Project, as it is called, would also include a wind power component, according to the company’s president, Burton Hamner.

Hamner said the site could produce up to 1,000 megawatts of power, although the permit indicates the Ventura project would produce about 100 megawatts during peak winter storm periods and average about 40.

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