Scottish firm interested in harnessing Ore. wave energy

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http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8NCC26G0.html

A Scottish firm is the second company to express interest in harnessing wave energy along the Douglas County coastline.

David Langston, business development manager for Wavegen, told county Commissioners Marilyn Kittelman and Joe Laurance that his company is interested in exploring development of a shore-based energy converter near the south jetty at Winchester Bay.

Wavegen is owned by Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation a partnership between two of Germanys industrial giants. It has produced electricity by harnessing wave energy since 2000.

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A column of water inside a chamber moves up and down from the action of the waves, which, in turn, produces electricity. Voith Siemens produces 31 percent of the worlds water-based electricity, Langston said.

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