A critical conduit for ocean wave energy

Dallas-based engineering giant Jacobs has completed work for infrastructure underpinning Oregon State University’s ocean wave energy testing facility in Seal Rock, Ore. The first commercial-scale U.S. installation of its kind, PacWave South allows up to 20 wave energy converters of various designs to be tested in real-world conditions seven miles off the coast. The project includes four steel conduits up…

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C-I-P, precast vault central to harnessing ocean wave energy

Sources: Jacobs, Dallas; CP staff Engineering giant Jacobs recently completed work for infrastructure underpinning Oregon State University’s PacWave South ocean wave energy testing facility in Seal Rock, Ore. The first commercial-scale U.S. installation of its kind, PacWave South allows up to 20 wave energy converters of various designs to be tested in real-world, open-sea conditions seven miles off the coast.…

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