[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H98]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      PACIFIC MARINE ENERGY CENTER

  (Mr. SCHRADER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCHRADER. Mr. Speaker, I'm here today to share with my colleagues 
yesterday's very exciting announcement of the first utility-scale, 
grid-connected wave energy test site in the United States, which I'm 
proud to say is going to occur in my district in Newport, Oregon.
  The Northwest National Marine Energy Center, based at Oregon State 
University, will be constructing the Pacific Marine Energy Center to 
test energy generation potential and environmental impacts of these 
wave energy devices.
  NNMREC, established in 2008, is a partnership between Oregon State 
University and the University of Washington and is one of only three 
U.S. Department of Energy-supported marine renewable energy centers. In 
addition to the Department of Energy, this work is supported by my 
State of Oregon, the Wave Energy Trust, and other private and public 
agencies.
  NNMREC's selection of Newport as the site will not only benefit the 
community of Newport but, frankly, the entire Oregon coast and will set 
a course for Oregon and the Nation to be one step closer to energy 
independence.
  I am also very proud of Oregon State University and their continued 
leadership in this area. I would be very remiss if I didn't give a 
shout out to the incredible work done by Belinda Batten, director of 
NNMREC, and Annette von Jouanne, professor at Oregon State University, 
and all the faculty and students in the Wave Energy Department at OSU. 
Their tireless efforts are the reason we're able to celebrate this 
achievement today.

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