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Another Approach To Wave Energy

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Waves continue to pound Oregon beaches, practically daring engineers to harness their power. 

But Oregon's major wave-energy project fell apart earlier this year, with no buoy ever deployed. 

Enter M3 Wave, a company with a different approach to harnessing the ocean's power. 

The M3 plan calls for a device to placed on the ocean floor, not the surface. 

The pressure, not the actual waves, powers a mechanism that involves a turbine.

CEO Mike Morrow joins us to talk about the concept and the first test, planned for the Astoria area next week.   
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.