Story perspectives

DOE Approves PacWave South Wave-Energy Test Facility Off Oregon Coast

8/27/2026

Summary

Story summary

The U.S. government approved opening PacWave South wave-energy test facility off Oregon’s coast.
PacWave South is the first large continental-U.S. site for testing electricity-generating wave technologies.
The Department of Energy invested nearly $150 million in siting and construction since 2016.
The facility connected to the grid in the summer after Energy Department approval.
No wave-energy devices have arrived, preventing electricity generation at the site.

1 of 1

Story summary

The U.S. government approved opening PacWave South wave-energy test facility off Oregon’s coast.
PacWave South is the first large continental-U.S. site for testing electricity-generating wave technologies.
The Department of Energy invested nearly $150 million in siting and construction since 2016.
The facility connected to the grid in the summer after Energy Department approval.
No wave-energy devices have arrived, preventing electricity generation at the site.