Wave Energy: Humboldt County

LOCATION
Humboldt County, California, United States.
SITE DESCRIPTION
The offshore project will be located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Eureka in Humboldt County. California.
PERMIT STATUS
Finavera Renewables filed, and has been granted, a preliminary permit application to investigate the feasibility of a wave power project with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in November 2007.

POTENTIAL FACILITY SIZE
The Humboldt County project is originally planned as a 2 MW demonstration plant. The FERC permit is being pursued with the expectation of expanding the project to 100 megawatts.