We mean that literally. If you were looking off the coast near Newport, OR today, you would have noticed the Salvage Chief offshore about a mile. According to Finavera Renewables, the ship has been doing work on recovering the Finavera Buoy, which sank last fall. Over the past several days they have been at work removing sand, cutting chain, and getting the buoy ready to lift. The plan was to lift the buoy today and have it at the entrance to Yaquina Bay earlier this afternoon - no word yet if all went to plan. The Coast Guard is putting a 500 yard restriction on the vessels while they are towing the buoy. They’ve also asked that interested persons stay away from the work site, as there are divers in the water and subsurface devices also in the water.
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It only took 229 days and a flat spell to find but the 72ft. Finavera wave energy buoy has been located off the coast of Newport, OR. Here’s a sonar sidescan image of the buoy located last night by the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) Ocean and Coastal Services Division. Now if we can only get Finavera to clean up after themselves…
and the 72ft. Finavera wave energy buoy is still sitting at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Newport, OR - without a recovery plan in sight.
Good news for central Oregon coast surfers, the proposed 300ft x 300ft wave energy project off the coast of Florence, OR was canceled. Pressure from environmental groups, including the Surfrider Foundation raised concerns about the wave energy project. The concerns included the size of the platforms, location, impact on recreation (wave height), and environmental impacts.
and the 72ft. Finavera wave energy buoy is still sitting at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Newport, OR - corroding, seeping and deteriorating away.
