Strategy needed to get wave energy rolling, experts say

Published: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Gillian Riddell, Westerly News (Canada)

Ucluelet has the potential to be the wave energy capital of Canada but even getting the first test sites operating is a struggle according to a Vancouver Island based ocean energy expert.

Chris Campbell, executive director of the Ocean Renewable Energy Group, a national organization that serves to coordinate groups researching and investing in ocean energy, is calling on the provincial government to develop a strategy to make wave and tidal energy a reality.

"The problem is, power is too cheap and there are too many choices in B.C.," said Campbell.

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