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The first onshore wave energy project in the U.S. launched at Port of Los Angeles.

It produces little power yet, but could scale along the port’s breakwater to supply as many as 60,000 households.

Unlike wind and solar energy, wave power operates continuously and could help L.A. reach its 100% clean energy goal by 2035.

Along a rocky wharf at the Port of Los Angeles on Tuesday, seven blue steel structures bobbed in the gentle wake of a Catalina Island ferry. The bouncing floaters marked a moment for clean energy — the first onshore wave power project in the country.

The floaters belong to Eco Wave Power, a Swedish company behind the pilot project located at AltaSea, a nonprofit

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