This month a new technology to generate electricity from ocean
waves hits the water. Test buoys will be deployed a few miles
off the coast at Newport and Bandon, Oregon and Makah Bay,
Washington. The Northwest is poised to lead the way on wave
energy. But for those who earn a living on the water, it’s not
clear the ocean’s big enough for everyone. Correspondent
Elizabeth Wynne Johnson has our story. Annette von Jouanne lives
for water. She’s a former competitive swimmer, married to a
three-time Olympian and raising two water-loving kids. By day,
she’s head of the nation’s top wave energy research lab at
Oregon State University. Annette von Jouanne: "I have a pic that
I’m looking at right now with my family underwater with our
[laughs] goggles on. That’s what it’s all about. You know,
ensuring a sustainable future for the next generation." When the
professor of electrical engineering looks out at crashing waves,
she thinks about all that power dissipating back into the
deep.... Annette von Jouanne: "Our goal i