This is an excellent thing to see in the Tech Journal South.  Looks like everyday renewable energy is becoming more of a certainty on the Outer Banks.

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Outer Banks Ocean Energy Corp. (OBOE), a renewable energy developer that intends to develop an offshore wind farm in federal waters off the coast of North Carolina, has announced the company’s formal chartering.

OBOE was formed in early 2008 to generate electrical power from the unique confluence of wind, wave and current resources found approximately 25 milesoff the coast of North Carolina.

The company is in the early stages of developing the North Carolina Hybrid Energy Preserve, which aims to deploy wind turbines positioned within four federal lease blocks covering 23,724 acres.

The turbines will be supplemented in the out years by the Gulf Stream currentand wave power. OBOE’s executive team has engaged experts in marine sciences and electrical engineering at universities in the region to develop and compile data which revealed that an area off the coast of Cape Lookout, NC offers an ideal combination of ocean wind, wave and current power.

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