From Our Blogs

In October 2019, WPTO selected four grand prize winners for the Furthering Advancements to Shorten Time (FAST) Commissioning for PSH Prize.

PNNL has completed the development of new, highly miniaturized fish-tags, able to be quickly injected, even into tiny juvenile eel and lamprey.

In 2020, NREL released new STEM and workforce development portals for both marine energy and hydropower.

The Electric Power Institute (EPRI) has successfully automated identification processes for young American eel tracked with multi-beam sonar.

WPTO supported the creation of PRIMRE, a Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy.

From 2014 to 2020, Sandia National Labs and MRE developer Re Vision Consulting investigated advanced controls techniques in wave energy systems.

WPTO has granted more than 85 awards and built new partnerships to catalyze innovation in marine energy.

Under the HydroPASSAGE project, PNNL and ORNL are providing new information that can be used to increase fish survival and lower operational costs.

An Archimedes Hydrodynamic Screw turbine, using composite materials and advanced manufacturing methods, is reducing costs and improving efficiency.

Rapid changes in the U.S. electricity system have created new needs for grid services that hydropower and PSH are well-suited to provide.