Marine Energy News

Team conducts in-water demonstrations for a novel “Water Horse” hydrokinetic device that sits above rushing rivers, taking a first step to collect data to analyze its true costs and validate its potential as a reliable, lower-cost source of clean energy.

To support the critical step for industry to model and evaluate systems, a multilab team made significant additions to a marine energy data processing software, called MHKiT, to include functions to download and process new types of data.

With the first stages of directional drilling nearly complete, land-based construction begins on PacWave South, the United States’ first accredited, grid-connected, open-ocean wave energy testing facility.

The newly awarded Atlantic Marine Energy Center will provide research and testing capabilities for marine energy, with the awarded coalition focusing on ocean-based industries.

The TEAMER program grew substantially in its second year to 37 requests for technical support in Fiscal Year 2021—and expanded its network from 30 to include more than 90 different capabilities.

Sandia Wave Energy Power Take-Off Lab provides its first simulations for an industry partner, AquaHarmonics, leveraging its unique capabilities to evaluate performance on the wave energy converter device in advance of open-ocean testing in Hawaii.

WPTO selected three students for the next Marine and Hydrokinetic Graduate Student Research Program cohort. These students will undertake research to advance the understanding and development of marine energy renewable resources.

DOE announces $25 million in funding for eight innovative projects that will support increased research, development, and demonstration of wave energy technologies and represent the first round of open-water testing at the PacWave South test site.

WPTO and NOAA awarded additional support to the six teams competing in the BUILD Contest of the Ocean Observing Prize, which challenges innovators to integrate marine renewable energy with ocean observation platforms.