Marine Energy News

As part of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program, the Water Power Technologies Office selected 18 hydropower and marine energy projects that can help spur water power-focused innovation across the country.

Mirko Musa, an R&D associate staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was always fascinated by the power of rivers and how they sculpt landscapes. Now, he’s finding ways to harness that power and protect rivers at the same time.

The National Sea Grant College Program and the Water Power Technologies Office announced projects in Alaska, Guam, and Hawaiʻi that will examine how adoption of ocean renewable energy could support sustainable energy systems.

To encourage the public to take a closer look at all that water power has to offer and to document its importance to the U.S. energy grid, the Water Power Technologies Office is launching the Make A Splash Photo and Video Contest!

As a water power intern at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Patrick O’Byrne constructs and studies tidal energy technologies, which are still relatively new but could help the country achieve its clean energy goals.

The Water Power Technologies Office announced $1.2 million to fund 23 marine energy research and development projects at four U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories.

Mark Glick was interested in public policy from an early age. Today, as chief energy officer for the Hawai'i State Energy Office, he supports the state’s clean energy transition with help from water power.

Explore the marine energy projects in the Water Power Technologies Office’s 2021–2022 Accomplishments Report that are helping to expand and diversify the U.S. energy portfolio.

Learn what waves have to do with drinking water and what Waves to Water Prize competitors gleaned from testing their small, modular, wave energy-powered desalination prototypes in North Carolina’s Outer Banks.