Marine Energy News

Nineteen teams split $285,000 in Phase I of the Innovating Distributed Embedded Energy Prize for their distributed embedded energy converter technology concepts to harness and convert the power of ocean waves into usable types of energy.

Learn how Emrgy Inc. is harnessing power from existing waterways using a technology advanced with support from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Learn how Ocean Motion Technologies leveraged a variety of DOE funding mechanisms to accelerate the commercialization of its marine energy technology.

The Water Power Technologies Office announced four winners in the fourth phase of the H2Os Prize, which challenged innovators to upgrade hydropower technology using 21st century solutions.

The Water Power Technologies Office published a notice of intent to issue a $9.5 million funding opportunity to advance hydropower’s flexibility. The office expects to release this funding opportunity in fall 2023.

The Water Power Technologies Office and national laboratories will be attending and presenting on their work at the Clean Currents conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, from Oct. 10-13, 2023.

The 2023 edition of the U.S. Hydropower Market Report provides the latest data and research findings to offer a comprehensive overview of developments in the U.S. hydropower and pumped storage hydropower fleet and industry trends.

Sohom Datta, a senior power systems engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, conducts research that could help identify communities that are most vulnerable to wildfires and how they could prepare to weather them with help from hydropower.

The Water Power Technologies Office recently selected six innovative marine energy projects for funding through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program.