Join the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for an informational webinar about the recently-launched Ocean Observing Prize. This joint joint DOE-National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) prize challenges innovators to pair marine renewable energy technologies with ocean observing platforms. The prize contains a number of competitions, the first being the DISCOVER Competition, which seeks novel concepts that integrate ocean observing technologies with marine energy systems to address end-user needs across five broad themes: (1) Unmanned Vehicles; (2) Communications and Underwater Navigation; (3) Extreme Environments; (4) Buoys, Floats, and Tags; and (5) Blue Sea Ideas (i.e., other).
The Powering the Blue Economy™ Ocean Observing Prize is led by the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) and is administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on the American-Made Challenges platform.