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Below are stories about marine energy featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office.
The Water Power Technologies Office invested more than $41 million in the four university-led National Marine Energy Centers to help strengthen and expand marine energy research and development and bolster testing infrastructure.
The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program helped E-Wave Technologies develop a wave energy converter from concept to test-validated device.
Each team was awarded $80,000 for showcasing the performance capabilities and characteristics of their distributed embedded energy converter technology concepts to harness and convert the power of ocean waves into usable types of energy.
A new study found that tidal energy could help Alaska decarbonize its largest electrical grid by 2035.
WPTO has announced a funding opportunity for programs that accelerate the commercialization and adoption of water power systems and solutions.
The Water Power Technologies Office announced 16 hydropower and 12 marine energy projects at the U.S. Department of Energy’s national laboratories. These projects will advance water power technologies and their roles in achieving clean energy goals.
This World Oceans Day, join the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office in celebrating the many people who are advancing ocean energy technologies.
The Water Power Technologies Office’s semiannual stakeholder webinar in May 2024 provided the latest updates on funding, technical collaboration opportunities, and prizes, along with recent accomplishments.
Thirty-six student-led teams will participate in these competitions, which engage and educate students about real-world challenges facing the hydropower and marine energy sectors and career opportunities in water power.
Megan Lee Anderson, an R&D mechanical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, shares her childhood interest in helping the environment, and how a lifetime of interaction with the coastline, along with a series of serendipitous events led her to a career in marine energy.