Below are stories about marine energy featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office.
January 13, 2023
Water Power Successes in 2022 Help Advance Clean Energy Goals
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office shares a few of the many successes its experts, labs, and partners achieved in the last year in reflecting on 2022 and looking ahead to 2023.
January 11, 2023
Ripple Effect: Why WPTO Fellow Sarah Moore Believes We Need More Than Math and Science to Solve Problems Like Climate Change
In 2015, Sarah Moore traveled to a rural Bolivian community to install solar-powered showers and latrines. Now a 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science Science and Technology fellow, she works on other communities' water systems.
January 9, 2023
Proposed Funding Opportunity Expanded With $10 Million to Support Community-Led Tidal and Current Energy Planning and Development
WPTO added a $10 million topic area to its proposed funding opportunity to advance tidal and current energy systems, bringing the total funding to $45 million.
December 9, 2022
WPTO Announces over $16 Million in New National Lab-Led Hydropower and Marine Projects
WPTO today announced over $16 million in new projects to further hydropower and marine energy research and development. These awards encompass $5.6 million for hydropower and $10.5 million for marine energy projects across six national laboratories.
November 30, 2022
Major Funding Opportunities Discussed at Water Power Technologies Office Semiannual Stakeholder Webinar
WPTO hosted its latest semiannual stakeholder webinar on Nov. 9, 2022, and shared details with hydropower and marine energy stakeholders from industry, academia, and government on the office’s latest funding opportunities, accomplishments, and projects.
November 16, 2022
WPTO Webinar to Discuss Water Power Topics in Upcoming Small Business Funding Program
On Dec. 1, 2022, WPTO will host a webinar to explore the water power topics in Phase One of the Fiscal Year 2023 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program. Speakers will discuss these topics and answer questions.
November 15, 2022
Ripple Effect: Christopher Ruhl and How Football Led to a Passion for Engineering Tidal Energy
It was summer football training that brought Christopher Ruhl to mechanical engineering. Now a Ph.D. candidate and fellow in the Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program, he uses those skills to study turbulence and and how it affects tidal energy.
November 8, 2022
Curious About a Career in Water Power?
This National STEM Day, the Water Power Technologies Office is featuring resources, tools, and opportunities that can help you pursue a clean energy career in water power.
October 25, 2022
Ripple Effect: Claire Gonzales and Scuba Diving into Ocean-Powered Fisheries
At age 17, Claire Gonzales took her first deep ocean dive. Now, as a 2022 fellow in the Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program, she works on co-locating marine energy with fisheries to help the world protect the ocean one ripple at a time.
October 14, 2022
Ripple Effect: From Milk-Can Cars to Underwater Vehicles, Habilou Ouro-Koura Is Harnessing Power
As a kid, Habilou Ouro-Koura liked to break stuff. Now, as a 2022 fellow with the Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program, Ouro-Koura is helping make ocean thermal energy practical so the world can fix climate change one ripple at a time.