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Below are news updates about hydropower and marine energy technologies from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Water Power Technologies Office, and other federal agencies.
The Water Power Technologies Office and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education announced five students participating in the next cohort of the Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program.
WPTO launched the Innovating Distributed Embedded Energy Prize, which will award up to $2.3 million to competitors investigating novel technologies for harnessing and converting the power of ocean waves into usable types of energy.
WPTO opened applications for the second annual Hydropower Collegiate Competition and fifth annual Marine Energy Collegiate Competition. These competitions help students prepare for jobs in hydropower, marine energy, and related industries.
The Water Power Technologies Office and the Tennessee Valley Authority signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance collaboration on hydropower technology development.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) today released its 2021–2022 Accomplishments Report.
The Water Power Technologies Office recently released its 2022 Peer Review Report, which includes feedback and recommendations from a team of independent experts who evaluated WPTO-funded projects across the Hydropower and Marine Energy programs.
All the skyscrapers, traffic, and factories used to remind Nina Joffe of warnings in Dr. Suess’ The Lorax. As an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow, she helps marine energy expand and coexist with marine wildlife and ecosystems.
Jake Herb grew up where trucks belched next to horses and buggies. Recently, as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Science and Technology Policy fellow, he helped develop programs to advance water power technology.
With technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project, the town of Dillingham, Alaska is considering a hydropower project to help the community reach its energy resilience and environmental 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.
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