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Ready to start building our clean energy future with a career in water power? The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) is committed to developing and deploying a portfolio of innovative technologies for clean, domestic power generation from resources such as hydropower, waves, and tides.

WPTO’s mission is to enable research, development, and testing of new technologies to advance marine energy as well as next-generation hydropower and pumped storage systems for a flexible, reliable grid.

If you are passionate about developing innovative solutions to address the most pressing challenges of the climate crisis, apply to join our team!

Learn about a few of the individuals whose impactful work with WPTO will help advance hydropower and marine energy technologies in the Ripple Effect profile series.

 

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New Report Provides Data-Driven Summary of U.S. Hydropower Fleet and Industry Trends
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.
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Funding Notice: Installation Noise Reduction and Reliable Moorings for Offshore Wind and Marine Energy
$16.4 million funding available for offshore wind and marine energy research and development.
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Ripple Effect: Sohom Datta Saw Wildfires Devastate His State—Now He’s Studying How Hydropower Can Help
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.
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Six Small Businesses Receive Funding for Marine Energy Research and Development
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.
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Latino Power: The Future of the Clean Energy Workforce
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, meet three students who prepared for their clean energy careers by gaining valuable experience through three different EERE programs.
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Apply Now for the Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program
Applications are now open for the 2024 Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program. This program supports graduate students working on marine energy-focused research theses or dissertations. Applications are due December 1, 2023.
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Part 2: How Progressive Cash Prizes Fueled a Cleantech Startup Revolution
Prize competitions at the U.S. Department of Energy are designed to make it easier and quicker for American innovators to develop clean energy technologies, launch businesses, and increase U.S. manufacturing.
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Part 3: How Much Can One Government Idea Alter the Course of Clean Energy?
The U.S. Department of Energy launched the first American-Made Challenge in 2018 to attract more diverse American innovators and accelerate commercialization of clean energy technologies.
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Part 4: The Federal Funding Option That Launched Hundreds of Cleantech Startups (and Counting)
The U.S. Department of Energy leveraged American-Made Challenge Prize competitions to get capital to clean energy organizations that were previously unable to access traditional federal funding resources.
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U.S. Department of Energy Invests $6.3 Million in Environmentally Sustainable Hydropower with Research to Advance Fish Passage and Protection Technologies
Six research and development projects will improve fish passage and protection technologies and reduce the environmental impacts of hydropower on species and ecosystems
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