The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office enables research, development, and testing of emerging technologies to advance marine energy as well as next-generation hydropower and pumped storage systems for a flexible, reliable grid. 

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Small Business Grant Program Helps Entrepreneurs Advance Water Power Initiatives
The Water Power Technologies Office funds projects in a range of topics through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Learn about recent projects and the Phase I topics for Fiscal Year 2024.
November 29, 2023
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Water Power Technologies Office Announces Nearly $1.8 Million for Continuing Marine Energy Projects at U.S. National Laboratories
The Water Power Technologies Office announced nearly $1.8 million for nine projects to further marine energy research and development at DOE’s national laboratories.
November 17, 2023
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Funding Notice: Strategies to Increase Hydropower Flexibility
$9.5 million funding opportunity to strengthen hydropower's ability to support an electric grid with an increasing amount of variable renewable energy resources.
November 16, 2023
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Reflecting on Water Power Competitions and Research at Clean Currents
During the Clean Currents conference, the Water Power Technologies Office kicked off the Hydropower Collegiate Competition, hosted competitors for the H2Os Prize, featured talks from national laboratory researchers at the DOE booth, and more.
November 15, 2023
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DOE Launches $1.7 Million Prize to Power Offshore Economy with Marine Energy
DOE launched the Powering the Blue Economy™: Power at Sea Prize , which will award up to $1.7 million to competitors to advance technologies that use marine energy to power ocean-based activities
November 13, 2023
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Ripple Effect: Chicken Coops and Magazines Nudged Two Hydropower Experts Into STEM; Now, They Hope to Bring in a New Generation
In honor of National STEM Day, Argonne National Laboratory’s Jonghwan Kwon and Quentin Ploussard share why they chose to pursue STEM careers and their work with high school students to encourage interest in hydropower.
November 8, 2023
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DOE Announces Winners in First Round of Prize Focused on Novel Wave Energy Technologies
Nineteen teams split $285,000 in Phase I of the Innovating Distributed Embedded Energy Prize for their distributed embedded energy converter technology concepts to harness and convert the power of ocean waves into usable types of energy.
November 7, 2023
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Unlocking Clean Energy Potential with Deployable, Scalable Hydropower
Learn how Emrgy Inc. is harnessing power from existing waterways using a technology advanced with support from the U.S. Department of Energy.
November 6, 2023
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Award-Winning Software Helps Communities Plan Their Clean Energy Transition
Learn how a utility in Fairbanks, Alaska, and a national lab used tools to simulate the impact of clean energy technologies on the city’s power system.
October 30, 2023
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Ocean Motion Technologies: Leveraging DOE Resources to Harness the Power of the Ocean
Learn how Ocean Motion Technologies leveraged a variety of DOE funding mechanisms to accelerate the commercialization of its marine energy technology.
October 25, 2023
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