Pacific Ocean Energy Trust (POET)
Building American energy resiliency through ocean-based technology and policy solutions
Championing Ocean-Based Energy Solutions
Annual Marine Energy Conference | OREC+MECC 2026 | May 18-21, 2026 | Portland, Oregon
Thank you for making OREC+MECC 2026 a success!
POET's annual Ocean Renewable Energy Conference once again partnered with Marine Energy Collegiate Competition, Monday May 18 through Thursday May 21. From enlightening sessions and workshops to the student presentations and award ceremony, we enjoyed bringing these two events with their complementary audiences together once again. Congratulations to all teams, and to the University of Southern California MECC team for taking home this year's crown.
OREC will return again next spring, but for another marine energy event this summer, check out UMERC+METS 2026. It will be held August 4-6, 2026, at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.
POET's Mission
From our original mission to promote the responsible development of marine energy, we have expanded to:
Building energy resiliency through ocean-based technology and policy solutions
Marine Energy Event | UMERC+METS Conference | August 4-6, 2026 | Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey
Accepting Abstracts! UMERC+METS Annual Conference 2026 | Hoboken, NJ
Join us August 4-6, 2026, at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, as the University Marine Energy Research Community (UMERC) Annual Conference once again teams up with METS (Marine Energy Technology Symposium)! We are now accepting Abstract Submissions for consideration as podium presentations or posters. Submit your marine energy research abstract here, and join the free UMERC portal to connect with your marine energy colleagues and keep up to speed on all developments. Cheers to community!
Network Director
Testing, Expertise for Marine Energy Developers
Serving as the Network Director for the Department of Energy's TEAMER program, POET connects marine energy developers with testing, expertise, and infrastructure from the nation's top research facilities. With this support, they can refine and validate their technologies—and ultimately bring them to market.
TEAMER WEBINAR | Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 11 a.m. Pacific
Free Webinar: Commercialization Facility Showcase
On Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 11 a.m. Pacific, POET hosted a webinar to share information about TEAMER facilities offering Commercialization capabilities to marine energy developers—including the types of support they can offer and the experts who carry out the work with applicants. Featured facilities included Factor, OpenSeas Technology Innovation Hub, yet2, Environmental Science Associates, and VentureWell. Some of the capabilities covered included Business Development & Strategy, Community Engagement, Customer Discovery, Financial Management Consultation, Funding Continuity and Opportunity Identification, IP Strategy, Market Identification, Marketing and Outreach, Proposal and Pitch Consultation, and Regulatory Navigation. Facility representatives also discussed the importance of incorporating commercialization throughout the development process.
TEAMER connects marine energy developers with facilities to carry out research, testing, or expertise support. For more information on the program, or to view a recording of the webinar, visit the TEAMER site.
Program Coordinator
Connecting Industry, Academia, Labs
The University Marine Energy Research Community (UMERC), coordinated by POET, seeks to strengthen the connections between members of industry, national laboratories, and universities to foster collaboration within the U.S. marine energy research community and amplify the impacts of foundational research.
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