The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is pleased to announce the launch of the West Coast Renewable Energy Science Exchange, a series of webinars about scientific research offshore California, Oregon, and Washington that will inform decisions about the planning, leasing, and development of ocean renewable energy. Read more here
HydroVision International offers a week of learning and networking. The conference program features 60 sessions and 350 speakers. The exhibit hall features more than 280 service and product suppliers from all over the world. Supplementing the main conference and exhibition are co-located events: 2 in-the-field tours of hydro plants, 4…
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View Original at Cleantechnica.com March 7th, 2016 By Tina Casey Clean, renewable wave energy has been sloshing up against the shores of North America for millennia, only to disappear into the ether, and it looks like the US is finally going to grab some back. A US wave energy startup…
View Original at Tidal Energy Today Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) researchers have deployed SWIFT buoys from a helicopter to assess the extremely stormy conditions in the Pacific ocean, off Oregon, USA. The Surface Wave Instrument Float with Tracking (SWIFT) is a free drifting system to measure waves,…
View Original at Energy.gov EERE’s Small Business Voucher (SBV) pilot continues gaining steam and garnering keen interest from across DOE, the National Laboratory enterprise, and the clean tech small business community. SBV’s upcoming $20 million investment in small business assistance and collaborative research has the potential to change the way…
View Orginal Source at UWToday October 24, 2014 By Hannah Hickey The U.S. Navy has committed to get half of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2020. One element of that strategy will be looking to extract energy from tides, currents and waves. The University of Washington…