Join speakers from the Department of Energy and National Labs as they provide an overview of the DOE Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) community-centered and demonstration focused activities within their Powering the Blue Economy portfolio. The Resilient Coastal Communities program within PBE supports energy innovation for remote, coastal, and island communities with a focus on end-user needs, emergent blue economy markets, technology optimization, and marine energy. While these efforts aim to advance development of marine energy technologies, there is increasing recognition on the part of scientists, technology providers, industry, DOE and other federal agencies that designing and deploying effective renewable energy technologies requires co-production of approaches and tools with communities and stakeholders interested in transitioning to renewable energy resources. By employing this methodology through technical assistance programs like the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP) and utilizing tools like the Deployment Readiness Framework to understand the influencing factors which motivate or deter energy transitions, WPTO hopes to engage a number of near-term marine energy demonstration opportunities.

Moderator:

• Tessa Greco, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (slide deck)

Panelists:

• Katie Arkema, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (slide deck)
• Kerry Grantham, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (slide deck)
• Simon Gore, U.S. Department of Energy (slide deck)