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The U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office Powering the Blue Economy™ initiative is a meaningful first step toward protecting, understanding, and leveraging the immense power and promise of the oceans to help us achieve our collective economic, social, and environmental goals. Collaboration and engagement are central to efforts supporting communities and marine life while sustainably providing power to the blue economy.
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In 2019, the Alaskan village of Igiugig worked with Ocean Renewable Power Company to deploy the RivGen® Power System.
The Marine Energy Collegiate Competition is challenging university students to propose technical solutions and business cases for marine energy.
The Ocean Observing Prize is a competition designed to incentivize the development of marine energy-powered, self-charging ocean observing platforms.
The Waves to Water Prize is a five-stage prize to accelerate the development of small, modular, wave-powered desalination systems.
WPTO’s Powering the Blue Economy™ initiative has granted more than 85 awards and built new partnerships to catalyze innovation in marine energy.
17 teams have been chosen to participate in the 2021 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition: Powering the Blue Economy™.
DOE and NOAA announce the opening of Ocean Observing Prize's DEVELOP Competition to better understand how to forecast hurricanes.
DOE Launches Partnership Initiative to Strengthen Remote and Islanded Communities’ Energy Resilience
DOE launches new project to enable remote and islanded communities to plan for, withstand, and recover from energy disruptions.
WPTO has opened the 2021 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition for applications.
DOE announces winners of 2020 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition, which challenges students to develop solutions for the marine energy industry.