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Powering the Blue Economy: Exploring Opportunities for Marine Renewable Energy in Maritime Markets To spur economic growth and revitalize the ocean the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Offce (WPTO) launched the Powering the Blue Economy™ (PBE) initiative, which aims t Details Bookmark & Share
Water Power Technologies Office Releases First Multi-Year Program Plan The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has released its first Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP), which outlines the Office’s research priorities and plans through 2025. Details Bookmark & Share
Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources: Appendix B - Assessment Results by State Analytical assessments of the water energy resources in the 20 hydrologic regions of the United States were performed using state-of-the-art digital elevation models and geographic information system Details Bookmark & Share
Developing Biological Specifications for Fish Friendly Turbines This factsheet explains studies conducted in a highly reproducible manner to examine the biological effects to fish exposed to a shear environment in the laboratory. Strain rate was used as the index Details Bookmark & Share
Response of Juvenile Pacific Lamprey to Turbine Passage To help determine the Pacific lamprey’s ability to survive turbine passage, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists conducted laboratory tests designed to simulate a fish’s passage through th Details Bookmark & Share

Powering the Blue Economy: Exploring Opportunities for Marine Renewable Energy in Maritime Markets
To spur economic growth and revitalize the ocean the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Offce (WPTO) launched the Powering the Blue Economy™ (PBE) initiative, which aims t Details Bookmark & Share

Water Power Technologies Office Releases First Multi-Year Program Plan
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has released its first Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP), which outlines the Office’s research priorities and plans through 2025. Details Bookmark & Share

Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources: Appendix B - Assessment Results by State
Analytical assessments of the water energy resources in the 20 hydrologic regions of the United States were performed using state-of-the-art digital elevation models and geographic information system Details Bookmark & Share

Developing Biological Specifications for Fish Friendly Turbines
This factsheet explains studies conducted in a highly reproducible manner to examine the biological effects to fish exposed to a shear environment in the laboratory. Strain rate was used as the index Details Bookmark & Share

Response of Juvenile Pacific Lamprey to Turbine Passage
To help determine the Pacific lamprey’s ability to survive turbine passage, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists conducted laboratory tests designed to simulate a fish’s passage through th Details Bookmark & Share

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Powering the Blue Economy: Exploring Opportunities for Marine Renewable Energy in Maritime Markets To spur economic growth and revitalize the ocean the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Offce (WPTO) launched the Powering the Blue Economy™ (PBE) initiative, which aims t Details Bookmark & Share
Summary Report: October 5, 2021 Workshop on Materials & Manufacturing for Marine Energy Technologies The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) enables research, testing, development, and commercialization of emerging technologies to advance marine energy, as well as next- Details Bookmark & Share
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Provides Opportunities for Water Power Across Several Programs President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law on November 15, 2021. The $1.2 trillion deal, commonly called the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), is a long-term investm Details Bookmark & Share
Working With the Hydropower Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office The Hydropower Program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) supports research, development, demonstration, and commercial activities to: • Advance transfor Details Bookmark & Share
Working With the Marine Energy Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office The Marine Energy Program (formerly the Marine and Hydrokinetics [MHK] Program) in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) conducts research, development, demonstr Details Bookmark & Share

Summary Report: October 5, 2021 Workshop on Materials & Manufacturing for Marine Energy Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) enables research, testing, development, and commercialization of emerging technologies to advance marine energy, as well as next- Details Bookmark & Share

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Provides Opportunities for Water Power Across Several Programs
President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law on November 15, 2021. The $1.2 trillion deal, commonly called the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), is a long-term investm Details Bookmark & Share

Working With the Hydropower Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office
The Hydropower Program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) supports research, development, demonstration, and commercial activities to: • Advance transfor Details Bookmark & Share

Working With the Marine Energy Program in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office
The Marine Energy Program (formerly the Marine and Hydrokinetics [MHK] Program) in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) conducts research, development, demonstr Details Bookmark & Share