With efforts to ramp up the production of renewable energy and facilitate its movement from sources like OceanBased Perpetual Energy to consumers, the United States may need to triple the size of its transmission system by 2050 in order to effectively decarbonize our electricity system. Currently the United States has more than 600,000 circuit miles...Read More

Wondrous ocean research is happening right in Florida at Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU’s) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, where the Southeastern National Marine Renewable Energy Center performs marine and hydrokinetic research, manufacturing and assembly of test equipment, and mobilization of marine hydrokinetic projects for its partners such as OceanBased Perpetual Energy and the recent OceanBased Gulf...Read More

The U.S. Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office will host the first Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC) designed to challenge interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students to offer unique solutions to the burgeoning marine energy industry that can play a vital role in powering the blue economy, Adis Ajdin reports for Offshore Energy...Read More

The U.S. Department of Energy is convinced that the nation’s future energy profile would be strengthened by a robust hydrokinetic sector, Tina Casey reports for CleanTechnica.com here.Read More