Technology Innovation and Assessment

NREL researchers are developing methods of innovating and assessing the potential of marine energy technologies to accelerate the industry toward commercialization.

Coastal Structure Integrated Wave Energy Converters

In an effort to help protect coastal communities and produce marine energy, NREL experts are working to bring these low-risk, high-reward devices to America's vulnerable coastal communities. 

Distributed Embedded Energy Converter Technologies

To advance the state of the art in wave energy conversion systems, NREL is studying the potential of technologies that harvest ocean energy through use of flexible materials with embedded distributed energy converters.

PKelp Marine Energy Converter

NREL's PKelp is a small-scale, modular marine energy converter that mimics the movement of kelp to harvest ocean and river energy for off-grid applications. PKelp is being co-developed with HydrokinetX to power intelligent ocean observation systems.

WaveSPARC

The WaveSPARC (Systematic Process and Analysis for Reaching Commercialization) project is developing the systems innovation and engineering tools that will enable the development of the next generation of high-performance wave energy technologies.

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