Wave Energy Conversion

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Geekwire: Is the tide turning on renewable marine power?

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Geekwire: Is the tide turning on renewable marine power?

PMEC Director Brian Polagye is quoted in a Geekwire article on wave energy technology and the entrepreneurs at Oscilla and Columbia Power testing their new large-scale devices.

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Congratulations 2021 ORISE Scholars

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Congratulations 2021 ORISE Scholars

Congratulations to Trent Dillon, Ali Trueworthy and Katherine Van Ness, three PMEC students chosen as ORISE WPTO-MHK Graduate Student Research Program fellows for 2021. The U.S. Department of Energy’s ORISE fellowship partners high performing graduate students with national labs and private industry to focus on early-stage research and development.

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VICE News: Wave Energy Could Slash Our Use of Fossil Fuels

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VICE News: Wave Energy Could Slash Our Use of Fossil Fuels

VICE News visits Oregon to learn about America’s push to develop renewable wave energy technologies.

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OSU: Wave Energy Testing (video)

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OSU: Wave Energy Testing (video)

The Pacific Marine Energy Center's member universities offer unparalleled knowledge, experience, and testing facilities. A new video from Oregon State University provides a peek into the world-class facilities that enable early stage development of marine energy technologies.

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Thesis Series: Chris Dizon on a MiniDAQ system for wave energy converters (WECs)

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Thesis Series: Chris Dizon on a MiniDAQ system for wave energy converters (WECs)

PMEC student Chris Dizon set out at the beginning of his Master’s program to shrink the size and cost of data collection on WECs and put all of the commonly used sensors for onto one, simple platform. He presented the platform, called the MiniDAQ (DAQ for Data Acquisition System), in his Master’s Thesis defense in August of 2019.

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IEEE Spectrum: Wave Energy Tech Is Ready to Plug Into a Real Grid

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IEEE Spectrum: Wave Energy Tech Is Ready to Plug Into a Real Grid

A feature in IEEE Spectrum about the OE35 wave energy buoy quotes PMEC Co-director Bryson Robertson.

Register Now for Integrated WEC Design Workshop - February 3rd & 4th

Register Now for Integrated WEC Design Workshop - February 3rd & 4th

Oregon State University, PMEC and Sandia National Laboratories are pleased to present a 2-day workshop on February 3rd & 4th to develop a hands-on understanding of Wave Energy Converter (WEC) design theory and experimental testing approach.

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KING 5: UW engineers test tidal energy turbines on Lake Washington

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KING 5: UW engineers test tidal energy turbines on Lake Washington

KING 5, the NBC affiliate in Seattle/Tacoma, covered the testing of tidal and current energy turbines using the UW-APL R/V Light, which was specially outfitted for that purposed.

UW-APL: Persistent Environmental Monitoring Near an Operational Wave Energy Converter

UW-APL: Persistent Environmental Monitoring Near an Operational Wave Energy Converter

6 months of high-tech marine monitoring using just the power of the Hawaiian waves. A new video from UW-APL explains this impressive accomplishment and interviews several of the PMEC/APL researchers involved in the project.