2025 Spring Seminar Series: Marine energy and infrastructure, governance and electrification challenges facing coastal communities

Marine renewable energy offers many opportunities for coastal communities, especially in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Those opportunities exist in the broader contexts of challenges in those communities related to energy infrastructure, governance and uncertain future needs.

In her presentation titled “Marine energy and infrastructure, governance and electrification challenges facing coastal communities,” Ali Trueworthy, post doctoral research associate at the Pacific Northwest National Lab, will draw from her research with communities who are working toward building more reliable and resilient energy systems to highlight some of the current challenges. She will discuss ways of considering and integrating the broader context into research and thinking about marine renewable energy.

The presentation is part of a three-seminar series on marine energy and rural electrification. The series, co-sponsored by the Alaska Center for Energy and Power and the Pacific Marine Energy Center, explores perspectives on rural electrification and community priorities, co-development and governance through the lens of marine energy, including riverine and coastal wave energy.