Most research and monitoring for marine energy devices has sought to understand effects that will drive permitting and licensing decisions for large (utility-scale) devices. However, we know that many near-term and likely long-term uses of marine energy will be to power remote coastal and island communities and to provide power at sea for offshore aquaculture, ocean observations and navigation markers, and other off-grid uses.
The workshop will provide some background on off-grid uses, and will focus on interactive sessions that examine and discuss environmental effects of off-grid marine energy applications via use cases for:
- Providing power for a remote coastal community - tidal
- Providing power for an island community - wave
- Powering aquaculture operations
- Powering offshore ocean observations
Please join Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Ocean Energy Systems – Environmental to explore what level of environmental effects might be expected from smaller-scale (off-grid) wave, tidal, and other marine energy devices, and to determine what additional information is needed to streamline permitting for these devices.
This workshop will be held at the OREC/UMERC 2025 Conference.
Past Events
- OES-Environmental Workshop: Environmental Effects for Permitting Off-Grid Marine Energy Applications, Melbourne, Australia, 19 September 2024 15:30-17:00 AEST