HydroVision International 2015

Session 3C: Testing the Waters: Global Status Reports from Marine Energy Test Centers (Room B117)

16 Jul 15
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Ocean Renewable Energy Conference X

Speaker(s): Patrick Cross, Program Manager - Ocean Energy, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Rick Williams, Founder and Principal, Oregon Applied Research LLC; Susan Skemp, Executive Director, Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center, Florida Atlantic University; Brian Polagye, Associate Professor and Director of the Pacific Marine Energy Center, University of Washington

Moderator(s): Hoyt Battey, Program Manager for Market Barriers Research, Water Power Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy;

In order for MHK to reach commercialization, it needs to prove itself in realistic environments. Test centers are playing an increasingly vital role in the process by offering an easier permitting process and a lower cost option for testing than that organized by individual developers.