Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) Overview
The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) is a DOE-funded partnership between Oregon State University and the University of Washington.
- Oregon State University is responsible for wave energy research and development.
- University of Washington is responsble for tidal energy research and development.
- Both universities will collaborate on outreach activities and information dissemination.
Primary NNMREC Contacts
- Director (OSU): Dr. Belinda Batten, (541) 737-9492, Belinda.Batten@oregonstate.edu
- Co-Director (UW): Dr. Brian Polagye, (206) 543-7544, bpolagye@uw.edu
- Program Manager (OSU): Meleah Ashford, (541) 737-6138, meleah.ashford@oregonstate.edu
Use the menus at the top to learn more about NNMREC.
News and Recent Activities
- 11/21/11 - Major upgrade to NNMREC website
- 6/11/11 - Evaluating hydroacoustic technologies
- 4/28/11 - The tidal energy environmental effects workshop report has been released.
The workshop brought together over seventy experts from around the world to establish what is known about
environmental effects of tidal energy development and determine high-priority areas for future research. The report
lays out a prioritization for environmental effects studies, describes the challenges in trying to close
knowledge gaps, and provides recommendations on how to move forward.
Download a copy here. - 1/3/11 - Videography of November survey cruise courtesy of Joe Graber
- 10/15/10 - King 5 news video showing the UW Sea Spider on the seabed in Admiralty Inlet.
- 8/26/10 - Testing the ability of infrared cameras to detect marine mammals
King 5 News - Cameras paint colorful orca portrait
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - From black and white to technicolor
- 2/12/10 - Instrumentation tripod redeployment in "rough" conditions
- 4/15/09 - Recent press releases from Admiralty Inlet survey cruise