Title :
Hawai´i National Marine Renewable Energy Center (HINMREC)
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Ocean & Earth Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Hawai´´i, Honolulu, HI, USA
Abstract :
The Hawai´i National Marine Renewable Energy Center (HINMREC) was recently established to facilitate commercialization of Wave Energy Conversion (WEC) devices and to accelerate development and testing of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technologies. HINMREC supports design of OTEC pre-commercial plants and plans to provide WEC developers access to grid connected berths under a variety of ocean conditions. HINMREC is primarily funded by the US Department of Energy Wind and Water Power Program.
Keywords :
marine power systems; power grids; renewable energy sources; thermoelectric conversion; wave power plants; HINMREC; Hawaii national marine renewable energy center; OTEC technology; WEC; grid connected berth; ocean thermal energy conversion technology; wave energy conversion; Communities; Energy conversion; Laboratories; Numerical models; Oceans; Power cables;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2011
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1427-6
