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Hydropower Optimization

Developing tools for optimizing the U.S. hydropower fleet’s performance with minimal environmental impact.

Technology Development

Improving the power performance and reliability of marine hydrokinetic technologies.

Market Acceleration & Deployment

Addressing barriers to development, deployment, and evaluation of marine hydrokinetic devices.

Resource Characterization

Characterizing wave energy resources for improved test siting and device deployment.

Water Power Personnel

Our highly-professional personnel offer technical expertise and research experience to develop solutions to challenges faced by the water industry.

What is Marine Hydrokinetic Technology?

Marine hydrokinetic (MHK) technology harnesses energy from waves, currents and tides to create clean, renewable electricity. Because more than 50 percent of the U.S. population is concentrated near coastlines, water power has potential to dramatically reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels. Sandia’s Water Power Technology program leverages key research and engineering capabilities to help the emerging MHK industry overcome technical barriers to commercialization. For more information, download our Water Power Technologies fact sheet.
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Sandia Water Controls Workshop, Carderock Tour to coincide with upcoming ICOE conference

Recent success at the two-day Floating Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Device (FOSWEC) Workshop at Oregon State University has Sandia National Laboratories Water Power Technologies researchers energized to bring their Controls Workshop and Carderock Tour [...]

DTOcean Version 2.0 Software Overview and Demonstration

Join Sandia National Laboratories researchers on August 29, 2019 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT for a tour of the world’s only open source, fully parametric, ocean energy array design tool that considers the [...]

Waterpower Week April 1–3, 2019

Sandia researchers to present during Waterpower Week Sandia’s waterpower researchers will participate in the 2019 Waterpower Week to discuss the issues impacting the water power and materials industries. Waterpower Week includes three conferences: NHA’s Annual [...]

New Lab Offers Mobile, Specialized Testing for Wave Energy Converter Power Take-Off Systems

A new facility at Sandia National Labs offers mobile, specialized testing for systems that produce power from wave energy. The Sandia Wave Energy Power Take-Off (SWEPT) Lab tests wave energy converter (WEC) power take-off (PTO) [...]

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