Welcome to the Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative!
Learn About Marine Renewable Energy, John Miller talks to the New Bedford Science Cafe.
Bourne Tidal Test Site Gets National Recognition
How U.S. Marine Energy Test Sites Are Driving Innovation
Across the U.S., innovative test sites are pioneering real-world solutions, advancing marine energy from lab to grid. These engineering hubs not only refine groundbreaking technologies but also call on the expertise of hydropower professionals to help shape the next frontier of U.S. water power innovation.
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On Cape Cod, Researchers Are Trying to Harness the Power of the Tides
The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative is conducting tidal turbine testing at the Bourne Tidal Test Site located at the Cape Cod Canal.
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NBC10 Boston
Video of the Week: Testing Tidal Turbines in the Cape Cod Canal
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The New England Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) is a nonprofit corporation that educates and involves all stakeholders (Academic, industry, governmental/regulatory, and public interest groups) to promote the sustainable development of renewable energy in New England ocean waters.
To do this, MRECo must establish:
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- Processes and relationships to allow effective transfer of technology from universities to industry.
- A world class academic consortium to train the workforce of the future and to assist industry with basic and applied research.
- An industry user group to elicit research needs and to assist in advocating.
- Permanent ocean test sites to facilitate research and demonstration.
- Involvement of public interest groups to minimize ocean ecosystem impact.
News of Interest!
Nonprofit secures license to test 'minimal impact' tide-powered turbines: 'Reliable, predictable, and available'
Cape Cod Times – May 13, 2024
Harnessing the tides. Cape Cod Canal site gets federal OK to test water-powered turbines
A U.S. Coast Guard boat steams past in 2021 as workers prepare to deploy a tidal turbine onto a lift arm on a platform just west of the railroad bridge on the Cape Cod Canal in Buzzards Bay. The site is used to test technology that would allow tidal waters to produce electric power.
Cape Codders and Islanders know about harnessing ocean winds to create renewable energy.
The region has become a pioneer with the nation's first large-scale offshore wind farm — Vineyard Wind.
Now Cape Cod may be on the cusp of being a national trail blazer for another green technology, one that uses the power of the ocean itself — and, by extension, the moon — to make electricity.
Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative, a Marion nonprofit that promotes sustainable development of renewable energy in New England ocean waters, has secured an 8-year pilot license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to test prototypes of turbines that harness tides to create energy.
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L to R, C. Eben Franks (Test Dirctor), John Miller (Executive Director), Alejandro Moreno (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy), David Vieira (State Rep), Maggie Merrill (Communications Director).
MRECo works with students, interns and STEM projects.
In keeping with our outreach strategy, we are spreading the word to educate the public and engage more students via STEM, internships and student projects at the Bourne Tidal Test Site.
MRECo focuses on helping companies and universities get technology into the ocean... test tanks and flumes are critical to development, but we have to get "steel into the water" to understand the impacts of turbines on the environment and the environment on the technology.
Purpose
The purpose of the Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) of New England is to foster the sustainable growth of marine renewable energy (Offshore wind, wave and tide) through Education, Collaboration, and Demonstration. [ learn more ]
Vision
The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) of New England envisions a future where New England obtains a significant, greater than 5%, of its power from reliable and predictable ocean based renewable energy technologies, and supports the infrastructure for testing that allows the cost effective, rapid commercialization of new sustainable technologies being developed by the rich entrepreneurial environment of the region.
Contact us today to for more information about membership or any other questions you might have.
Check out our gallery from the November 2017 BTTS installation.
