Abstracts & In-person Presentations

Poster Presentations

#	Title	Presenter	Organization
1	Understanding Marine Energy’s Potential to Power Aquaculture	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	PNNL
2	Tides and Batteries for Green Hydrogen Production	Marine Energy Research & Innovation Center (MERIC)	MERIC
3	Study on Capacitive Flow Electrodes Used as Energy Conversion Systems	Mateo Arias González	Universidad Nacional de Colombia
4	The Neowave Wave Energy Converter: Technical and Financial Approach	Neowave Energy	Neowave
5	Tethys – Knowledge Hub on the Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy and Wind Energy	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	PNNL
6	Renewable Energy Discovery (REDi) Island	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	NREL
7	PRIMRE – Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories	PNNL
8	Powering the Blue Economy – Foundational Research and Development for Offgrid Uses of Marine Energy	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory	PNNL
9	Online Courses on Offshore Renewable Energy	FLORES, BlueSpring, Deftiq	BlueSpring
10	Offshore for Sure	BlueSpring	BlueSpring
11	Measuring Marine Energy for Specific Applications	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories	PNNL
12	Material and Cost Efficient Modular Riverine Hydrokinetic System	Alaska Center for Energy and Power at UAF, BladeRunner Energy	UAF
13	From Science to Consenting: Applying Environmental Effects Information to Support Regulatory Decision-Making	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	PNNL
14	Evaluation of Offshore Wind Energy Diffusion in Long-Term Scenarios in the Colombian Caribbean	Decision Sciences Group, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin Campus, OCEANICOS Research Group, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellín Campus	Universidad Nacional de Colombia
15	Environmental DNA as a Cost-Efficient Alternative Method to Fish Monitoring in High-Energy Environments	Lenaïg Hemery	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
16	Development of a Small-Scale Wave-Powered Pump for Fresh Water Production	Universidad de Colima, Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía del Océano	Universidad de Colima
17	Collaborative TPL Assessment of Wave Energy Converters and Farms	Sandia National Laboratories, National Renewable Energy Laboratory	NREL
18	Update on Ocean Energy Systems-Environmental (OES-E)	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	PNNL
19	Probability of Atlantic Salmon Post-Smolts Encountering a Tidal Turbine Installation in Minas Passage, Bay of Fundy	Acadia Tidal Energy Institute & Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy	Acadia University
20	Study on Capacitive Flow Electrodes Used as Energy Conversion Systems for Scaled-Up Reverse Electrodialysis Devices	Mateo Arias González	Universidad Nacional de Colombia

#	Title	Presenter	Session	Themes
1	Understanding Marine Energy’s Potential to Power Aquaculture	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Understanding Marine Energy’s Potential to Power Aquaculture	Aquaculture
2	Assessment of ocean energy systems as a source of energy for a proposed aquaculture ecosystem in Guam More	Fleurdeliza de Peralta	Assessment of ocean energy systems as a source of energy for a proposed aquaculture ecosystem in Guam	Aquaculture, Socioeconomics

4	Developing a Marine Energy Workforce Pipeline More	Arielle Cardinal	Developing a Marine Energy Workforce Pipeline	Careers, Socioeconomics
5	A Case Study for Marine Low-Head Pumped Hydro Storage in the Caribbean Region of Colombia More	Justus Hoffstaedt	A Case Study for Marine Low-Head Pumped Hydro Storage in the Caribbean Region of Colombia	Cross Cutting Renewable Energy
6	Co-locating wave energy and offshore aquaculture in Puerto Rico More	Lysel Garavelli	Co-locating wave energy and offshore aquaculture in Puerto Rico	Cross Cutting Renewable Energy
7	Hybrid marine eco-parks. Techno-economic analysis in potential Latin America markets More	Emiliano Gorr Pozzi	Hybrid marine eco-parks. Techno-economic analysis in potential Latin America markets	Cross Cutting Renewable Energy
8	PRO and SWRO experimental synergy: a renewable nexus in the Caribbean More	Anggie Cala	PRO and SWRO experimental synergy: a renewable nexus in the Caribbean	Cross Cutting Renewable Energy
9	The role of test centres in supporting innovation and technology development More	Caron Oag	The role of test centres in supporting innovation and technology development	Cross Cutting Renewable Energy
10	Online courses on Offshore Renewable Energy	FLORES, BlueSpring, Deftiq	Online courses on Offshore Renewable Energy	Cross Cutting Renewable Energy, Education
11	Challenges for the integration of ocean energy in Ibero-American power systems More	Marcos Lafoz	Challenges for the integration of ocean energy in Ibero-American power systems	Cross Cutting Renewable Energy, Grid Integration
12	Plenary Session: Marine Energy Technologies & Services More		Plenary Session: Marine Energy Technologies & Services	Cross Cutting Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind, Resource Characterization, Solar, Storage, Wave Energy
13	Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMRE) More	Hayley Farr	Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMRE)	Cross Cutting Renewable Energy, Research
14	Offshore for Sure	BlueSpring	Offshore for Sure	Cross Cutting Renewable Energy, Solar, Storage, Tidal/In-stream Energy, Wave Energy
15	Development of a small-scale wave-powered pump for fresh water production	Universidad de Colima, Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía del Océano	Development of a small-scale wave-powered pump for fresh water production	Cross Cutting Renewable Energy, Wave Energy
16	Renewable Energy Discovery (REDi) Island	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	Renewable Energy Discovery (REDi) Island	Education
17	Environmental DNA as a cost-efficient alternative method to fish monitoring in high-energy environments More	Lenaïg Hemery	Environmental DNA as a cost-efficient alternative method to fish monitoring in high-energy environments	Environmental Effects
18	From Science to Consenting: Applying Environmental Effects Information to Support Regulatory Decision-Making	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	From Science to Consenting: Applying Environmental Effects Information to Support Regulatory Decision-Making	Environmental Effects
19	From Science to Consenting: Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy More	Mikaela Freeman	From Science to Consenting: Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy	Environmental Effects
20	Improving Understanding of Environmental Effects from Single MRE Devices to Arrays	Daniel Hasselman	Improving Understanding of Environmental Effects from Single MRE Devices to Arrays	Environmental Effects

21	Monitoring for Interactions Between Marine Animals and MRE Devices	Dr. Daniel J. Hasselman	Monitoring for Interactions Between Marine Animals and MRE Devices Workshop	Environmental Effects
22	Potential environmental effects of marine renewable energy in tropical and subtropical ecosystems More	Lysel Garavelli	Potential environmental effects of marine renewable energy in tropical and subtropical ecosystems	Environmental Effects
23	Predicting the probability of encounter between fish species and tidal stream energy devices using acoustic telemetry More	Charles Bangley	Predicting the probability of encounter between fish species and tidal stream energy devices using acoustic telemetry	Environmental Effects
24	Update on Ocean Energy Systems-Environmental (OES-E)	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Update on Ocean Energy Systems-Environmental (OES-E)	Environmental Effects
25	Probability of Atlantic salmon post-smolts encountering a tidal turbine installation in Minas Passage, Bay of Fundy	Acadia Tidal Energy Institute & Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy	Probability of Atlantic salmon post-smolts encountering a tidal turbine installation in Minas Passage, Bay of Fundy	Environmental Effects, Tidal/In-stream Energy
26	Oceanographic characterization of areas of interest for a possible implementation of OTEC technology in Mexico	Alejandro García Huante	Oceanographic characterization of areas of interest for a possible implementation of OTEC technology in Mexico	OTEC
27	Technologies and Policies to Support the Integration of Marine Renewables into a Grid	Dr. Marcos Lafoz Pastor	Workshop on Technologies and Policies to Support the Integration of Marine Renewables into a Grid	Grid Integration, Policy
28	Tethys – Centro de conocimientos sobre los efectos medioambientales de las energías renovables marinas y la energía eólica	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Tethys – Centro de conocimientos sobre los efectos medioambientales de los productos marinos	Investigación
29	Powering the Blue Economy – Foundational Research and Development for Offgrid Uses of Marine Energy	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory	Powering the Blue Economy – Foundational Research and Development for Offgrid Uses of Marine Energy	Offgrid
30	Adapt-ORE: A Simulation Tool for Adaptive Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Renewable Energy Farms	Natalia Aziares Aguayo	Adapt-ORE: A Simulation Tool for Adaptive Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Renewable Energy Farms	Offshore Wind
31	Climate change might result in increased offshore wind farm accessibility in the North Atlantic	Victoria Bessonova	Climate change might result in increased offshore wind farm accessibility in the North Atlantic	Offshore Wind
32	Evaluation of offshore wind energy diffusion in long-term scenarios in the Colombian Caribbean	Mateo Valencia Betancurt	Evaluation of offshore wind energy diffusion in long-term scenarios in the Colombian Caribbean	Offshore Wind
33	Offshore Wind Power in Mexican Seas	Héctor García Nava	Offshore Wind Power in Mexican Seas	Offshore Wind
34	Road map of the offshore wind development in Costa Rica: Challenges and Opportunities	Rodrigo Rojas	Road map of the offshore wind development in Costa Rica: Challenges and Opportunities	Offshore Wind
35	Storageless Offshore Hybrid Power Plant	João Teixeira do Amaral	Storageless Offshore Hybrid Power Plant	Offshore Wind
36	Realistic assessments of the Wind Energy Potential Based on In-situ and Reanalysis data	Franklin Arévalo Meza	Realistic assessments of the Wind Energy Potential Based on In-situ and Reanalysis data	Offshore Wind, Resource Characterization
37	Design of an OTWEC-OC plant to produce desalinated water and electricity in Ensenada, B.C.	Leandro Balan	Design of an OTWEC-OC plant to produce desalinated water and electricity in Ensenada, B.C.	OTEC
38	Development of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion in Barranquilla, Colombia	Diego Acevedo	Development of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion in Barranquilla, Colombia	OTEC
39	Feasibility of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Development for U.S. Islands	Andrea Copping	Feasibility of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Development for U.S. Islands	OTEC
40	Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)	Dr. Andrea E. Copping	Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Workshop	OTEC
41	Resource Assessment of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Tidal Stream, and Ocean Current for Powering Blue Economy Applications in Puerto Rico	Zhaoqing Yang	Resource Assessment of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Tidal Stream, and Ocean Current for Powering Blue Economy Applications in Puerto Rico	OTEC
42	PRIMRE – Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories	PRIMRE – Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy	Research
43	Tethys – Knowledge Hub on the Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy and Wind Energy	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Tethys – Knowledge Hub on the Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy and Wind Energy	Research
44	International Data Sharing for Marine Renewable Energy	Dr. Andrea E. Copping	Workshop on International Data Sharing for Marine Renewable Energy	Research
45	Aquatic Renewable Energy Potential in Colombia: A Preliminary Study	Ramón Colmenares Quintero	Aquatic Renewable Energy Potential in Colombia: A Preliminary Study	Resource Characterization
46	From European waves to Pan-American shores: derisking, demonstrating, and educating to advance marine energy: Insights from European Projects	Peter Scheijgrond	From European waves to Pan-American shores: derisking, demonstrating, and educating to advance marine energy: Insights from European Projects	Resource Characterization
47	Measuring Marine Energy for Specific Applications	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories	Measuring Marine Energy for Specific Applications	Resource Characterization
48	Potential of renewable energies from ocean resources in the Colombian Caribbean	Jorge Andrés Prada Mejía	Potential of renewable energies from ocean resources in the Colombian Caribbean	Resource Characterization
49	Resource assessment, technology development, public policies, and deploying large-scale projects of marine and ocean energy in Colombia	Andrés Osorio	Resource assessment, technology development, public policies, and deploying large-scale projects of marine and ocean energy in Colombia	Resource Characterization
50	Stream tidal energy assessment near the coast of Saboga Island, Panama: Data analysis	Jose Rodriguez	Stream tidal energy assessment near the coast of Saboga Island, Panama: Data analysis	Resource Characterization
51	Conceptual design of a salinity gradient energy demonstration unit at the Magdalena River mouth	Mateo Roldán Carvajal	Conceptual design of a salinity gradient energy demonstration unit at the Magdalena River mouth	Salinity Gradient
52	Construction of a feasibility index for Salinity Gradient Energy projects in the Colombian Caribbean region	Tomas Garrido	Construction of a feasibility index for Salinity Gradient Energy projects in the Colombian Caribbean region	Salinity Gradient
53	Molecular simulation of a hydrated cation exchange membrane system used in reverse electrodialysis	María Susana Pérez Grisales	Molecular simulation of a hydrated cation exchange membrane system used in reverse electrodialysis	Salinity Gradient
54	Salinity gradient energy in Colombia: an efficiency analysis	Efrain Rodriguez Rubio	Salinity gradient energy in Colombia: an efficiency analysis	Salinity Gradient
55	The National Renewable Energy Laboratory Marine Energy Desalination Research and Development Portfolio	Scott Jenne	The National Renewable Energy Laboratory Marine Energy Desalination Research and Development Portfolio	Salinity Gradient
56	Unlocking synergies: comprehensive analysis and challenges in the integration of reverse osmosis with reverse electrodialysis	Stefany Fernandez Rojano	Unlocking synergies: comprehensive analysis and challenges in the integration of reverse osmosis with reverse electrodialysis	Salinity Gradient
57	Assessing Social and Economic Effects of Marine Energy: Tools and Recommendations	Mikaela Freeman	Assessing Social and Economic Effects of Marine Energy: Tools and Recommendations	Socioeconomics
58	Techno-economic Modeling of Marine Energy Systems with the System Advisor Model	Elena Baca	Techno-economic Modeling of Marine Energy Systems with the System Advisor Model	Socioeconomics
59	Obstacles in the Path to New Clean Technologies: An Examination of Challenges for In-stream Tidal Energy Development in Canada’s Bay of Fundy	Craig Chandler	Obstacles in the Path to New Clean Technologies: An Examination of Challenges for In-stream Tidal Energy Development in Canada’s Bay of Fundy	Socioeconomics, Tidal/In-stream Energy
60	Tides and batteries for green hydrogen production	Marine Energy Research & Innovation Center (MERIC)	Tides and batteries for green hydrogen production	Storage, Tidal/In-stream Energy