Pacific Ocean Energy Trust

With #OffshoreWind leases imminent this fall and Oregon OSW roadmapping efforts underway, we invite industry, government representatives, small businesses, and community stakeholders to #SavetheDate for Northwest Offshore Wind Conference 2025, in Portland, Oregon. Join us February 18–19, 2025 for sessions on policy, supply chain, logistics, science, technology, and be part of the discussion to ensure this emerging industry will benefit everyone in the region. Register, find event details, learn about sponsorship opportunities, and more: https://lnkd.in/gBGs765J #NOWCon2025

Last week at this time, we were just wrapping up our very last session of #ORECMECC2024, a workshop on opportunities and challenges for Marine Energy to increase resiliency in Coastal Communities. Thank you to all the attendees, presenters, panelists, and sponsors who helped to make it the longest, most interactive Ocean Renewable Energy Conference ever—and just maybe the most inspirational as well (at least speaking for us here at POET). A prime reason for this was partnering with the Marine Energy Collegiate Competition this year. Thank you to all the students, their faculty advisors, and our fellow organizers at National Renewable Energy Laboratory who made this year's expanded event so special. <3

Yesterday afternoon's schedule for #ORECMECC2024 included talks about #MarineEnergy data, the importance of responsible, just, and rapid ME development, strategies for ME to flexibly fit into electrical grids of all sizes, technology updates from ME Developers, and a Town Hall where anyone could ask and answer questions of the audience. Then at the end of the day, with all Marine Energy Collegiate Competition student presentations and judging complete, we held the MECC 2024 Awards Ceremony. The enthusiasm and hard work shown from the students was just so inspiring, and we couldn't have been happier to partner with MECC this year. Big congratulations to the University of New Hampshire team who won first place, Purdue University with second, and Oregon State University and Oakland University tied for third. Very impressive and inspiring work from all finalists—well done! Photos by Aaron Franco / POET

It's been a busy morning at #ORECMECC2024, with the last groups of student teams completing their presentations and Mikaela Freeman of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory hosting a panel on #BlueEconomy Aquaculture with Lysel Garavelli, Teri King, Chuck Hannon, Jim Parsons, and Claire Gonzales. Currently, MECC students are tasked with creating a solar car in a team-building activity, and a panel relating how developers are using TEAMER - Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research to drive their #MarineEnergy technologies toward commercialization. Thanks to Devan Kochersperger for moderating and to panelists Nic Ulm, Nick Wynn, Pedro Lomonaco Tonda, and Andrea Copping for your contributions. Photos by Aaron Franco / POET

It's Day 2 at #ORECMECC2024, where we combine Ocean Renewable Energy Conference sessions with Marine Energy Collegiate Competition student presentations. It's basically a whole World Forestry Center campus full of #MarineEnergy going on right now, and we are HERE for it. Here are some photos of the goings on. If you're here, let us know! More event info: https://lnkd.in/gB8Fb96n Photos by Devan Kochersperger / POET

It's that time: OREC+MECC 2024 has officially begun! Today is a MECC-focused day, with student presentations well underway and an opening keynote from Alicia Chapman, founder and CEO of Willamette Technical Fabricators, LLC. The OREC portion of the event begins in earnest tomorrow, with sessions beginning bright and early. We'll see you then! #ORECMECC2024 National Renewable Energy Laboratory Photo by Samantha Quinn / POET

Can you believe that #ORECMECC2024 is next week?! We're especially excited this year to be partnering with the Marine Energy Collegiate Competition, in addition to hosting all the sessions on the science, technology, policy, and environmental issues around ocean energy that you know to expect from OREC. Here are three ways our partnership with MECC will make this year extra-special. 1. Bringing together career #MarineEnergy professionals with these bright student competitors energizes everyone, and we've built in plenty of time for networking 2. MECC student presentations are open to all OREC attendees, as are the MECC opening and award sessions. Water Power Week attendees last year noted the MECC award session as an inspirational highlight of the week. 3. Partnering with MECC has let us prepare the biggest OREC ever. We will have essentially the entire World Forestry Center campus—its beautiful buildings, the central plaza, and even the Discovery Museum. And the weather is *knock on wood* looking pretty great for next week. There's still time to register—take care of that at the link below, and we'll see you next week: https://lnkd.in/gvpB5w4n Pictured: Scenes from the MECC 2023 Finals, photos courtesy of National Renewable Energy Laboratory

As Bill Henry and Samantha Quinn discuss below, there's lots to look forward to with #MarineEnergy at #ORECMECC2024. Join us! https://lnkd.in/gvpB5w4n

The POET team is looking forward to its 17th annual Ocean Renewable Energy Conference. Please consider joining us as we explore the Blue Economy and ocean-based climate solutions, such as marine energy. We're also hosting the Marine Energy Collegiate Competition, with over 100 students joining us from around the nation!

We're only a few weeks away! Today we share some must-attend sessions at #ORECMECC2024: Blue Economy Spotlight on Aquaculture, and another session on the Intersection of Climate Tech and Ocean Applications. We expect these to be provacative and fascinating sessions—ones you won't want to miss. Check out our weekly OREC Updates email below for details on these sessions, speaker highlights, and more. Oh, and register here: https://lnkd.in/gvpB5w4n Read more: https://lnkd.in/gbijedSN #MarineEnergy #Aquaculture #ClimateTech