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Offshore Renewable Energy Online Resources

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management studies and data on offshore energy lease and grant information, regulatory framework, and more
Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy landing page for understanding the basics of marine hydrokinetic energy
Department of Energy Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Video a video explanation of marine hydrokinetic technology
Exploring Ocean Wind Energy an interactive map layer for offshore wind energy potential, planning, and development tools
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission data sets of marine hydrokinetic projects, licenses, and permits
Georgia Tech Ocean Current Power Resource Map map of ocean current potential energy
Georgia Tech Tidal Stream Energy Resource Map map of tidal stream potential energy
Hawaii National Marine Renewables Energy Center website of the leading test facility for ocean thermal energy conversion
International Energy Agency a number of in-depth reports for download and purchase on offshore wind and ocean energies
International Renewable Energy Agency studies on renewable energy potential
IRENA Renewable Costs, Technologies and Markets centralized source for renewable cost data, publications, and charts
Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository new data platform to be launched in Spring 2015
Marine Cadastre National Viewer interactive comprehensive map that displays selected use layers for U.S. coastal waters
- Active Renewable Energy Leases
- BOEM MHK Planning Areas
- BOEM Wind Planning Areas
- DOD Offshore Wind Mission Compatibility Assessments
- Marine Hydrokinetic Projects
- Offshore Wind Technology Depth Zones
- Proposed Centerline for the Atlantic Wind Connect Project
- Tidal Stream Resource Potential- Mean Current
- Tidal Stream Resource Potential- Mean Power Density vOcean Wave Resource Potential
- Offshore Wind Resource Potential
National Renewable Energy Laboratory a laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy that reports findings, with separate marine and wind pages, on this site
National Resources Defense Council Renewable Energy for America provides basic, digestible information on all offshore alternative energy types
NOAA Renewable Ocean Energy Information for Industry links to all of NOAA’s comment letters for offshore energy permitting agencies and projects
NREL JEDI Marine and Hydrokinetic Power Model NREL’s downloadable model on jobs and economic development impacts of marine hydrokinetic energy
NREL Marine Hydrokinetic Atlas NREL’s interactive map of potential marine hydrokinetic and thermal energy and zones
Ocean Energy Systems a resource for international information on ocean hydrokinetic, thermal, and salinity energy
Office of Technology Assessment Archive Database for past technology assessments
Offshore Wind Energie German federal resource for offshore wind energy that includes international reports and data
Open Energy Information Wiki Open source datasets sorted by resource type
TETHYS Database Resources for environmental impacts of offshore energy sites
The European Marine Energy Centre Ltd. A UK-based webpage that provides the most clear illustrations of tidal and wave technology device types
West Coast Ocean Data Portal a data repository of Excel and metadata files, including a section on human economy and energy in the ocean
Wind Energy Database A listing of all international wind energy projects
Wind-Wildlife Impacts Literature Database a searchable forum of impact assessments and reports with over 200 entries on offshore wind impacts

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