Knowledge Management for the Marine Energy Industry: PRIMRE

Abstract

Marine energy involves capturing power from ocean currents and waves, and natural gradients of temperature and salinity. In nearly 20 years of modern development, the industry has generated considerable knowledge around resource assessment, site selection, technology design, manufacturing, testing, environmental effects, and standardization. The Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy integrates and connects marine energy knowledge hubs into a comprehensive and connected knowledge ecosystem with the goal of progressing the industry. The seven knowledge hubs include the Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository for datasets, Tethys and Tethys Engineering for environmental and technical documents, Marine Energy Projects Database for deployment activities, Marine Energy Software for software, Marine Energy Atlas for geospatial data, and Telesto for development guidance. At an early tumultuous time in the industry, these knowledge management systems organize vocabularies, retain important early lessons from developers, guide research activities internationally, inform permitting decisions for regulators, and provide authoritative sources of information for the public.