Telesto Marine Energy Development Pathway

In Greek mythology, Telesto is a water-being who is the personification of divine blessing or success. As a Knowledge Hub in PRIMRE, Telesto is home to wikis and databases which provide resources and guidance for marine energy planning, testing, measurement, and data processing. Information on these pages is based on experience, lessons learned from prior laboratory and field testing, industry standards, and recommended best practices. Telesto strives to provide information pertinent to the international marine energy industry. Performance metrics, internationally accepted standards, and economic viability will apply in any locale. Permitting and regulatory information, however, will be site specific and although we provide information on consenting pathways for OES member countries it is more an informative summary than legal guidance.

Navigation on this knowledge hub is envisioned as a marine energy project pathway, from planning through decommissioning. Though the navigation may be envisioned as a linear process, in reality, any project will involve co-design with stakeholders plus the interplay of design with numerical modeling, building, and testing. In most cases, it will be an iterative, non-linear process where a setback in a single task might push designers of new technology back to rebuilding prototypes and the planning stage. The pages Lessons Learned, Performance Metrics, Economics, Standards, and Compliance will apply in all project stages and as such fall outside of the pathway

Telesto is curated by the PRIMRE Team, a partnership of Sandia National Laboratories,the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office.