About PRIMRE
The Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMRE) provides centralized access to a variety of marine energy data and information, ranging from power performance data and environmental monitoring reports to device testing guidance and software code. The PRIMRE universe is made up of seven Knowledge Hubs (detailed below), as well as several other tools and resources intended to support the growing marine energy community.
PRIMRE is maintained by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office.
Download the PRIMRE Fact Sheet here. For information on how to contribute to PRIMRE, please visit the Contributing to PRIMRE. To learn more about PRIMRE’s standardized content, metadata schema, and integration with other sites, please visit the PRIMRE Developer Documents. To access a list of terminology and units PRIMRE references please visit the Glossary. To learn more about design considerations for PRIMRE, read the PRIMRE book chapter in a knowledge management book. For additional questions or support, please email PRIMRE Help.
Knowledge Hubs
Data Repository
Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository (MHKDR) is the repository for all data collected by marine energy research and development projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, including data from tank and open water device testing, resource characterization model outputs, and techno-economic analyses.
Environmental Documents
Tethys hosts information and resources on the environmental effects of marine and wind energy development, including thousands of documents, educational resources, and online tools. Tethys also serves as the outreach and engagement platform for the international Ocean Energy Systems (OES) Environmental initiative. For more information on Tethys, check out the Tethys Fact Sheet.
Technical Documents
Tethys Engineering hosts thousands of documents on the technical and engineering aspects of marine energy research and development, such as testing and design, power take-off systems, and cost assessments. Tethys Engineering also hosts a free-use photo library with hundreds of marine energy device photos. For more information on Tethys Engineering, check out the Tethys Engineering Fact Sheet.
Projects Database
Marine Energy Projects Database contains up-to-date information on marine energy projects and devices around the world; highlights the devices deployed at these locations used by these projects; and points to companies and other organizations active in the marine energy field.
Development Guidance
Telesto open-source wiki pages and structured databases that provide information about the development life cycle of marine energy, including planning, design and build, testing, deploying, and decommissioning. Telesto also contains information on lessons learned, metrics, economics, standards, and compliance.
Geospatial Data
Marine Energy Atlas is a mapping tool that allows users to visualize, analyze, and download geospatial datasets relevant to marine energy resources in the United States, including wave, tidal, river, ocean current, and ocean thermal resources, to explore the potential for marine energy projects.
Software
Marine Energy Software is a collection of open-source and commercial software that are relevant to marine energy research and development. Users can sort available software packages by different features, view recent activity on their favorite repositories, discover new ones, and register their own.
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