Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMRE) provides broad access to marine energy data and information through its seven knowledge hubs. The PRIMRE team works to improve connections between data providers, subject matter experts, and the communities of people using marine energy data. PRIMRE and its knowledge hubs feature a variety of resources for researchers, developers, regulators, universities, and other stakeholders including educational summaries, information on prize competitions, and detailed project highlights. PRIMRE also seeks to provide universal access to data through integration with PRIMRE’s centralized search and through the adoption of cloud-based, centralized data lakes, which remove barriers to access for big, complex datasets and empower communities of all sizes to interact with big data. These improvements further connect communities to the data they need to inform decisions, design and deploy wave and tidal devices, advance marine energy research, and develop innovative solutions to local energy problems. This poster was presented at the PAMEC conference of 2024 in Barranquilla, Columbia.