Teams Selected for 2025 Hydropower & Marine Energy Collegiate Competitions

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The U.S. Division of Power’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) final week introduced the 36 groups chosen to take part within the 2025 Hydropower Collegiate Competition (HCC) and Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC)the biggest cohort of groups up to now. These annual competitions have interaction and educate college students about real-world challenges going through these sectors and the numerous profession alternatives in water energy with the objective of encouraging the subsequent era to hitch the hydropower and marine vitality workforces.

“Our Hydropower and Marine Energy Collegiate Competitions call on the next generation to help these resources fulfill their potential in the clean energy transition,” mentioned Matthew Grosso, WPTO appearing director. “We look forward to seeing the creative and innovative water power concepts these students develop throughout the year.”

Hydropower Collegiate Competitors

In the course of the 2025 HCC, groups will develop options to transform non-powered dams to hydroelectric dams that may produce between 100 kilowatts and 10 megawatts of energy or assess the feasibility of a possible closed-loop pumped storage hydropower web site that may present between 8 and 24 hours of vitality storage. Every staff might be assigned a hydropower trade mentor. Groups might be required to finish three challenges and will select to take part in two non-obligatory challenges.

The next 13 groups will take part within the third annual HCC:

• California Polytechnic State College, San Luis Obispo
• California State College, Fresno
• Northern Arizona College
• Purdue College
• Southern Utah College
• Texas Tech College
• College of California, Riverside
• College of Colorado Boulder
• College of Houston
• College of Michigan
• College of North Florida
• College of Texas at Austin
• Vanderbilt College

Marine Power Collegiate Competitors

The 2025 MECC asks groups to combine marine vitality with blue economy applications reminiscent of ocean exploration, aquaculture, and desalination. After figuring out a promising blue financial system market, groups will design a marine energy-powered system to serve that market. Every staff might be assigned a marine vitality mentor and compete in 4 challenges.

The next 23 groups will compete within the sixth annual MECC:

• Baldwin Wallace College
• California Polytechnic State College, San Luis Obispo
• California State College, Fresno
• California State College, San Marcos
• Cornell College
• Dartmouth School
• Hawai’i Pacific College
• Illinois Institute of Expertise
• Manhattan School
• Michigan Technological College
• Northern Arizona College
• Oakland College
• Oregon State College
• Purdue College
• Rutgers College
• Stanford College
• College of California, Riverside
• College of Houston
• College of Michigan
• College of New Hampshire
• College of North Carolina at Charlotte
• College of Washington
• Webb Institute

HCC and MECC actions start in fall 2024, and groups will concentrate on their challenges all through the tutorial 12 months. Each competitions will conclude in individual at trade occasions in spring 2025.

Study concerning the winners from the 2024 HCC and MECCwhich concluded this spring.

WPTO funds and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) administers the HCC and MECC. The Hydropower Foundation additionally administers the HCC in partnership with NREL.

Study extra about science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) careers and workforce growth alternatives on the Hydropower STEM Portal and Marine Energy STEM Portal. Subscribe to The SPLASHNREL’s STEM e-newsletter.

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From U.S. Division of Power, Water Power Technologies Office