New Report Launched Showcasing Global Leadership in Ocean Energy

Posted 2025-05-21 in News

"Ocean Energy - Perspectives on Progress" features exclusive interviews with IEA-OES Operating Agents leading key international tasks.

The International Energy Agency’s Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES) Technology Collaboration Programme is proud to announce the release of a new publication:
Perspectives on Progress: Leadership Reflections Across IEA-OES Projects.

This report features interviews with the IEA-OES Operating Agents, who are the project managers leading the IEA-OES’s most strategic and high-impact tasks. Their reflections highlight how two decades of international cooperation under the IEA-OES Technology Collaboration Programme is helping to align technology development with policy frameworks and real-world deployment.

Matthijs Soede, Chairman of the IEA-OES says, “This publication brings to life the expertise, the collaboration and dedication behind IEA-OES. It reflects on the strengths of our programme and a shared commitment to advancing ocean energy. A great thank you to the great inspiration which our project managers are providing.”

Meet the Contributors:

• Dr. Ana Brito e Melo (WavEC Offshore Renewables): Exchange and Dissemination of Information on Ocean Energy Systems
• Dr. Andrea Copping (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory): Assessment of Environmental Effects and Monitoring Efforts
• Jonathan Hodges (Wave Energy Scotland): Performance Metrics and International Framework for Ocean Energy
• Dr. Kim Nielsen (Development v Kim Nielsen): Wave Energy Converters: Modelling, Verification, and Validation
• Dr. Srikanth Narasimalu (Nanyang Technological University): Tidal Energy Modelling, Verification, and Validation
• Professor Yasuyuki Ikegami (Saga University): OTEC Development
• Professor Henry Jeffrey (University of Edinburgh): International Vision for Ocean Energy Deployment

Why Read This Report?

• Learn what’s behind the science, and the myths, of environmental effects.
• Discover what it will take for wave energy modelling to support certification.
• Understand why tidal energy modelling is so complex, and why getting it right matters.
• Explore how to unlock the potential of OTEC.
• Find out what it really takes to bring ocean energy to commercial scale.
• Hear the key message that the ocean energy sector, and the wider energy world, needs to hear now.
• Be inspired and become involved with the development and deployment of ocean energy systems

The full report is available here.