Verrill Dana to Co-host Massachusetts Offshore Renewable Energy Conference

The Marine & Oceanographic Technology Network, the New England Marine Renewable Energy Center, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, the Marine Technology Society, and Verrill Dana, LLP invite you to attend In the Water and Running: Massachusetts’ Renewable Energy Innovation Zone. 

In October 2010, Federal, Massachusetts and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth officials announced plans to develop a 300 square-mile marine renewable energy technology test bed in ocean waters just south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.  Known as the National Offshore Renewable Energy Innovation Zone (NOREIZ), the site will provide a variety of platforms for companies to test and develop marine-related technology designed to capture energy from ocean wind, waves, tides, and current.  State and UMass Dartmouth have joined forces on an application for federal approval to develop NOREIZ.  The only other test bed of this kind is located in Scotland.  The Massachusetts application for federal approval is expected to be the first of its kind.

The conference, at the Massachusetts Marine Academy (101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts), will occur on January 27.  Registration begins at 3:30, the program is 4:00-5:30 p.m., and dinner follows.  Registration without dinner is $15; with dinner, the fee is $25.

For details on this conference, please visit the registration site.  To RSVP, contact Gretchen Johnson by January 21 via email or by calling 207.253.4784.