Abstract
On behalf of Ocean Energy Systems (OES) and the U.S. Department of Energy, the Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMRE) team, led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia), hosted the fourth international workshop to explore marine energy data sharing on May 8, 2024. Following successful online workshops in 2021, 2022, and 2023, the 2024 workshop featured updates from the PRIMRE team, a presentation on The Crown Estate’s Marine Data Exchange, and group discussions focused on data sharing principles, potential applications of machine learning, and remaining barriers and opportunities to marine energy data sharing (Appendix A). A total of 31 marine energy professionals from 8 countries participated in the workshop, including Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The 3 breakout groups were not recorded, but a record of the written and oral discussion was made using notes and Google Jamboards to contribute to this report (Appendix B).