The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is managed and operated by Alliance for Sustainable Energy under contract from the US Government.
NREL’s mission is to advance the science and engineering of energy efficiency, sustainable transportation, and renewable power technologies and provide the knowledge to integrate and optimize energy systems. NREL's water power program leverages 35 years of experience developing renewable energy system. NREL researchers are on the front line of design, analysis, research validation, resource and site characterization for wave, tidal, and river and ocean current technologies