Center for Ocean Renewable Energy
The Center for Ocean Renewable Energy (CORE) provides multiple-scale research, technology development and evaluation, education, and outreach related to Ocean Renewable Energy systems.
CORE operates open-water test sites for tidal energy conversion in Great Bay Estuary, at the General Sullivan Bridge (Rt. 4/16 bridges) and at the Memorial Bridge (downtown Portsmouth, NH) and an offshore test site that has seen a number of deployments of wave energy converters and open ocean aquaculture systems over the past 20 years.
![UNH CORE near the General Sullivan Bridge](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480px/public/media/2020/01/2012.05.15-unh-core-tidalsite-dscn4097-sm.jpg?itok=Lt7keJQr)
Facilities
The UNH Center for Ocean Renewable Energy (CORE) physical infrastructure is unique in terms of proximity, ease of access, and favorable test site characteristics.
![The Living Bridge Project, Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth, NH](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480px/public/media/2020/01/memorial-bridge-tidal-turbine.jpg?itok=Ig5YEKWP)
Projects
CORE conducts projects related to ocean renewable energy. This includes marine hydrokinetic (MHK) energy conversion, tidal and wave energy, and offshore wind energy.
![Wave Energy Offshore Test Site](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480px/public/facility/neptune3.1_at_unh-core_wave_wind_offshore_test_site_13oct2012-sm.jpg?itok=Ev7c59j_)
Data Sets & Publications
Data sets are available for select open-source configurations (e.g. reference models) for tidal energy converters and model offshore wind farm studies
Publications: peer-reviewed journal papers, conference papers and extended abstracts, theses.
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Tidal Energy Test Site of the UNH Center for Ocean Renewable Energy
This video shows the Tidal Energy Test Site of the UNH Center for Ocean Renewable Energy (UNH-CORE) on an ebb tide. The video was shot from aboard the R/V Gulf Challenger while performing vessel-mounted ADCP-transects to capture the spatial structure of the tidal flow (Fall 2010).