Costa Rica will host the Pan American Marine Energy Conference 2020

By ICE

(machine translation)

The PAMEC–2020 (Pan American Marine Energy Conference (Pan American Marine Energy Conference 2020) will be held in Costa Rica next year, from January 26 to 29, at the Crowne Plaza Corobicí Hotel. Grupo ICE will act as national coordinator for this meeting.

Researchers from the non-conventional renewable energy sector, members of government agencies, private organizations and students will analyze the main initiatives and global trends in the use of the different renewable energy resources of the oceans.

The space will also help specialists share research related to the main laboratories and testing sites in the world, as well as research centers in emerging countries.

“Costa Rica is a pioneer in renewable energy. In addition to having conditions conducive to development in our oceans, we are advancing in the investigation of this great potential ”, affirmed José Rodrigo Rojas, of Planning and Electrical Development of the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE).

Together, within the framework of PAMEC–2020, modeling, simulations and potential determinations of wave energy, tides, currents, thermal gradients and wind will be presented, as well as infrastructure development, ecosystem services, spatial planning and legal framework.