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The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Advanced Technology Manufacturing Center received another spark last week to power its research in marine energy in the form of a direct appropriation from the federal government.
The center’s Marine Renewable Energy Center will receive $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s fiscal year 2010 budget, said John Miller, director of operations for the ATMC and head of the marine center. The appropriation is on top of $1 million in DOE grant funding the marine center will receive to spur academic research efforts and support small marine technology companies.
The push for a federal appropriation came from U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, whose district comprises Cape Cod and parts of the South Shore.
The ATMC, which has been in operation for six years, includes the Marine Renewable Energy Center (MREC) for wave, tidal and wind power research, and the Clean Energy Lab, which provides a steppingstone for technologies aimed at integrating with the power grid. Both centers were launched in the past two years. Over that time, the ATMC has “graduated” eight companies, including Fall River-based Mikel Inc., a maker of underwater defense systems for submarines, and International Compliance Systems Inc., a compliance software developer in New Bedford, both of which were allocated funding through the Department of Defense last year.
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