PAMEC.Energy Association was founded in 2018 to support research and development of renewable energy from and in the marine environment within the Americas.
PAMEC 2022 is part of the family of conferences on Marine Renewable Energy Research and Development including, the European Wave and Tidal Conference (EWTEC) and the Asian Wave and Tidal Conference (AWTEC). PAMEC is intended to bring researchers together on a biannual basis. The first was in 2020 in Costa Rica