US selects 11 marine energy projects for R&D funding

The US Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) programme has selected 11 projects through its 12th Request for Technical Support (RFTS), reflecting a total funding amount of over $1.1 million.

These projects will receive support for testing expertise and access to numerical modeling, laboratory or bench testing, tank/flume testing, and expertise within the TEAMER Facility Network. Selected applicants, along with their supporting facility, will submit their completed Test Plans, a requirement before assistance activities can commence.

Supported by the US Department of Energy and directed by the Pacific Ocean Energy Trust, TEAMER accelerates the viability of marine renewables by providing access to facilities and expertise to solve critical challenges, build knowledge, foster innovation and drive commercialisation.

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Projects selected to proceed are:

CalWave Power Technologies Inc., xWave – ABS Path to Certification – Prototype Validation Stage. Facility: American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

C-Power, Optimization of a Wave Power System (WPS) Structure and Interfaces for Generator Integration. Facility: Cardinal Engineering

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Riverine Hydrokinetics Torsional Cable Testing. Facility: ETA International Inc.

Equinox Ocean Turbines BV, Setting up a Mid-Fidelity Numerical Modeling Approach for Two-Stage Ocean Current Turbines. Facility: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Tide Mill Institute, Resource Characterization for Community Scale Tidal Instream Energy in Maine. Facility: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Neowave Energy, Development of a Wave-to-Wire Numerical Model of the Neowave Point Absorber WEC (wave energy converter). Facility: WEC-Sim

North Carolina State University, Dynamic Power Response Testing for Tethered Coaxial Hydrokinetic Turbines. Facility: Navy Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD)

Cornell University, Heterogeneous WEC Array Interactions and Far-Field Wake Effects. Facility: Oregon State Directional Wave Basin

Water Bros Desalination, LLC, Wave-Actuated, Tethered, Emergency Response Buoyant Reverse Osmosis System. Facility: Oregon State University O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory Directional Wave Basin

CalWave Power Technologies Inc., xWave Scaled PacWave Operations Final Wave Tank Testing. Facility: University of Maine – Advanced Structures & Composites Center – Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Open-source Dataset of Added-mass Coefficient for Validating Hydrokinetic Turbine Model Using Wave-basin Testing. Facility: University of Massachusetts Amherst – ORRE Wave-Current Flume

Applications for RFTS 13 are being accepted through 28 June 2024.

Originally published on hydroreview.com