One of the DOE Water Power Technologies Office’s (WPTO) focuses has been in advancing technology performance by making investments in component technology improvements that enhance the performance of MHK systems. Sandia National Laboratories has been supporting DOE and Awardees of the MHK SPA FOAs, DE-FOA-0000848 and DE-FOA-0001182 (SPA I and SPA II, respectively). Starting in FY19, Sandia began support of DOE and awardees of the DE-FOA-0001837 Topic Area 2 “Controls and Power Take Off (PTO) Design Integration and Testing” (typically referenced as SPA III).
Sandia’s expertise will be utilized in assisting DOE’s tracking of the technical progress and providing technical support to the Awardees where appropriate. Sandia will support DOE’s independent assessment of the component performance metrics that will be validated as part of the system test for each of the Awardees. Sandia will also support broader performance metrics initiatives.
