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Assessing the Use of Environmental DNA to Monitor Changes in Habitats Caused by Offshore Energy Developments
Lead Companies
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lead Researcher (s)
- Lenaig Hemery
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Technology
Research Sub-Category
Wave
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
CalWAVE Power Take-Off
Lead Companies
Sandia National Laboratories
Lead Researcher (s)
- Ryan Coe
Sandia National Laboratories is partnering with California Wave Power Technologies, LLC (CalWave) to advance its wave energy converter (WEC) technology by broadening device controls beyond the power take-off system. The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Small Business Vouchers(SBV) Pilot program funded this project. CalWave was the first runner-up in the Wave Energy Prize, an 18-month design-build-test competition that produced a technology leap in WEC devices. Through this project, Sandia will collaborate with Calwave to improve the device capability in efficiently absorbing energy from ocean waves and to potentially integrate PTO control approaches into existing schemes of overall device control.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Technology
Research Sub-Category
Wave
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
CalWave Support FOA 1663
Lead Companies
Sandia National Laboratories
Lead Researcher (s)
- Budi Gunawan
As a result of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) 1663, Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology Development and Advancement, a team led by the California Wave Power Technologies, LLC (CWPT) that includes University of California Berkeley, Bardex Corporation, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) was selected as one of the FOA award recipients. The main objective of the proposed project is to advance the technology readiness of the CWPT’s wave energy converter (WEC) device, by developing a scaled prototype and conducting an open water testing for an extended period (~ 9 months). During the open water testing, it is expected that the device will maintain an Average Climate Capture Width per Characteristic Capital Expenditure (ACE) target of at least 3m/M$, as has been demonstrated previously on a smaller scale device during the Wave Energy Prize competition. SNL will leverage their experience in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling and WEC testing to assist CalWave in device design, analysis and reporting.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Technology
Research Sub-Category
Wave
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
Expected 2022
- Marine Energy
Case Study of a 200kW Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Field Demonstration in an Island Microgrid
Lead Companies
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lead Researcher (s)
- Jan Alam
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Technology
Research Sub-Category
Wave
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
Choose Your Own Collision Risk Adventure
Lead Companies
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lead Researcher (s)
- Lysel Garavelli
- Lenaïg Hemery
This project aims to develop an interactive outreach tool for the marine energy community and the general public, highlighting the different stages of collision risk at various spatial scales and featuring fish.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Environmental Impact
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
Co-Locating Wave Energy with an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture System
Lead Companies
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lead Researcher (s)
- Lysel Garavelli
- Mikaela Freeman
- Molly Grear
This project will characterize the environment and wave resource around a proposed wave energy and aquaculture development site off Puerto Rico; evaluate the suitability of co-location; provide an initial assessment of the potential for wave energy to power an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system; and develop a demonstration project plan and associated road map for implementation.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Environmental Impact
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
Developing TPL Assessments for Early Stage WEC Technologies
Lead Companies
NREL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Thomas Mathai
- Jochem Weber
- Reobert Preus, Blake Boren, Rick Driscoll
The advantage of using technology performance level (TPL) in conjunction with technology readiness level (TRL) assessments in guiding technology development trajectories to successful outcomes in less time, at less overall cost, and with less encountered risk has been well articulated in the literature. In partnership with industry and international collaborators, a TPL assessment methodology for grid-connected wave energy farms has been developed by applying a systems engineering approach. Metrics under seven different categories have been developed, weighted based on their relative relevance, and combined to yield a composite score. The methodology has been implemented in a spreadsheet tool plus a web application specifically aimed at assessing early-stage (TRL 1–3) concepts. The target use cases are (1) technology developers improving their design to find fatal flaws early, get feedback on current design, and identify areas of improvement that will yield the highest return on investment; (2) reviewers assessing technologies in competitions or making funding decisions; (3) investors or project developers doing due diligence; and (4) policymakers landscaping the technology domain for formulating research and development strategy. The methodology is also being adapted for assessing wave energy converters servicing markets outside the continental grid—broadly categorized as Powering the Blue Economy (PBE) applications. This paper presents the latest status of the TPL assessment methodology and tools, and describes (at a high level) how the methodology could be adapted to select PBE markets or extended to other domains where it could provide a comprehensive and holistic measure of a nascent or disruptive technology’s techno-economic performance potential.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Research Sub-Category
Status
complete
Completion Date
2021
- Marine Energy
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