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Marine EnergyA Miniaturized Long-Life Low Frequency Acoustic Transmitter for Fish Tracking in Marine Enviroments
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Huidong Li
The JSATS low-frequency acoustic transmitter will provide government agencies, researchers and marine energy operators a more capable tool to gain insights into marine animals’ behavior related to marine and hydrokinetic energy operations, contributing to producing environmentally sustainable, cost-effective marine energy and ensuring U.S. energy security. The development of this technology directly supports WPTO’s efforts to accelerate MHK project deployments and development of the MHK market.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Reliability
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- George Bonheyo
The overall project objective is to make assessments (using coupons & substructures) and then provide a descriptive resource of materials properties and solutions that address the prioritized needs of the industry.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Technology
Research Sub-Category
Hydrokinetic
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
Grid Value Proposition of Marine Energy
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Jan Alam
PNNL and NREL are in the second year of a three-year project to comprehensively review the grid value for marine hydrokinetic development at scale on an intermediate- to long-term horizon. The project will dovetail with nationally-accelerating valuation efforts to characterize and quantify specific services from generating resources and estimate the value of those services over time. It will capitalize on the larger conversation and technical approach to establish locational value, referencing adopted frameworks and related laboratory analysis. And it will take advantage of laboratory expertise in a variety of disciplines – ocean physics, mechanical engineering , electrical engineering, energy economics – chained together in order to ensure that benefits and services assessed are realistic for MHK technologies and ocean energy resources.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Research Sub-Category
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
Impacts of sea-ice on nearshore wave resource assessment and MHK project siting
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Zhaoqing Yang
seedling projects…no information on scope
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Water Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
International Environmental Data Sharing Initiative (Annex IV Project & Tehys Database)
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Alicia Gorton
This project aims to reach a broad national and international audience with the latest and most impactful research on the environmental effects of marine renewable energy. To help organize and disseminate this information and data to researchers, project developers, regulators, and the MRE community, DOE WPTO has directed Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to create and manage the Tethys, a web-based knowledge management system with semantic properties to enable enhanced searching and tagging capabilities, providing researchers, project developers, and regulators access to information and data on environmental effects of offshore renewable energy.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
Maturation of Nontoxic, Durable, Economical Coatings forControl ofBiofouling and Corrosion on MHK Devices
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- George Bonheyo
The objective of this project is to mature and demonstrate durable, economical, and nontoxic coatings that will prevent fouling organisms from growing on MHK structures. A novel foul-release coating recently developed (initial patents filed in 2016 and 2017) at PNNL, Superhydrophobic Lubricant Infused Composite (SLIC) technology, will be adapted to provide the durability necessary for >5 year protection in the marine environment.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Technology
Research Sub-Category
Hydrokinetic
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
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