Cooperative Agreement DEAR0001446

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $199,979 Project Grant to Ocean Renewable Power Co Inc. in Portland, Maine to develop "Embedded Instrumentation for Detection of Flow Separation." The funding, which runs from July 22, 2024 to July 21, 2025, supports the company's research and development of advanced instrumentation and technologies for detecting flow separation in marine energy systems. This work aligns with the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,052 Project Grant to Neptunya Ocean Power LLC through the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a novel mixed-mode ocean energy converter. The award will support research and prototype construction from January 2023 through December 2023 to design an offshore renewable energy device that reduces costs through lower weight, simplified assembly and installation, and improved storm resistance compared to...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,558 Project Grant to Ocean Motion Technologies Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The grant supports the company's efforts to leverage machine learning techniques to optimize the efficiency and energy capture of ocean-based renewable power generation. Specifically, the company will utilize reinforcement learning to develop an advanced control model that adjusts wave energy capture device hardware based...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $249,991.00, was granted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) program (CFDA 11.012) on March 1, 2024. The National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium (NOWRDC), in collaboration with Xodus Group and Karp Strategies, will establish the National Ocean Renewable Power Accelerator (Ocean RePoweR) program. Ocean RePoweR aims to create a national framework for...

This $999,977 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) will enable Ocean Motion Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop an artificial intelligence system that optimizes energy capture from ocean wave energy devices. The key innovation is a system for training and fine-tuning AI models to the specific wave environments where the devices are deployed, which can increase...

This Project Grant award of $206,384.00, provided by the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports the development of a wave energy converter system for offshore aquaculture applications by Triton Systems, Inc. The award began on July 10, 2023, and is scheduled for completion on April 9, 2024. Triton Systems is a for-profit organization that specializes in product development and commercialization services for...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $550,000 to Northeastern University is for the development of compact, coherent hydrophone array systems for real-time, wide-area ocean acoustic monitoring. The project aims to translate the Passive Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing (POAWRS) technology, which uses advanced hydrophone arrays to provide continental-scale ocean sensing capabilities, into...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Vortex Hydro Power LLC a $198,542 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support development of an Integrated Current-Wave Hydrokinetic Energy Harvester for Community Resilience and Benefits to Aquatic Fauna. Funding will support Vortex Hydro Power LLC's efforts from June 27, 2022 through March 26, 2023 to develop a hydrokinetic energy system harnessing both ocean currents and waves to generate...

Oceanit Laboratories Inc. received a $250,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop advanced shale gas recovery technologies for horizontal well completion optimization. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Oceanit will utilize the...

This $149,800 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will support Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, doing business as Blacksea Technologies, in developing technologies to help protect endangered marine mammals from ship strikes and fishing gear entanglements. Through its Small Business Innovation Research Program, NOAA aims to stimulate technological solutions to federal research needs. Under this award beginning September 2021 and set to conclude in...