Cooperative Agreement DEEE0008732

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $432,626 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Washington under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459). The purpose of the award is to design and advance the operational readiness of a prototype coastal weather buoy that will measure collocated subsurface and surface variables in real-time to characterize air-sea interaction and subsurface ocean heat content in the Gulf Stream...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $304,255 from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) supports a two-year project under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) to study the impact of offshore wind farm noise on American lobster. The project will gather data on lobster physiology and behavior in response to anthropogenic noise from offshore wind development. Key activities include deploying hydrophones on commercial lobster traps in control and...

This $19,453,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) was made to Kent Houston Offshore Engineering LLC for the project titled "Passively Controlled Floating Wind Platforms for Low-Cost Energy". The award will fund the company's development of innovative floating wind turbine platforms designed to reduce the cost of offshore wind energy generation. The project aims to advance floating...

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded a $1,000,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography on January 1, 2024. The award, titled "ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF WAVE PROPAGATION IN THE SEDIMENT NEAR OFFSHORE WIND FARM CONSTRUCTION", will fund a 3-year research project under BOEM's Environmental Studies (CFDA 15.423) program. The project aims to analyze and model wave propagation in offshore sediments...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, provides $999,496 to Rcam Technologies Inc. to advance the development of a 3D printed concrete anchor for floating offshore wind turbines. The key objectives are to: 1) Develop optimized anchor designs and mooring line connections manufactured using 3D concrete printing, 2) Fabricate and validate anchor prototypes through structural testing and...

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 $210,027 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) funds research by Oregon State University (OSU) to evaluate the economic impact of U.S. offshore wind farm (OWF) deployment on fisheries. The project will quantify OWF-induced changes in fishery revenues, contrast predicted and actual fishing patterns pre- and post-OWF construction, and model anticipated impacts on the West Coast. The...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $255,999 awarded on August 15, 2022 will fund the development of a disruptive floating wind turbine platform optimized for low cost and extensive deployment through July 31, 2023. Under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), T-Omega Wind Inc. will adapt the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's simulation software to characterize the unique motions of an innovative floating wind turbine system operating in a...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Windborne Systems Inc. $886,375.16 under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) for a cooperative agreement running from August 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023. Windborne will utilize its high-altitude balloon platform to conduct observation campaigns evaluating the impact of atmospheric data collection on forecast skill. The company's long endurance balloons can actively control altitude from sea level to the...

Windlift Inc., a wind energy engineering and software company, received a $199,879 project grant from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a floating offshore platform for their Windlift Airborne Power Generator system. This project aims to explore cost-effective deployment of Windlift's airborne wind energy technology. Windlift has previously provided research, development, testing, and evaluation services related to airborne...