Cooperative Agreement DEEE0011010

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...

Precast Systems Engineering, LLC received a $274,956 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The award will fund the development of an innovative, bio-inspired, ultra-high performance concrete foundation system to support offshore wind turbines through December 2023. The proposed foundation system aims to provide technical and cost improvements over foundations currently used for offshore wind energy...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $13.5 million cooperative agreement to GE Research, a division of General Electric Company, to develop additive and modular enabled rotor blades and integrated composites assembly (AMERICA) under the Conservation Research and Development program. The goal of this two-year project ending in August 2023 is to conduct research and development of additive manufacturing techniques and modular blade designs to enable...

Rcam Technologies Inc. received a $256,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on June 15, 2021 to support preliminary design and manufacturing of mooring line connections for 3D concrete printed floating wind turbine anchors. The award is being carried out under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program, which aims to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research. The funding will allow Rcam Technologies to...

Rcam Technologies Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop a low cost, 3D concrete printed, modular, marine pumped hydroelectric storage system. The award is being carried out in San Antonio, TX under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Specifically, the...

This $199,987 National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) project grant award supports research to harness offshore renewable energy from high-intensity focused ocean waves using 3D printed undulating porous structures. The research team from the University of Pennsylvania will design and fabricate 3D-printed concrete spatial shell modules to alter seabed topography, increase biodiversity, and capture wave energy. This novel approach aims to significantly improve wave energy...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Rcam Technologies Inc. (DBA Sperra) on July 22, 2024 through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The purpose of this award is to develop ultra-low-cost torpedo anchors for marine energy infrastructure. Rcam Technologies, a for-profit company specializing in advanced renewable energy technologies, will leverage its expertise in 3D concrete printing to design and manufacture specialized...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $100,000 to the University of California, Berkeley aims to harness offshore renewable energy from high-intensity focused ocean waves using 3D printed undulating porous structures. The project will design and fabricate 3D-printed concrete spatial shell modules to alter seabed topography, increase biodiversity, and capture ocean wave energy. The research seeks to significantly improve wave energy...

This $999,978 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Lehigh University will advance the development and demonstration of efficient, resilient, and cost-effective floating offshore wind turbine systems. The key activities include: Creating new concepts for reducing floating offshore wind turbine platform motions using innovations like tuned-mass dampers and bio-inspired oscillating hydrofoil hydrokinetic turbines that can...

This National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program Project Grant of $250,000 supports the development of an efficient anchor system for floating offshore wind turbines. The awardee, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station doing business as Tees, will focus on commercializing a new anchor design capable of resisting loads from 15 megawatt or larger wind turbines. Key activities include reduced scale model tests to evaluate anchor insertion and pullout, refining...