This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) under CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development will support operations at the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) to advance the marine energy industry. The $4,400,000 award will fund four key objectives: 1) developing and implementing short courses and workshops on marine energy, 2) creating a 5-year strategic...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), will provide $800,000 to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) to conduct a preliminary feasibility study for a U.S. grid-connected ocean current test facility (OCTF). The project aims to evaluate current energy converters (CECs) in the open ocean offshore Palm Beach County, Florida, in order to...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $14,727,000 Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to accelerate the transition of marine energy technologies to market. The key activities include: 1) strengthening workforce development through a comprehensive marine energy curriculum, 2) developing a strategic vision and operating strategy for the Pacific Marine Energy...
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $12,175,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University System of New Hampshire's University of New Hampshire (UNH) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The 5-year award, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029, will support the Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC) in accelerating the transition of marine energy technologies to market. Key activities...
This U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) federal Cooperative Agreement award in the amount of $1,079,000.00 aims to formalize the rebrand of the Hawaii National Marine Renewable Energy Center (HINMREC) as the Hawaii Marine Energy Center (HMEC), raise HMEC's profile as one of the four DOE National Marine Energy Centers, and enable HMEC to expand its contributions to the U.S. and global...
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $4,623,224 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to the University of Hawaii (UH) to advance the marine energy industry. The project aims to increase impactful marine energy R&D, bolster testing infrastructure, develop short courses, and create a strategic vision for the Hawaii Marine Energy Center (HMEC). Key activities include...
This $634,514 National Science Foundation Engineering grant funds research at Florida Atlantic University from February 2022 to January 2027. The university will develop physics-reinforced data-driven prognostics and co-design tools to advance monitoring and design of marine hydrokinetic energy systems such as marine current turbines and wave energy converters. Researchers will address data scarcity, quality, and concept drift challenges through knowledge transfer and graph learning models...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $1,262,316 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) to the AK Longline Fishermans Association, a non-profit organization in Alaska. The objective of the project is to demonstrate three novel propulsion technologies in commercial fishing vessels and mariculture vessels in Alaska to reduce emissions by 50% in troll and gillnet fisheries, and 100% in...
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 $900,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) will fund the Southeast Building Training, Research, and Center (SEBTRAC) project at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The project aims to advance energy efficiency, renewable energy adoption, and building performance standards across the...