Designed from the ground up for high-uplift and omni-directional loading, the cost-effective triton anchor utilizes a group of commercial off the shelf deeply embedded helical piles within a short…

The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a Cooperative Agreement to Triton Anchor LLC on November 1, 2025, totaling $1,249,153 to develop and validate the Triton Anchor, a modular offshore mooring system designed for high-uplift and omni-directional loading in renewable energy applications.

Triton Anchor will design, numerically model, and physically test the Triton Anchor system through centrifuge testing to optimize performance for wind, wave, and co-use wind and wave platform arrays. The anchor utilizes commercially available helical piles deeply embedded within a short caisson and is engineered for local construction, smaller deployment vessels, and silent, environmentally friendly installation. The goal is to develop a cost-effective shared anchor solution for commercial and demonstration use in offshore renewable energy platforms.

The recipient, Triton Anchor LLC, is a small disadvantaged business based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, specializing in mooring and anchoring solutions for offshore renewable energy. Work is performed in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The cooperative agreement runs through November 30, 2027, under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), which funds balanced, long-term research in renewable energy technologies including wind and hydropower.

Designed from the ground up for high-uplift and omni-directional loading, the cost-effective triton anchor utilizes a group of commercial off the shelf deeply embedded helical piles within a short caisson for maximum holding capacity. The modular anchor is designed for local construction, smaller deployment vessels, and silent, environmentally friendly installation. Triton and its partners will validate numerically model wind, wave, and CO-use wind and wave platform arrays through physical centrifuge testing to derive anchor optimizations tailored specifically to omni-directional loading scenarios. Triton's goal is to develop the most cost-effective shared anchor solution to be used commercially and in demonstration applications.