Project Grant DEEE0001362

This Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program, CFDA 47.083, provides $149,980 to the University of Maine System to conduct research on the orbital motion dynamics of offshore wind turbines (OWTs) during the installation phase. The interdisciplinary project team will investigate the unique dynamics of partially installed bottom-fixed OWTs using wave tank experiments and high-fidelity numerical...

Wayne State University received a $224,999 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems on August 1, 2021 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GENERATION VERSUS DEGRADATION: STRIKING THE OPTIMAL BALANCE FOR WIND FARM PROFITABILITY VIA DIGITIZATION, PREDICTIVE AND PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS." The research is funded under the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which supports...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Iowa State University of Science and Technology received a $1.4 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports a three-year project to develop data-driven asset management capabilities for rural electric distribution grids, with work...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Innovative Downhole Solutions LLC received a $2.51 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) for a 12-month project period beginning October 1, 2025. The awardee will design, develop, and demonstrate an ultrasonic measurement tool engineered to operate in extreme geothermal downhole environments, specifically...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Program (CFDA 11.609) provides $247,277 to Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) to support R&D leading to an increased understanding of tornadic wind-structure interaction and development of updates to the current tornado load methodology. The project involves developing building models, performing tornado load simulations, analyzing...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $1.47 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122) to enhance power system reliability and resilience through machine learning-based streaming sensor data analytics. Awarded on October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Arctura, Inc. received a $1.25 million Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), awarded September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. The award funds a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project demonstrating wake steering control technology for wind farms located in Wakefield, South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The core deliverable...

Cooperative Agreement Summary Arizona State University (ASU) received a $1.51 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122) for the period September 1, 2025 through August 30, 2028. The project, "Data-Driven Reliable and Resilient Operation of Active Transmission and Distribution Systems," focuses on researching, developing, and...

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $501,598,101 Cooperative Agreement under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to the Utah Office of Energy Development. The primary objective of this Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-funded "RELIEF" project is to implement advanced conductors, such as high-temperature, low-sag (HTLS) conductors, to significantly boost transmission capacity by an estimated 500+ MW in the Western region. This will be...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to Iowa State University of Science and Technology under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this 2.5-year project is to develop and demonstrate active and passive ultrasonic deterrents for wind turbines to reduce bat strikes. Key objectives include optimizing the acoustic performance of the deterrents, validating...