Project Grant DEEE0011686
- This Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $400,000.00 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to leverage a lab test bench to create a database for wave energy conversion (WEC) prototype testing through standardized testing. The project aims to reduce technology risks, improve performance, lower costs, and accelerate the commercial...
- The Project Grant award of $1,000,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) supports the development of a novel "MARINER" fluid kinetic energy conversion device by North Carolina State University. The MARINER system uses a unique principle of dynamically controlling the sizes of two drag bodies in a flow to generate reciprocating motion and produce power, offering a simpler...
- This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development) provides $251,584.00 to the University of New Hampshire to design, test, and evaluate an oscillating water column energy converter system for integration with marine aquaculture systems. The project will be conducted at the university's facilities in Lee, NH and has a period of performance from October 1, 2025 to...
- This federal Project Grant award, totaling $320,000.00, was provided by 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). The key objective of this project is to develop a comprehensive, scalable, modular, and self-coordinated power converter framework to advance marine renewable energy (MRE) sources. The project seeks to enhance the performance, reliability, and adaptability of MRE...
- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $818,739 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2025, supports the development of a "Universal Hardware-in-the-Loop Platform for Wave Energy Converter (WEC), Power Take-Off and Control Tests". This 3-year project, with a completion date of September 30, 2028, will...
- The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $335,000 Project Grant under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Oregon State University (OSU). The goal of this 3-year project is to (1) characterize and leverage two existing open-source wave energy conversion systems (WECs) for long-term use by the marine energy community; (2) demonstrate co-design informed pathways to improve power capture and reduce levelized cost of...
- This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) supports technology development and end-to-end laboratory testing and integration of open-source wave energy conversion systems (WECS) with a novel autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) docking and recharging system. The key technological developments include: (1) full system performance analysis of the WECS and AUV...
- This federal Project Grant award of $499,967.00 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) supports four key activities at the University of Houston System: Development of curricular materials for marine energy solutions to promote environmental resilience. Establishment of an experimental learning program in marine energy. Cultivation of a continuous interaction framework with...
- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Oregon State University. This 4-year grant, running from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2029, will fund the development of a state-of-the-art design model and tool tailored for wind energy conversion (WEC) electric drivetrains, as well as the design of a novel hardware prototype serving as a modular...
- This Project Grant award, valued at $500,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.087). The award will fund a project led by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to enrich the educational and professional preparation of undergraduate ocean engineering students at Texas A&M and other minority-serving institutions. The project...
This Project Grant award, funded by 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), will develop a fully-automated, remotely-controllable water and wind energy test laboratory. The $500,000 award to Rutgers, The State University will leverage the university's existing marine and wind energy test platform to create a digitized facility that will support a broader scope of marine hydrokinetic and offshore wind energy technologies. The project aims to produce and publicly disseminate an unprecedented amount of experimental data for model-scale marine hydrokinetic and floating offshore wind turbine prototypes, in order to reduce the cost of marine energy through multi-disciplinary design optimization using experimentally validated models. The award has an initial performance period from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $500.0k | 8/28/25 |