Project Grant DESC0022682

The federal Project Grant award, DESC0023889, was issued by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science (under CFDA 81.049 Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) to Triton Anchor LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, in the amount of $206,400 on July 10, 2023. The funding will support the development of an "Innovative Keel-Plate Quick Connector for Floating Platform Mooring and Cables". This project aims to advance the design and implementation of a...

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...

Triton Anchor LLC received a $1.249 million Cooperative Agreement from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEER) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), awarded November 1, 2025, with completion targeted for November 30, 2027. The agreement funds the development and validation of the Triton Anchor system—a modular, cost-effective anchoring solution designed for offshore floating renewable energy platforms. The anchor utilizes commercially...

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...

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award to Aikido Technologies Inc. for $275,000 supports the detailed engineering of a 100kW self-upending floating wind platform. The broader impact of this SBIR Phase I project is the development of a next-generation floating wind platform that could dramatically reduce the time, cost, and equipment/vessel requirements of installing commercial-scale floating wind farms. The key...

The federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) was provided to Rcam Technologies Inc. (doing business as Sperra) to develop ultra-low-cost torpedo anchors for marine energy applications. The project aims to leverage Rcam Technologies' expertise in 3D concrete printing to design and manufacture specialized anchoring structures that can reduce costs and improve deployment capabilities for emerging...

Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Hookpod LIMITED a Cooperative Agreement worth $328,853 under the Cooperative Research Program (CFDA 11.472) to conduct comparative efficacy testing of the Hookpod bycatch reduction device. The project, active from July 15, 2026 through May 31, 2027, will determine whether the Hookpod—a mechanical device positioned 1 meter from fishing hooks—effectively reduces accidental seabird capture rates on hauling gear relative to...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Sustainable Seas Technology Inc. a $599,998 two-year Project Grant under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The grant will support testing of subsea buoy retrieval systems in three Southeastern states to provide a detailed performance analysis and economic effectiveness evaluation of ropeless fishing gear configurations. Project partners will test...

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...