Project Grant DESC0022695

The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,052 Project Grant to Neptunya Ocean Power LLC through the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a novel mixed-mode ocean energy converter. The award will support research and prototype construction from January 2023 through December 2023 to design an offshore renewable energy device that reduces costs through lower weight, simplified assembly and installation, and improved storm resistance compared to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) provides $3,000,000 in funding to Emrgy Inc. for a 2-year research and development project entitled "Performance Enhancement of Hydrokinetic Arrays Using Reliable, Low-Cost Dynamic Components." Emrgy Inc., a small disadvantaged business, is teaming with Premier Energy Holdings, Stanford University, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to address technological...

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...

This $222,606 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program aims to drive convergence of ocean wave energy research for empowering remote coastal communities. The 5-year project, beginning September 2024, brings together a multidisciplinary team from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop a roadmap and screen leading wave energy converter (WEC) design concepts. Through...

Federal Grant Award Summary: HYPOWER Project Stony Brook University received a $1.25 million Project Grant from 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) to demonstrate the feasibility of offshore wind-generated hydrogen for domestic heating and power applications. The award, effective September 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of March 1, 2028, supports a 30-month...

The University of New Hampshire received a $251,584 Project Grant from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), effective October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2027. The project focuses on the design, testing, and evaluation of an oscillating water column (OWC) energy converter system optimized for integration with marine aquaculture operations. This work aligns with EERE's...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $497,024 Project Grant 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), awarded December 1, 2025, with a completion date of November 30, 2027. The project will advance the commercial development and deployment of the HALONA Oscillating Water Column type Wave Energy Converter (HALONA WEC), a hybrid marine...

This $813,386 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), aims to drive convergence of ocean wave energy research for empowering remote coastal communities. Over the 5-year award period from September 2024 to August 2029, the University of Michigan will lead a multidisciplinary team to develop a roadmap for wave energy converter (WEC) technologies, screen and down-select 2-3 leading WEC design concepts, and investigate these...

The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), doing business as Aidea, was awarded a $4.36 million Project Grant from the Denali Commission under the Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100) to support the DOE Littoral Power Systems Hydrokinetic Project. The project aims to develop hydrokinetic technologies to harness tidal, wave, and river energy in remote Alaskan coastal and river communities between November 2021 and December 2022. As the Denali Commission seeks to provide critical utilities and...

DRG Technical Solutions LLC received a $2.44 million Cooperative Agreement from 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), awarded November 1, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2028. The three-year project demonstrates increased hydropower flexibility through integration of hydrogen energy technology at a Colorado Springs Utilities hydropower facility. Core...