Project Grant DESC0023797

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $255,999 awarded on August 15, 2022 will fund the development of a disruptive floating wind turbine platform optimized for low cost and extensive deployment through July 31, 2023. Under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), T-Omega Wind Inc. will adapt the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's simulation software to characterize the unique motions of an innovative floating wind turbine system operating in a...

This $999,978 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Lehigh University will advance the development and demonstration of efficient, resilient, and cost-effective floating offshore wind turbine systems. The key activities include: Creating new concepts for reducing floating offshore wind turbine platform motions using innovations like tuned-mass dampers and bio-inspired oscillating hydrofoil hydrokinetic turbines that can...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $3,108,901 Cooperative Agreement to the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), doing business as ABS Americas, to develop an ultraflexible smart floating offshore wind turbine. The project, which runs from January 1, 2024 to November 13, 2027, will involve collaboration with two sub-awardees, The Floating Wind Technology Company, LLC, and Front Energies, LLC. Through this award, ABS and its partners aim...

This $19,453,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) was made to Kent Houston Offshore Engineering LLC for the project titled "Passively Controlled Floating Wind Platforms for Low-Cost Energy". The award will fund the company's development of innovative floating wind turbine platforms designed to reduce the cost of offshore wind energy generation. The project aims to advance floating...

Windlift Inc., a wind energy engineering and software company, received a $199,879 project grant from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a floating offshore platform for their Windlift Airborne Power Generator system. This project aims to explore cost-effective deployment of Windlift's airborne wind energy technology. Windlift has previously provided research, development, testing, and evaluation services related to airborne...

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 $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering will fund the development of a multi-domain, multi-scale, policy-aware digital twin modeling framework for offshore wind energy infrastructure from 2023 to 2025. The primary products will be an extensible and customizable joint modeling framework to enable short, medium, and long-term modeling, learning, and assessment of offshore wind farms through the integration of measured...

This $265,971 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to advance the fundamental understanding of floating offshore wind (FOW) turbine and farm performance under operational and extreme conditions, as well as their comprehensive environmental impacts. The key objectives are to: 1) develop novel computational models to simulate the complex dynamics of FOW turbines; 2) analyze the performance of individual and...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to RCAM Technologies Inc. The grant supports the company's research, development, and validation of innovative 3D concrete printing techniques to fabricate low-cost, environmentally friendly concrete torpedo anchors for floating offshore wind turbines. Key activities include optimizing anchor designs, fabricating prototypes, conducting...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the DOE Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $200,000 to Rcam Technologies Inc. (Rcam) to develop industrialized gravity anchors for floating photovoltaics. Rcam, a for-profit cleantech/deeptech company, will leverage its expertise in 3D concrete printing to optimize anchor designs, fabricate prototypes, conduct structural testing, and develop manufacturing models. The goal is to...