Project Grant FG5102R021406

Precast Systems Engineering, LLC received a $274,956 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The award will fund the development of an innovative, bio-inspired, ultra-high performance concrete foundation system to support offshore wind turbines through December 2023. The proposed foundation system aims to provide technical and cost improvements over foundations currently used for offshore wind energy...

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...

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...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by 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), will provide $800,000 to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) to conduct a preliminary feasibility study for a U.S. grid-connected ocean current test facility (OCTF). The project aims to evaluate current energy converters (CECs) in the open ocean offshore Palm Beach County, Florida, in order to...

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded a $1,000,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography on January 1, 2024. The award, titled "ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF WAVE PROPAGATION IN THE SEDIMENT NEAR OFFSHORE WIND FARM CONSTRUCTION", will fund a 3-year research project under BOEM's Environmental Studies (CFDA 15.423) program. The project aims to analyze and model wave propagation in offshore sediments...

This $208,801 National Science Foundation project grant supports the Great Lakes Wind Energy Challenges Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program. Administered under the NSF Engineering Directorate's Engineering Education and Centers program, the award provides authentic wind energy research training and professional development opportunities for 10 undergraduate students over 10 weeks. Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University will co-host the REU...

This $290,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Alabama. The award is for a 4-year research project focused on advancing offshore wind energy technologies. The key products and services being delivered include: 1) developing rare-earth-free magnets to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers for offshore wind turbines, 2) designing AI-driven control systems to improve the stability of...

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award to Portland State University (PSU) totaling $330,669 will develop and apply novel computational and experimental tools to study complex fluid dynamics interactions between floating wind turbine wakes, prevailing winds, and ocean waves. Key goals include: (i) Developing improved surface flux parameterizations for large eddy simulations (LES) of the marine boundary layer above ocean waves, using a...