Project Grant NT10BIX5570035

This Cooperative Agreement award of $999,323 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) supports Triton Anchor LLC, a small disadvantaged business, in developing a cost-effective, modular anchoring system for offshore renewable energy platforms. The Triton Anchor is designed to utilize a group of commercial off-the-shelf helical piles within a short caisson to provide high-capacity,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ankers Subsea LLC received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The two-year award, issued on September 1, 2021 and concluding on August 31, 2023, will support Ankers Subsea's Alabama Off Bottom Oyster Wet Storage and Depuration Facility Pilot Project Using Vacuum Air Lift (VAL) Technology. The project aims to test an...

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...

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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...