TEAMER picks 16 strong

The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program has selected 16 marine energy technology developers for testing and technical support.

The developers and researchers, selected in the first Request for Technical Support (RFTS) launched earlier in 2020, will be granted access to U.S.-based test facilities and technical expertise.

CalWave Power Technologies – CalWave Torque Spring Optimization, testing at Sandia National Laboratories

CalWave Power Technologies – xWave Higher Order Dynamics and Autonomous Control Testing, testing at University of Maine

Current Kinetics – Dynamometer testing of a novel Seawater Lubricated and Cooled MHK Turbine Generator, testing at Florida Atlantic University

Dehlsen Associates – Additional Degree of Freedom for WEC, testing at Oregon State University’s Wallace Energy Systems & Renewables Facility (WESRF)

iMetalX Group – Ocean Observation Unmanned Vehicle Recharging Station, testing at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

IProTech – Numerical Modeling Assistance for IProTech’s ‘PIP’ WEC Device, testing at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Igiugig Village Council – A Tow Body Optical Camera System, testing at University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory

Ocean Energy – OWS Design Loads, testing at Sandia National Laboratories

Ocean Motion Technologies – Wave Energy Converter SIMulator (WEC-SIM) Support for an Adaptive Wave Energy Converter, joint testing at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories

Orbital Marine Power – Orbital Environmental Compliance, testing at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Ocean Renewable Power Company – Pitching Foil Crossflow Turbine Efficiency, testing at University of New Hampshire

Oscilla Power – Advance PTO Control Strategies for the Triton-C WEC, testing at Sandia National Laboratories

Pyro-E – Electrically Engaged UnduLation (EEL) Marine Energy System, testing at University of California, Berkeley

Rohrer Technologies – RTI F2MS 1:50 Scale Tank Testing, joint testing at University of Maine, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories and University of New Hampshire

University of Hawaii – Co-Design of Marine Energy Converters for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Docking and Recharging, testing at Oregon State University’s O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory

Virginia Tech – Testing for Power Electronics for Ocean Wave Energy Converters, testing at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Backed by the US Department of Energy, the TEAMER program is open to applicants seeking technology support with modeling and analysis, laboratory and bench tests, as well as tank, flume, tunnel, and basin tests.

The program is expected to launch three to four annual open funding calls over the course of three years, and distribute approximately $13 million.