On April 10, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $4 million funding opportunity titled “Marine and Hydrokinetic Development University Consortium.” This funding opportunity is supporting the advancement of wave and tidal energy technologies while developing a globally competitive MHK workforce.


This funding will support one consortium of universities over three years in multiple field-focused R&D activities to address strategic opportunities in DOE’s MHK technology development portfolio such as:


• Logistics development for operations and maintenance of devices and arrays in energetic marine environments.
• Development and validation of efficient high-fidelity resource characterization and/or modeling techniques.
• Development and techno-economic studies of devices for distributed applications.
• Component technology development necessary for enabling arrays: e.g. moorings and foundations, transmission, and other offshore grid components.
• Array performance testing and evaluation.
• In-water testing and evaluation of new, cost-effective environmental monitoring techniques and instrumentation in energetic marine environments.


Read the full Funding Opportunity Announcement on the Department of Energy’s Funding Opportunity Exchange.


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