WPTO Overview

WPTO

Jennifer Garson

Peer Review Introduction

WPTO

Ali Hewett

Hydropower Program Overview

WPTO

Tim Welch

Data Access and Analytics Overview

WPTO

Corey Vezina, Allison Johnson

Hydropower, STEM, and Workforce Development Overview

NREL

Elise DeGeorge

Innovations for Low-Impact Hydropower Growth Activity Area Overview

WPTO

Katie Jackson

Groundbreaking Hydro and I AM Hydro Prizes

NREL, ORNL, WPTO

Tessa Greco, Scott DeNeale, Katie Jackson

The Design and Development of a Composite Hydropower Turbine Runner

Composite Technology Development, Inc.

Paul Fabian

Cold Spray Process Development for In Situ Repair and Mitigation of Cavitation Erosion

PNNL

Chris Smith

Standard Modular Hydropower Technology Acceleration

ORNL

Scott DeNeale

Restoration Hydro: A Watershed Approach to Standard Modular New Hydropower

Natel Energy Inc.

Abe Schneider

Prefabricated Standard Modular Hydropower Installations for Low-Cost Small Hydropower

Littoral Power Systems Inc

David Duquette

Small Hydro Interconnection Study

PNNL, ORNL

Alison Colotelo, Todd Wall, Chris O'Reilly, Hope Corsair

Development of a Modular Helical Fish Passage for Low Head Applications

Percheron Power, LLC

Jerry Straalsund

Advanced Compact Generation Module with Fish Safe Runner Technology

Natel Energy, Inc.

Gregor Cadman, Sterling Watson

Prefabricated Zero Ascend Omnispecies (ZAO) Modular Fish Passage Modules Using Advanced Manufacturing Techniques

Littoral Power Systems Inc.

David Duquette

A Novel Sediment Passage Module Design for Support of Standard Modular Hydropower

Regents of The University of Minnesota

Jeffrey Marr

National Conduit Resource Assessment

ORNL

Shih-Chieh Kao

Integrated Water Power Resilience

PNNL, INL

Juliet Homer, Shiloh Elliott

Irrigation Modernization

INL, PNNL

Thomas Mosier

Alternative Opportunities for Hydropower

PNNL, INL

Rajiv, Prasad, Thomas Mosier

Cost Data Collection & Modeling for Hydropower

ORNL

Gbadebo Oladosu

HydroWIRES Initiative Overview

WPTO

Sam Bockenhauer

Hydropower Flexibility Framework

Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.

Francisco Kuljevan

Increasing Operational Flexibility of Francis Turbines at Low Head Sites, Through Analytical and Empirical Solutions

GE Renewable Energy Hydro

Guillaume Rudelle

Exploring Multidimensional Spatial-Temporal Hydropower Operational Flexibilities by Modeling and Optimizing Water-Constrained Cascading Hydroelectric

Stevens Institute of Technology

Lei Wu

Identifying Hydropower Operational Flexibilities in Presence of Streamflow and Net-Load Uncertainty

University of California, Irvine

Soroosh Sorooshian and Bita Analui

Geomechanical Pumped Storage

Quidnet Energy Inc.

Howard Schmidt

Modeling And Optimizing Pumped Storage in A Multi-Stage Large Scale Electricity Market Under Portfolio Evolution

University of Missouri System

Rui Bo

Value And Role of Pumped Storage Hydro Under High Variable Renewables

GE Power

Christina Bisceglia

Predicting Unique Market Pumped Storage Significance (PUMPSS)

Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.

Aidan Tuohy

FAST Commissioning Prize for Pumped Storage Hydropower

NREL

Tessa Greco

PSH-TES Tool

PNNL, ANL

Mark Weimar, Patrick Balducci

Value Drivers Quantification

ANL, NREL, PNNL

Todd Levin

HydroWIRES Topic A: Environment-Flexibility Win-Wins

ORNL

Brenda Pracheil

PSH Portfolio Evaluation and Innovation Study

ANL

Vladimir Koritarov

Scope Improvements to Power Flow and Stability Models

PNNL

Slaven Kincic

HydroWIRES Topic C: Quantifying Reliability/Resilience

PNNL, ANL, INL, NREL, ORNL

Abishek Somani

HydroWIRES Topic D2: Transmission/Storage Equivalence

PNNL, ANL

Jeremy Twitchell, Zhi Zhou 

Idaho Power Run-of-River Hydropower and Battery Modeling

PNNL

Feng Pan

Integrated Hydropower and Energy Storage: Providing Essential Reliability and Ancillary Services using Individual or Coordinated Hydropower Plants

INL, NREL

Thomas Mosier, Vahan Gevorgian

Hydropower Storage Capacity Dataset

ORNL

Carly Hansen

HydroWIRES Topic B1: Enhancing the Representation of Conventional Hydropower Flexibility in Production Cost Models

NREL, PNNL

Greg Stark, Nathalie Voisin

HydroWIRES Topic B2: Improving the Representation of Hydrologic Processes and Reservoir Operations in Production Cost Models

NREL, PNNL

Greg Stark, Nathalie Voisin

HydroWIRES Topic D3: Forecasting

PNNL, INL

Nathalie Voisin, Thomas Mosier

Fleet Modernization, Maintenance, and Cybersecurity Activity Area Overview

WPTO

Kyle DeSomber

Digital Twin

PNNL ORNL

Osman Ahmed, Hong Wang

Hydropower Fleet Intelligence

ORNL

Pradeep Ramuhalli

Cybersecurity Value-At-Risk Framework

NREL, ANL

Anuj Sanghvi

Hydropower Cyber-Physical Reference Framework

PNNL, ANL, NREL

Ken Ham

Hydropower Cybersecurity Risk/State of Fleet

PNNL

Marie Whyatt

Hydropower Fleet Cybersecurity Response and Recovery

PNNL

Darlene Thorsen

A Real-time and Autonomous Water Quality Monitoring System

PNNL

Daniel Deng

Shad Tag Development

PNNL

Daniel Deng

Fish Protection Prize

NREL, WPTO

Tessa Grecco, Dana McCoskey

Demonstrating Value of River Data Aggregation and Visualization Capabilities

PNNL

Kyle Larson

GMLC Water Risk for the Bulk Power System: Asset to Grid Impacts

NREL, ORNL

Ariel Miara

Methane Emissions

ORNL

Natalie Griffiths

FERC eLibrary

PNNL

James Bradford, Bo Saulsbury

Hydro Fleet Database Development and Analyses (HydroSource)

ORNL

Debjani Singh

WPTO Overview

WPTO

Jennifer Garson

Peer Review Introduction

WPTO

Ali Hewett

Marine Energy Program Overview

WPTO

Tim Ramsey

Powering the Blue Economy Overview

WPTO/NREL

Tessa Greco

Marine Energy STEM and Workforce Development

NREL

Arielle Cardinal

Foundational R&D Activity Area Overview

WPTO

William McShane

Demonstration of an Advanced Multi-Mode Point Absorber for Wave Energy Conversion

Oscilla Power, Inc.

Tim Mundon

Seawater Compatible Rotary Pump for Wave Energy Conversion

Resolute Marine Energy, Inc.

Marcus Gay

Design of High-Deflection Foils for MHK Applications

Ocean Renewable Power Company, LLC

Jarlath McEntee

Performance Testing of An Integrated Magnetic Power Take-Off

Portland State University

Jonathan Bird

Holistic Control Embedded Power Take Off (PTO) Development

CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Thomas Boerner, Marcus Lehmann, Dan Petcovic

Fatigue and Structural Load Analysis and Control for Variable Geometry Wave Energy Converters

NREL

Nathan Tom

Next Generation WEC PTO Co-Design

SNL

Ryan Coe

Wave Energy Converter Modeling

NREL, SNL

Dave Ogden, Kelley Ruehl

WEC Array Power Management and Output Simulation Tool

NREL, PNNL

Toan Thanh Tran

WEC Design Optimization

SNL

Ryan Coe

Wave Energy Converter Interlink Umbilical Cables Design Requirements, Best Practices and Recommended Design Improvements

PNNL

Leo Fifield

Model Validation and Site Characterization for Early Deployment MHK Sites and Establishment of Wave Classification Scheme

NREL, PNNL, SNL

Levi Kilcher, Vincent Neary, Zhaoqing Yang

Technology-Specific System Design and Validation Activity Area Overview

WPTO

Elaine Buck

Reduction of System Cost Characteristics Through Innovative Solutions to Installation, Operations, And Maintenance

Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.

Michael Ondusko

Open Water Testing of a Scaled Next Generation Point Absorber Wave Energy Device with Phase Control

AquaHarmonics, Inc.

Alex Hagmuller

Water Horse Hydroelectric Harvester Development

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Jeremy Kasper

Performance Optimization and System Demonstration of a Multi-Mode Point Absorber

Oscilla Power, Inc.

Tim Mundon

Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter

Atargis Energy Corporation

Stefan Siegel

Design, Build and Test of Novel, Remote, Low-Power Wave Energy Converter for Non-Grid Applications

Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.

Erik Hammagren

Hawaii Wave Surge Energy Converter (HAWSEC)

University of Hawaii Systems

Patrick Cross

XCT System for Harvesting In-Current Hydrokinetic Energy from Low-Velocity Sites

Littoral Power Systems Inc.

David Duquette

An Innovative SR-WEC for a Market-Disruptive LCOE

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

HeonYong Kang

Device Design and Robust Periodic Motion Control of an Ocean Kite System for Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting

North Carolina State University

Chris Vermillion

Low-Flow Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine for Small Autonomous Unmanned Mobile Recharge Stations

Florida Atlantic University

Manhar Dhanak

Modular RivGen

Ocean Renewable Power Company, Inc.

Ryan Tyler

Advancing CalWave's WEC Design for PacWave

CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Thomas Boerner

Floating Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter Using Controllable Efficient Power Takeoff System

Stevens Institute of Technology (Inc)

Muhammad R. Hajj

MARMOK - Oscillating Water Column (OWC)

Idom, Inc.

Borja de Miguel Para

Optimization, Design, And Commercialization Planning of Next-Generation Stingray H3 Wave Energy Converter

Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.

Pukha Lenee-Bluhm

Waves to Water: Desalination Prize

NREL, WPTO

Scott Jenne, Simon Gore

Ocean Observing Prize

NREL, PNNL, WPTO

Jenny Wiegele, Carrie Schmaus

Wave-SPARC - Structured Innovation

NREL, SNL

Jochem Weber

Distributed Embedded Energy Converter Technologies DEEC-TEC

NREL

Blake Boren

Significant Cost Reduction Potential for Wave Energy Conversion Devices with Variable Geometry Modules

NREL

Nathan Tom

Verdant/NREL Research Measurement Campaign

NREL

Robynne Murray

Reducing Barriers to Testing Activity Area Overview

WPTO

Lauren Reudy

Triton Initiative

PNNL

Joe Haxel, Garrett Staines

Rapidly Deployable Acoustic Monitoring and Localization System Based on A Low-Cost Wave Buoy Platform

Integral Consulting Inc.

Kaustubha Raghukumar

Long-Range Target Detection and Classification System for Environmental Monitoring at MHK Sites

Biosonics, Inc.

Tim Acker

Improvements to Hydrodynamic and Acoustic Models for Environmental Prediction

SNL

Jesse Roberts

National Lab and University Collaboration for MHK Instrumentation and Data Processing Tools

NREL, PNNL, SNL

Rebecca Fao

Network Director for The Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) Program

Pacific Ocean Energy Trust

Matt Sanders

Enabling Cost Effective Electricity from Ocean Waves: PacWave

Oregon State University

Burke Hales

National Marine Renewable Energy Center Infrastructure Upgrades

University of Washington

Brian Polagye

Current Turbines Mobile Testing Vessel

Idom, Inc.

Alvaro Garcia

Marine Energy Data Access, Analytics, and Workforce Development Overview

WPTO

Allison Johnson

MHK Data Products and User Community Development (PRIMRE)

PNNL, NREL, SNL

Andrea Copping, Cesar Castillo, Jon Weers

International Environmental Data Sharing Initiative (Annex IV Project & Tethys Database)

PNNL

Andrea Copping

Improving The Efficiency and Effectiveness for MHK Permitting: A Toolkit and Engagement for Success

Kearns & West, Inc.

Zach Barr

Grid Value Proposition of MHK

PNNL, NREL

Dhruv Bhatnagar, Levi Kilcher