View the final report and presentations from the U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office 2022 Program Peer Review virtual event spanning from July 18-29, 2022.
2022 Peer Review Final Report
Volume I contains a brief overview of the Peer Review process, comments from reviewers, and program responses to comments.
Volume II contains complete results of the Peer Review process, including quantitative scores specific to programs and activity areas.
Hydropower Program Opening Plenary
PRESENTATION TOPIC | ORGANIZATION | SPEAKER |
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WPTO |
Jennifer Garson |
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WPTO |
Ali Hewett |
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WPTO |
Tim Welch |
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WPTO |
Corey Vezina, Allison Johnson |
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NREL |
Elise DeGeorge |
Innovations for Low-Impact Hydropower Growth
Day 2:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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Innovations for Low-Impact Hydropower Growth Activity Area Overview |
WPTO |
Katie Jackson |
NREL, ORNL, WPTO |
Tessa Greco, Scott DeNeale, Katie Jackson |
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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 |
ORNL |
Scott DeNeale |
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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 |
PNNL, ORNL |
Alison Colotelo, Todd Wall, Chris O'Reilly, Hope Corsair |
Day 3:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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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 |
Littoral Power Systems Inc. |
David Duquette |
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A Novel Sediment Passage Module Design for Support of Standard Modular Hydropower |
Regents of The University of Minnesota |
Jeffrey Marr |
ORNL |
Shih-Chieh Kao |
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PNNL, INL |
Juliet Homer, Shiloh Elliott |
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INL, PNNL |
Thomas Mosier |
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PNNL, INL |
Rajiv, Prasad, Thomas Mosier |
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ORNL |
Gbadebo Oladosu |
HydroWIRES
Day 2:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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WPTO |
Sam Bockenhauer |
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Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. |
Francisco Kuljevan |
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GE Renewable Energy Hydro |
Guillaume Rudelle |
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Stevens Institute of Technology |
Lei Wu |
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Identifying Hydropower Operational Flexibilities in Presence of Streamflow and Net-Load Uncertainty |
University of California, Irvine |
Soroosh Sorooshian and Bita Analui |
Quidnet Energy Inc. |
Howard Schmidt |
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University of Missouri System |
Rui Bo |
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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 |
Day 3:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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NREL |
Tessa Greco |
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PNNL, ANL |
Mark Weimar, Patrick Balducci |
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HydroWIRES Topic D1: CEM Enhancements | NREL | Stuart Cohen |
ANL, NREL, PNNL |
Todd Levin |
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ORNL |
Brenda Pracheil |
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ANL |
Vladimir Koritarov |
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Life Cycle Assessment of Storage Technologies | NREL | Greg Stark |
PNNL |
Slaven Kincic |
Day 4:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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PNNL, ANL, INL, NREL, ORNL |
Abishek Somani |
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PNNL, ANL |
Jeremy Twitchell, Zhi Zhou |
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PNNL |
Feng Pan |
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Hydropower Plant Controller Prototyping using Remote Hardware in the Loop | NREL | Mayank Panwar |
INL, NREL |
Thomas Mosier, Vahan Gevorgian |
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ORNL |
Carly Hansen |
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NREL, PNNL |
Greg Stark, Nathalie Voisin |
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NREL, PNNL |
Greg Stark, Nathalie Voisin |
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PNNL, INL |
Nathalie Voisin, Thomas Mosier |
Fleet Modernization, Maintenance, and Cybersecurity
Day 4:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
PRESENTER |
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Fleet Modernization, Maintenance, and Cybersecurity Activity Area Overview |
WPTO |
Kyle DeSomber |
PNNL ORNL |
Osman Ahmed, Hong Wang |
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ORNL |
Pradeep Ramuhalli |
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NREL, ANL |
Anuj Sanghvi |
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PNNL, ANL, NREL |
Ken Ham |
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PNNL |
Marie Whyatt |
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PNNL |
Darlene Thorsen |
Environmental & Hydrologic Systems Science
Day 2:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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Environmental and Hydrologic Systems Science Activity Area Overview | WPTO | Dana McCoskey |
PNNL |
Daniel Deng |
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PNNL |
Daniel Deng |
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NREL, WPTO |
Tessa Grecco, Dana McCoskey |
Day 3:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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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 |
ORNL |
Natalie Griffiths |
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PNNL |
James Bradford, Bo Saulsbury |
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ORNL |
Debjani Singh |
Marine Energy
Marine Energy Program Opening Plenary
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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WPTO |
Jennifer Garson |
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WPTO |
Ali Hewett |
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WPTO |
Tim Ramsey |
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WPTO/NREL |
Tessa Greco |
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NREL |
Arielle Cardinal |
Foundational R&D
Day 2:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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WPTO |
William McShane |
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Demonstration of an Advanced Multi-Mode Point Absorber for Wave Energy Conversion |
Oscilla Power, Inc. |
Tim Mundon |
Resolute Marine Energy, Inc. |
Marcus Gay |
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Ocean Renewable Power Company, LLC |
Jarlath McEntee |
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Performance Testing of An Integrated Magnetic Power Take-Off |
Portland State University |
Jonathan Bird |
CalWave Power Technologies Inc. |
Thomas Boerner, Marcus Lehmann, Dan Petcovic |
Day 3:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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Fatigue and Structural Load Analysis and Control for Variable Geometry Wave Energy Converters |
NREL |
Nathan Tom |
SNL |
Ryan Coe |
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NREL, SNL |
Dave Ogden, Kelley Ruehl |
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NREL, PNNL |
Toan Thanh Tran |
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SNL |
Ryan Coe |
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PNNL |
Leo Fifield |
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NREL, PNNL, SNL |
Levi Kilcher, Vincent Neary, Zhaoqing Yang |
Technology-Specific System Design and Validation
Day 2:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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Technology-Specific System Design and Validation Activity Area Overview |
WPTO |
Elaine Buck |
Columbia Power Technologies, Inc. |
Michael Ondusko |
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Open Water Testing of a Scaled Next Generation Point Absorber Wave Energy Device with Phase Control |
AquaHarmonics, Inc. |
Alex Hagmuller |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Jeremy Kasper |
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Performance Optimization and System Demonstration of a Multi-Mode Point Absorber |
Oscilla Power, Inc. |
Tim Mundon |
Atargis Energy Corporation |
Stefan Siegel |
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Design, Build and Test of Novel, Remote, Low-Power Wave Energy Converter for Non-Grid Applications |
Columbia Power Technologies, Inc. |
Erik Hammagren |
University of Hawaii Systems |
Patrick Cross |
Day 3:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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XCT System for Harvesting In-Current Hydrokinetic Energy from Low-Velocity Sites |
Littoral Power Systems Inc. |
David Duquette |
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station |
HeonYong Kang |
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North Carolina State University |
Chris Vermillion |
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Low-Flow Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine for Small Autonomous Unmanned Mobile Recharge Stations |
Florida Atlantic University |
Manhar Dhanak |
Ocean Renewable Power Company, Inc. |
Ryan Tyler |
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CalWave Power Technologies Inc. |
Thomas Boerner |
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Floating Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter Using Controllable Efficient Power Takeoff System |
Stevens Institute of Technology (Inc) |
Muhammad R. Hajj |
Idom, Inc. |
Borja de Miguel Para |
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Columbia Power Technologies, Inc. |
Pukha Lenee-Bluhm |
Day 4:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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NREL, WPTO |
Scott Jenne, Simon Gore |
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NREL, PNNL, WPTO |
Jenny Wiegele, Carrie Schmaus |
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NREL, SNL |
Jochem Weber |
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NREL |
Blake Boren |
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NREL |
Nathan Tom |
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NREL |
Robynne Murray |
Reducing Barriers to Testing
Day 3:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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WPTO |
Lauren Reudy |
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PNNL |
Joe Haxel, Garrett Staines |
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Integral Consulting Inc. |
Kaustubha Raghukumar |
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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 |
Day 4:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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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 |
Idom, Inc. |
Alvaro Garcia |
Data Access, Analytics, and Workforce Development
Day 4:
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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Marine Energy Data Access, Analytics, and Workforce Development Overview |
WPTO |
Allison Johnson |
PNNL, NREL, SNL |
Andrea Copping, Cesar Castillo, Jon Weers |
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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 |
PNNL, NREL |
Dhruv Bhatnagar, Levi Kilcher |