The Marine Energy Peer Review will evaluate WPTO-funded marine energy projects based on their contribution to the office’s mission and goals, track progress made against stated objectives, and assess the office's overall management and performance.
Results from the Peer Review process are used to inform decision-making, enhance active project management, and modify or expand existing projects. The Peer Review process enables external stakeholders to provide feedback and recommendations to accelerate industry development in water power technologies. The Marine Energy Peer Review will be virtual and open to the public.
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2022 Marine Energy Peer Review Agenda
Marine Energy Program Opening Plenary
Day 1: Monday, July 18, 2022
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Presentation Topic |
Organization |
Speaker |
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10:00 |
10:30 |
WPTO Overview |
WPTO |
Jennifer Garson |
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10:30 |
10:45 |
Peer Review Introduction |
WPTO |
Ali Hewett |
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10:45 |
11:30 |
Marine Energy Program Overview |
WPTO |
Tim Ramsey |
| 11:30 AM |
11:40 AM |
BREAK | ||
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11:40 |
12:20 |
Powering the Blue Economy Overview |
WPTO/NREL |
Tessa Greco |
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12:20 |
12:50 |
Marine Energy STEM and Workforce Development |
NREL |
Arielle Cardinal |
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12:50 |
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ADJOURN AND MOVE TO ACTIVITY AREA BREAKOUTS (Days 2-4) |
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Foundational R&D
Day 2: Tuesday, July 19, 2022
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Start (ET) |
End (ET) |
Presentation Topic |
Organization |
Speaker |
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10:00 |
10:40 AM |
Foundational R&D Activity Area Overview |
WPTO |
William McShane |
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10:40 |
11:10 AM |
Demonstration of an Advanced Multi-Mode Point Absorber for Wave Energy Conversion |
Oscilla Power, Inc. |
Tim Mundon |
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11:10 |
11:35 AM |
Seawater Compatible Rotary Pump for Wave Energy Conversion |
Resolute Marine Energy, Inc. |
Marcus Gay |
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11:35 |
11:45 AM |
BREAK |
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11:45 |
12:10 PM |
Design of High-Deflection Foils for MHK Applications |
Ocean Renewable Power Company, LLC |
Jarlath McEntee |
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12:10 |
12:35 PM |
Performance Testing of An Integrated Magnetic Power Take-Off |
Portland State University |
Jonathan Bird |
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12:35 |
1:25 PM |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:25 |
1:50 PM |
Holistic Control Embedded Power Take Off (PTO) Development |
CalWave Power Technologies Inc. |
Thomas Boerner, Marcus Lehmann, Dan Petcovic |
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1:50 |
2:15 PM |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Day 3: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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Start (ET) |
End |
Presentation Topic |
Organization |
Speaker |
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10:00 |
10:25 |
Fatigue and Structural Load Analysis and Control for Variable Geometry Wave Energy Converters |
NREL |
Nathan Tom |
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10:25 |
10:50 AM |
Next Generation WEC PTO Co-Design |
SNL |
Ryan Coe |
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10:50 |
11:15 AM |
Wave Energy Converter Modeling |
NREL, SNL |
Dave Ogden, Kelley Ruehl |
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11:15 |
11:25 AM |
BREAK |
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11:25 |
11:50 AM |
WEC Array Power Management and Output Simulation Tool |
NREL, PNNL |
Toan Thanh Tran |
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11:50 |
12:15 PM |
WEC Design Optimization |
SNL |
Ryan Coe |
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12:15 |
1:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:00 |
1:25 |
Wave Energy Converter Interlink Umbilical Cables Design Requirements, Best Practices and Recommended Design Improvements |
PNNL |
Leo Fifield |
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1:25 |
1:50 |
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 |
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1:50 |
2:15 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Technology-Specific System Design and Validation
DAY 2, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2022
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Start |
End |
Presentation Topic |
Organization |
Speaker |
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10:00 AM |
10:40 AM |
Technology-Specific System Design and Validation Activity Area Overview |
WPTO |
Elaine Buck |
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10:40 AM |
11:10 AM |
Reduction of System Cost Characteristics Through Innovative Solutions to Installation, Operations, And Maintenance |
Columbia Power Technologies, Inc. |
Michael Ondusko |
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11:10 AM |
11:35 AM |
Open Water Testing of a Scaled Next Generation Point Absorber Wave Energy Device with Phase Control |
AquaHarmonics, Inc. |
Alex Hagmuller |
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11:35 AM |
11:45 AM |
BREAK |
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11:45 AM |
12:10 PM |
Water Horse Hydroelectric Harvester Development |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Jeremy Kasper |
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12:10 PM |
12:35 PM |
Performance Optimization and System Demonstration of a Multi-Mode Point Absorber |
Oscilla Power, Inc. |
Tim Mundon |
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12:35 PM |
1:25 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:25 |
1:50 |
Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter |
Atargis Energy Corporation |
Stefan Siegel |
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1:50 |
2:15 |
Design, Build and Test of Novel, Remote, Low-Power Wave Energy Converter for Non-Grid Applications |
Columbia Power Technologies, Inc. |
Erik Hammagren |
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2:15 |
2:40 |
Hawaii Wave Surge Energy Converter (HAWSEC) |
University of Hawaii Systems |
Patrick Cross |
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2:40 PM |
3:05 PM |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022
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Start (ET) |
End |
Presentation Topic |
Organization |
Speaker |
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10:00 |
10:25 |
XCT System for Harvesting In-Current Hydrokinetic Energy from Low-Velocity Sites |
Littoral Power Systems Inc. |
David Duquette |
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10:25 |
10:50 |
An Innovative SR-WEC for a Market-Disruptive LCOE |
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station |
HeonYong Kang |
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10:50 |
11:15 |
Device Design and Robust Periodic Motion Control of an Ocean Kite System for Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting |
North Carolina State University |
Chris Vermillion |
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11:15 |
11:25 |
BREAK |
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11:25 |
11:50 |
Low-Flow Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine for Small Autonomous Unmanned Mobile Recharge Stations |
Florida Atlantic University |
Manhar Dhanak |
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11:50 |
12:15 |
Modular RivGen |
Ocean Renewable Power Company, Inc. |
Ryan Tyler |
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12:15 |
1:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:00 |
1:25 |
Advancing CalWave's WEC Design for PacWave |
CalWave Power Technologies Inc. |
Thomas Boerner |
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1:25 |
1:50 |
Floating Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter Using Controllable Efficient Power Takeoff System |
Stevens Institute of Technology (Inc) |
Muhammad R. Hajj |
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1:50 |
2:15 |
MARMOK - Oscillating Water Column (OWC) |
Idom, Inc. |
Borja de Miguel Para |
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2:15 |
2:40 |
Optimization, Design, And Commercialization Planning of Next-Generation Stingray H3 Wave Energy Converter |
Columbia Power Technologies, Inc. |
Pukha Lenee-Bluhm |
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2:40 |
3:05 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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DAY 4: THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022
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Start (ET) |
End |
Presentation Topic |
Organization |
Speaker |
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10:00 |
10:40 |
Waves to Water: Desalination Prize |
NREL, WPTO |
Scott Jenne, Simon Gore |
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10:40 |
11:20 |
Ocean Observing Prize |
NREL, PNNL WPTO |
Jenny Wiegele, Carrie Schmaus |
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11:20 |
11:30 |
BREAK |
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11:30 |
11:55 |
Wave-SPARC - Structured Innovation |
NREL, SNL |
Jochem Weber |
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11:55 |
12:20 PM |
Distributed Embedded Energy Converter Technologies DEEC-TEC |
NREL |
Blake Boren |
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12:20 |
1:05 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:05 |
1:30 |
Significant Cost Reduction Potential for Wave Energy Conversion Devices with Variable Geometry Modules |
NREL |
Nathan Tom |
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1:30 |
1:55 |
Verdant/NREL Research Measurement Campaign |
NREL |
Robynne Murray |
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1:55 |
2:25 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Reducing Barriers to Testing
DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022
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Start |
End |
Presentation Topic |
Organization |
Speaker |
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10:00 AM |
10:40 AM |
Reducing Barriers to Testing Activity Area Overview |
WPTO |
Lauren Reudy |
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10:40 AM |
11:20 AM |
Triton Initiative |
PNNL |
Joe Haxel, Garrett Staines |
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11:20 AM |
11:30 AM |
BREAK |
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11:30 AM |
11:55 AM |
Rapidly Deployable Acoustic Monitoring and Localization System Based on A Low-Cost Wave Buoy Platform |
Integral Consulting Inc. |
Kaustubha Raghukumar |
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11:55 AM |
12:20 PM |
Long-Range Target Detection and Classification System for Environmental Monitoring at MHK Sites |
Biosonics, Inc. |
Tim Acker |
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12:20 PM |
1:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:00 |
1:25 |
Improvements to Hydrodynamic and Acoustic Models for Environmental Prediction |
SNL |
Jesse Roberts |
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1:25 |
1:50 |
National Lab and University Collaboration for MHK Instrumentation and Data Processing Tools |
NREL, PNNL, SNL |
Rebecca Fao |
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1:50 |
2:15 |
Network Director for The Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) Program |
Pacific Ocean Energy Trust |
Matt Sanders |
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2:15 |
2:40 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
DAY 4: THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022
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Start |
End |
Presentation Topic |
Organization |
Speaker |
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10:00 |
10:25 |
Enabling Cost Effective Electricity from Ocean Waves: PacWave |
Oregon State University |
Burke Hales |
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10:25 |
10:50 |
National Marine Renewable Energy Center Infrastructure Upgrades |
University of Washington |
Brian Polagye |
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10:50 |
11:15 |
Current Turbines Mobile Testing Vessel |
Idom, Inc. |
Alvaro Garcia |
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11:15 |
11:45 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Data Access, Analytics, and Workforce Development
Day 4: Thursday, July 21, 2022
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Start |
End |
Presentation Topic |
Organization |
Speaker |
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10:00 AM |
10:25 AM |
Marine Energy Data Access, Analytics, and Workforce Development Overview |
WPTO |
Allison Johson |
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10:25 AM |
10:50 AM |
MHK Data Products and User Community Development (PRIMRE) |
PNNL, NREL, SNL |
Andrea Copping, Cesar Castillo. Jon Weers |
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10:50 AM |
11:15 AM |
International Environmental Data Sharing Initiative (Annex IV Project & Tethys Database) |
PNNL |
Andrea Copping |
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11:15 AM |
11:25 AM |
BREAK |
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11:25 AM |
11:50 AM |
Improving The Efficiency and Effectiveness for MHK Permitting: A Toolkit and Engagement for Success |
Kearns & West, Inc. |
Zach Barr |
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11:50 AM |
12:15 PM |
Grid Value Proposition of MHK |
PNNL, NREL |
Dhruv Bhatnagar, Levi Kilcher |
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12:15 PM |
12:45 PM |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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