The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) will host its 2022 Peer Review in July 2022. The Marine Energy Program review will take place July 18-22 and the Hydropower Program review will take place July 25-29. All sessions will be virtual and open to the public. Register for the Hydropower and Marine Energy Program reviews today.

2022 Marine Energy Program 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 |
10:30 |
10:45 |
Peer Review Introduction |
WPTO |
Ali Hewett |
10:45 |
11:30 |
Marine Energy Program Overview |
WPTO |
Tim Ramsey |
11:30 AM |
11:40 AM |
BREAK | ||
11:40 |
12:20 |
Powering the Blue Economy Overview |
WPTO/NREL |
Tessa Greco |
12:20 |
12:45 |
Marine Energy STEM and Workforce Development |
NREL |
Arielle Cardinal |
12:45 |
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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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END (ET) |
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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10:00 |
10:40 AM |
Foundational R&D Activity Area Overview |
WPTO |
William McShane |
10:40 |
11:10 AM |
Demonstration of an Advanced Multi-Mode Point Absorber for Wave Energy Conversion |
Oscilla Power, Inc. |
Tim Mundon |
11:10 |
11:35 AM |
Seawater Compatible Rotary Pump for Wave Energy Conversion |
Resolute Marine Energy, Inc. |
Marcus Gay |
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 |
12:10 |
12:35 PM |
Performance Testing of An Integrated Magnetic Power Take-Off |
Portland State University |
Jonathan Bird |
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 |
1:50 |
2:15 PM |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Day 3: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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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 |
10:25 |
10:50 AM |
Next Generation WEC PTO Co-Design |
SNL |
Ryan Coe |
10:50 |
11:15 AM |
Wave Energy Converter Modeling |
NREL, SNL |
Dave Ogden, Kelley Ruehl |
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 |
11:50 |
12:15 PM |
WEC Design Optimization |
SNL |
Ryan Coe |
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 |
NREL |
Rick Driscoll |
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 |
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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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
12:10 PM |
12:35 PM |
Performance Optimization and System Demonstration of a Multi-Mode Point Absorber |
Oscilla Power, Inc. |
Tim Mundon |
12:35 PM |
1:25 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:25 |
1:50 |
Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter |
Atargis Energy Corporation |
Stefan Siegel |
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 |
2:15 |
2:40 |
Hawaii Wave Surge Energy Converter (HAWSEC) |
University of Hawaii Systems |
Patrick Cross |
2:40 PM |
3:05 PM |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Day 3: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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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 |
10:25 |
10:50 |
An Innovative SR-WEC for a Market-Disruptive LCOE |
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station |
HeonYong Kang |
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 |
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 |
11:50 |
12:15 |
Modular Rivgen |
Ocean Renewable Power Company, Inc. |
Ryan Tyler |
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 |
1:25 |
1:50 |
Floating Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter Using Controllable Efficient Power Takeoff System |
Stevens Institute of Technology (Inc) |
Muhammad R. Hajj |
1:50 |
2:15 |
MARMOK - Oscillating Water Column (OWC) |
Idom, Inc. |
Borja de Miguel Para |
2:15 |
2:40 |
Optimization, Design, And Commercialization Planning of Next-Generation Stingray H3 Wave Energy Converter |
Columbia Power Technologies, Inc. |
Pukha Lenee-Bluhm |
2:40 |
3:05 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Day 4: Thursday, July 21, 2022
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END |
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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10:00 |
10:40 |
Waves to Water: Desalination Prize |
NREL, WPTO |
Scott Jenne, Simon Gore |
10:40 |
11:20 |
Ocean Observing Prize |
NREL, PNNL, WPTO |
Jenny Wiegele, Carrie Schmaus |
11:20 |
11:30 |
BREAK |
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11:30 |
11:55 |
Wave-SPARC - Structured Innovation |
NREL, SNL |
Jochem Weber |
11:55 |
12:20 PM |
Distributed Embedded Energy Converter Technologies DEEC-TEC |
NREL |
Blake Boren |
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 |
1:30 |
1:55 |
Verdant/NREL Research Measurement Campaign |
NREL |
Robynne Murray |
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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PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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10:00 AM |
10:40 AM |
Reducing Barriers to Testing Activity Area Overview |
WPTO |
Lauren Reudy |
10:40 AM |
11:20 AM |
Triton Initiative |
PNNL |
Joe Haxel, Garrett Staines |
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 |
11:55 AM |
12:20 PM |
Long-Range Target Detection and Classification System for Environmental Monitoring at MHK Sites |
Biosonics, Inc. |
Tim Acker |
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 |
1:25 |
1:50 |
National Lab and University Collaboration for MHK Instrumentation and Data Processing Tools |
NREL, PNNL, SNL |
Rebecca Fao, Rick Driscoll, Budi Gunawan, Chitra Sivaraman |
1:50 |
2:15 |
Network Director for The Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) Program |
Pacific Ocean Energy Trust |
Matt Sanders |
2:15 |
2:40 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
Day 4: Thursday, July 21, 2022
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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 |
10:25 |
10:50 |
National Marine Renewable Energy Center Infrastructure Upgrades |
University of Washington |
Brian Polagye |
10:50 |
11:15 |
Current Turbines Mobile Testing Vessel |
Idom, Inc. |
Alvaro Garcia |
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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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 |
10:25 AM |
10:50 AM |
MHK Data Products and User Community Development (PRIMRE) |
PNNL, NREL, SNL |
Andrea Copping |
10:50 AM |
11:15 AM |
International Environmental Data Sharing Initiative (Annex IV Project & Tethys Database) |
PNNL |
Andrea Copping |
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 |
11:50 AM |
12:15 PM |
Grid Value Proposition of MHK |
PNNL, NREL |
Dhruv Bhatnagar, Levi Kilcher |
12:15 PM |
12:45 PM |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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2022 Hydropower Program Peer Review Agenda
Hydropower Program Opening Plenary
Day 1: Monday, July 25, 2022
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PRESENTATION TOPIC | ORGANIZATION | SPEAKER |
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10:00 |
10:30 |
WPTO Overview |
WPTO |
Jennifer Garson |
10:30 |
10:40 |
Peer Review Introduction |
WPTO |
Ali Hewett |
10:40 |
10:45 |
BREAK |
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10:45 |
11:30 |
Hydropower Program Review |
WPTO |
Tim Welch |
11:30 |
11:55 |
Data Access, Analytics, and Workforce Development Activity Area Overview |
WPTO |
Corey Vezina, Allison Johnson |
11:55 |
12:25 |
Hydropower, STEM, and Workforce Development |
NREL |
Elise DeGeorge |
12:25 |
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ADJOURN AND MOVE TO ACTIVITY AREA BREAKOUTS (Days 2-4) |
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Innovations for Low-Impact Hydropower Growth
Day 2: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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END (ET) |
PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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10:00 AM |
10:30 AM |
Innovations for Low-Impact Hydropower Growth Activity Area Overview |
WPTO |
Katie Jackson |
10:30 AM |
11:00 AM |
Groundbreaking Hydro and I AM Hydro Prizes |
NREL, ORNL, WPTO |
Tessa Greco, Scott DeNeale, Katie Jackson |
11:00 AM |
11:25 AM |
The Design and Development of a Composite Hydropower Turbine Runner |
Composite Technology Development, Inc. |
Paul Fabian |
11:25 AM |
11:35 AM |
BREAK |
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11:35 AM |
11:50 AM |
Cold Spray Process Development for In Situ Repair and Mitigation of Cavitation Erosion |
PNNL |
Chris Smith |
11:50 AM |
12:15 |
Standard Modular Hydropower Technology Acceleration |
ORNL |
Scott DeNeale |
12:15 PM |
1:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:00 |
1:25 |
Restoration Hydro: A Watershed Approach to Standard Modular New Hydropower |
Natel Energy Inc. |
Abe Schneider |
1:25 |
1:50 |
Prefabricated Standard Modular Hydropower Installations for Low-Cost Small Hydropower |
Littoral Power Systems Inc |
David Duquette |
1:50 PM |
2:15 |
Small Hydro Interconnection Study |
PNNL, ORNL |
Alison Colotelo, Todd Wall, Chris O'Reilly, Hope Corsair |
2:15 |
2:40 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
Day 3: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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10:00 |
10:25 |
Development of a Modular Helical Fish Passage for Low Head Applications |
Percheron Power, LLC |
Jerry Straalsund |
10:25 |
10:50 AM |
Advanced Compact Generation Module with Fish Safe Runner Technology |
Natel Energy, Inc. |
Gregor Cadman |
10:50 |
11:15 |
Prefabricated Zero Ascend Omnispecies (ZAO) Modular Fish Passage Modules Using Advanced Manufacturing Techniques |
Littoral Power Systems Inc. |
David Duquette |
11:15 |
11:25 AM |
BREAK |
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11:25 |
11:50 AM |
A Novel Sediment Passage Module Design for Support of Standard Modular Hydropower |
Regents of The University of Minnesota |
Jeffrey Marr |
11:50 |
12:15 |
National Conduit Resource Assessment |
ORNL |
Shi-Chieh Kao |
12:15 |
1:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:00 |
1:25 |
Integrated Water Power Resilience |
PNNL, INL |
Juliet Homer, Tim McJunkin |
1:25 |
1:50 |
Irrigation Modernization |
INL, PNNL |
Thomas Mosier |
1:50 |
2:15 |
Alternative Opportunities for Hydropower |
PNNL, INL |
Rajiv, Prasad, Thomas Mosier |
2:15 |
2:40 |
Cost Data Collection & Modeling for Hydropower |
ORNL |
Gbadebo Oladosu |
2:40 |
3:05 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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HydroWIRES
Day 2: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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10:00 |
10:40 |
HydroWIRES Initiative Overview |
WPTO |
Sam Bockenhauer |
10:40 |
11:05 |
Hydropower Flexibility Framework |
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. |
Francisco Kuljevan |
11:05 |
11:30 |
Increasing Operational Flexibility of Francis Turbines at Low Head Sites, Through Analytical and Empirical Solutions |
GE Renewable Energy Hydro |
Guillaume Rudelle |
11:30 |
11:40 |
BREAK |
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11:40 |
12:05 |
Exploring Multidimensional Spatial-Temporal Hydropower Operational Flexibilities by Modeling and Optimizing Water-Constrained Cascading Hydroelectric |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
Lei Wu |
12:05 |
12:30 |
Identifying Hydropower Operational Flexibilities in Presence of Streamflow and Net-Load Uncertainty |
University of California, Irvine |
Soroosh Sorooshian and Bita Analui |
12:30 |
1:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:00 |
1:25 |
Geomechanical Pumped Storage |
Quidnet Energy Inc. |
Joe Zhou |
1:25 |
1:50 |
Modeling And Optimizing Pumped Storage in A Multi-Stage Large Scale Electricity Market Under Portfolio Evolution |
University of Missouri System |
Rui Bo |
1:50 |
2:15 |
Value And Role of Pumped Storage Hydro Under High Variable Renewables |
GE Power |
Christina Bisceglia |
2:15 |
2:40 |
Predicting Unique Market Pumped Storage Significance (PUMPSS) |
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. |
Aidan Tuohy |
2:40 |
3:00 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Day 3: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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10:00 |
10:30 |
FAST Commissioning Prize for Pumped Storage Hydropower |
NREL |
Tessa Greco |
10:30 |
10:55 |
PSH-TES Tool |
PNNL, ANL |
Mark Weimar, Patrick Balducci |
10:55 AM | 11:20 AM | HydroWIRES Topic D1: CEM Enhancements | NREL | Stuart Cohen |
11:20 |
11:30 |
BREAK |
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11:30 |
11:55 |
Value Drivers Quantification |
ANL, NREL, PNNL |
Todd Levin |
11:55 |
12:20 |
HydroWIRES Topic A: Environment-Flexibility Win-Wins |
ORNL |
Brenda Pracheil |
12:20 |
1:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:00 |
1:25 |
PSH Portfolio Evaluation and Innovation Study |
ANL |
Vladimir Koritarov |
1:25 PM | 1:50 PM | Life Cycle Assessment of Storage Technologies | NREL | Greg Stark |
1:50 |
2:15 |
Scope Improvements to Power Flow and Stability Models |
PNNL |
Slaven Kincic |
2:15 |
2:30 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Day 4: Thursday, July 28, 2022
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PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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10:00 |
10:25 |
HydroWIRES Topic C: Quantifying Reliability/Resilience |
PNNL, ANL, INL, NREL, ORNL |
Abishek Somani |
10:25 |
10:50 |
HydroWIRES Topic D2: Transmission/Storage Equivalence |
PNNL, ANL |
Jeremy Twitchell, Zhi Zhou |
10:50 |
11:15 |
Idaho Power Run-of-River Hydropower and Battery Modeling |
PNNL |
Feng Pan |
11:15 |
11:25 |
BREAK |
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11:25 AM | 11:50 AM | Hydropower Plant Controller Prototyping using Remote Hardware in the Loop | NREL | Mayank Panwar |
11:50 |
12:15 |
Integrated Hydropower and Energy Storage: Providing Essential Reliability and Ancillary Services using Individual or Coordinated Hydropower Plants |
INL, NREL |
Thomas Mosier, Vahan Gevorgian |
12:15 |
1:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:00 |
1:25 |
Hydropower Storage Capacity Dataset |
ORNL |
Carly Hansen |
1:25 |
1:50 |
HydroWIRES Topic B1: Enhancing the Representation of Conventional Hydropower Flexibility in Production Cost Models |
NREL, PNNL |
Greg Stark, Nathalie Voisin |
1:50 |
2:15 |
HydroWIRES Topic B2: Improving the Representation of Hydrologic Processes and Reservoir Operations in Production Cost Models |
NREL, PNNL |
Greg Stark, Nathalie Voisin |
2:15 |
2:40 |
HydroWIRES Topic D3: Forecasting |
PNNL, INL |
Nathalie Voisin, Thomas Mosier |
2:40 |
3:00 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Fleet Modernization, Maintenance, and Cybersecurity
Day 4: Thursday, July 28, 2022
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PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
PRESENTER |
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10:00 |
10:25 |
Fleet Modernization, Maintenance, and Cybersecurity Activity Area Overview |
WPTO |
Kyle DeSomber |
10:25 |
10:50 |
Digital Twin |
PNNL ORNL |
Osman Ahmed, Hong Wang |
10:50 |
11:15 |
Hydropower Fleet Intelligence |
ORNL |
Pradeep Ramuhalli |
11:15 |
11:25 |
BREAK |
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11:25 |
11:50 |
Cybersecurity Value-At-Risk Framework |
NREL, ANL |
Anuj Sanghvi |
11:50 |
12:15 |
Hydropower Cyber-Physical Reference Framework |
PNNL, ANL, NREL |
Ken Ham |
12:15 |
1:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:00 |
1:25 |
Hydropower Cybersecurity Risk/State of Fleet |
PNNL |
Marie Whyatt |
1:25 |
1:50 |
Hydropower Fleet Cybersecurity Response and Recovery |
PNNL |
Darlene Thorsen |
1:50 |
2:15 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Environmental & Hydrologic Systems Science
Day 2: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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10:00 AM |
10:30 AM |
Environmental and Hydrologic Systems Science Activity Area Overview | WPTO | Dana McCoskey |
10:30 |
10:55 |
A Real-time and Autonomous Water Quality Monitoring System |
PNNL |
Daniel Deng |
10:55 |
11:20 |
Shad Tag Development |
PNNL |
Daniel Deng |
11:20 |
11:30 |
BREAK |
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11:30 |
12:00 |
Fish Protection Prize |
NREL, WPTO |
Tessa Grecco, Dana McCoskey |
12:00 |
12:25 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Day 3: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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PRESENTATION TOPIC |
ORGANIZATION |
SPEAKER |
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10:00 |
10:25 |
Demonstrating Value of River Data Aggregation and Visualization Capabilities |
PNNL |
Kyle Larson |
10:25 |
10:50 |
GMLC Water Risk for the Bulk Power System: Asset to Grid Impacts |
NREL, ORNL |
Ariel Miara |
10:50 |
11:15 |
Methane Emissions |
ORNL |
Natalie Griffiths |
11:15 |
11:25 |
BREAK |
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11:25 |
11:50 |
FERC eLibrary |
PNNL |
Bo Saulsbury |
11:50 |
12:15 |
Hydro Fleet Database Development and Analyses (HydroSource) |
ORNL |
Debjani Singh |
12:15 |
12:35 |
Reviewer Debrief |
Reviewers |
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Past Peer Reviews
The purpose of the Peer Review is to evaluate projects funded by WPTO 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 programmatic decision making; enhance active project management; and modify or expand existing projects. The Peer Review process enables external stakeholders to provide feedback on the most impactful use of taxpayer funding and develop recommendations for the most efficient and effective ways to accelerate industry development in water power technologies. For more information on previous peer reviews, please visit the links below.
- 2019 Water Power Peer Review Report and Presentations
- 2017 Water Power Peer Review Report and Presentations
- 2014 Water Power Peer Review Report and Presentations
- 2011 Water Power Peer Review Report
- 2010 Water Power Peer Review Report
- 2009 Water Power Peer Review Report
All programs within the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) are required to undertake rigorous, objective peer reviews covering their key projects and active project portfolio. This ensures and enhances the management, relevance, effectiveness, and productivity of those projects.