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NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Remarks at the Joint Civil & DOD CBRN Symposium and Technology Showcase, March 14, 2024

Researchers supported multiple marine energy projects with the Modular Ocean Data Acquisition system, which allows marine energy technology developers to collect data on how their prototypes perform in the lab, wave tank tests, or open-ocean trials.

Decades of research supported by the Department of Energy informed a national strategy to measure and monitor greenhouse gas emissions.

In Fiscal Year 2023, the Water Power Technologies Office announced nearly $10 million to advance the development of marine energy technologies and opened its largest funding opportunity to date.

Researchers developed an environmentally acceptable lubricant to help increase the sustainability and durability of tidal turbines.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory supported the 25th annual Salmon Summit, an educational event in eastern Washington designed in part to inspire the next generation of hydropower researchers, diverse STEM professionals, and a science-aware community.

The Triton Initiative developed and tested methodologies and tools to help researchers better understand and evaluate how environmental stressors related to marine energy technologies may impact marine wildlife.

Construction on the PacWave South test facility continued in Fiscal Year 2023 with milestones that include progress in building a facility to distribute energy generated by devices tested while researchers collect data on those devices.

The Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O) expanded Seedling and Sapling program now offers grants and funding opportunities to support research and development activities at academic institutions that do not have significant water power portfolios.

Idaho National Laboratory researchers worked with hydropower stakeholders to adapt an open-source software solution to support cybersecurity at hydropower facilities.