Center for Ocean Renewable Energy (CORE) Infrastructure Enhancements Award Number: DE-EE0003263 CX(s) Applied: B5.25 Water Power Program Date: 04/29/15 Location(s): NH Office(s): Golden Field Office
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April 29, 2015
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Center for Ocean Renewable Energy (CORE) Infrastructure Enhancements
Award Number: DE-EE0003263
CX(s) Applied: B5.25
Water Power Program
Date: 04/29/2015
Location(s): NH
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Center for Ocean Renewable Energy (CORE) to develop a tidal energy testing site at the General Sullivan Bridge (GSB) in Great Bay Estuary, Newington, New Hampshire. The purpose of the tidal energy testing site would be to deploy tidal energy devices that have been developed in the laboratory and are ready for field testing to optimize their performance and durability. A testing platform would be designed, fabricated, and used to deploy and test tidal energy devices at the GSB site.
DOE completed a previous NEPA determination for Tasks 2 and 3 (GFO-0003263-001 CX A9, B3.1 and B3.6 06/28/2011) which included laboratory upgrades and environmental monitoring buoy replacement. This NEPA determination applies to Task 1, fabrication and deployment of the test platform to the project site, and monitoring and testing of tidal energy devices (turbines).