Categorical Exclusion Determinations: B3.6

This Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, period of performance, removal of teaming partners, and new project milestones to include the development of three additional Substation in a Cable for Adaptable, Low-cost Electrical Distribution (SCALED) alternating current (AC) to AC cells in addition to the development of four direct current (DC) to DC SCALED cells already in progress, with a goal to create a cohesive, all-in-one structure to replace bulky, inflexible power substations in the electrical grid.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Rutgers University (RU) to develop an experimental setup that enables model-scale testing of certain types of hydrokinetic turbines (HKTs), develop a model-scale reference hydrokinetic turbine (rHKT), and the creation and dissemination of large raw and post-processed datasets.
This activity will cover the synthesis and development of advanced materials using conventional synthetic methods. Such materials will include meta…