Acoustic Effects of Hydrokinetic Tidal TurbinesCX(s) Applied: B3.1, B3.3, A9Date: 04/29/2010Location(s): Snohomish County, WashingtonOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
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April 29, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B3.1, B3.3, A9
Date: 04/29/2010
Location(s): Snohomish County, Washington
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD) is proposing to use Department of Energy and cost-share funding to study of the acoustic effects of hydrokinetic tidal turbines at the site of the District's Admiralty Inlet pilot project. Activities would include the purchase and configuration of instrumentation, the deployment and retrieval of the instrumentation packages on the seabed, the simulation and measurement of sound propagation by a tidal turbine, and experimentation (conducted at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories) on the effects of turbine noise signals on an representative aquatic species.