Award Number: DE-AC36-08GO28308CX(s) Applied: B3.16NRELLocation(s): MEOffice(s): Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
August 17, 2016
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Model Validation and Site Characterization for Early Deployment Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) Sites and Establishment of Wave Classification Scheme – Tidal Instrumentation Deployment; NREL Tracking No. 16-018
Award Number: NREL-16-018
CX(s) Applied: B3.16
NREL
Date: 7/25/2016
Location(s): ME
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to collect tidal resource data using two acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) and one acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) at a potential tidal energy site off the coast of Eastport, Maine for up to a four month period. Proposed activities would include: data analysis, project management and contract actions for an experienced subcontractor to: develop an ADCP and ADV deployment plan, and obtain necessary permits and approvals for deployment and recovery of the ADCPs and ADV.
The location for ADCP and ADV deployment would be offshore of Eastport, Maine (approximate location: 44.933N, 67.004"W). The ocean bottom is approximately 40 meters in depth at this location. While there is no existing equipment or infrastructure at that location currently, similar permits and instrumentation have been installed by NREL in this same area in previous years.