WEC Design Optimization April 13, 2020 4:51 pm Wave energy converter (WEC) designs to date have mostly followed a traditional design/build/test approach that requires potentially costly iteration. This... View Article
WEC Co-Design April 13, 2020 4:50 pm WECs are unique from other existing energy generation technologies. Instead of converting relatively steady input mechanical energy that fluctuates about... View Article
Wave-SPARC April 13, 2020 4:49 pm Overview Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are teaming to develop assessment methods and identify technical challenges,... View Article
Resource Characterization April 13, 2020 4:47 pm Sandia National Laboratories catalogues key statistics needed to assess energy conversion opportunities, constraints and risks at wave and tidal energy... View Article
Reference Model Project (RMP) April 13, 2020 4:46 pm The Reference Model Project (RMP), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), was a partnered effort to develop open-source... View Article
Materials & Coatings April 13, 2020 4:45 pm The program’s goal is to support the life cycle and performance of wave and tidal energy technologies through materials and... View Article
Hydropower April 13, 2020 4:44 pm Sandia National Laboratories’ capabilities in hydropower include water resources engineering, river flow and storage modeling, hydropower plant measurements, plant cyber... View Article
HAMQEA April 13, 2020 4:43 pm To accurately understand physical processes and their potential relationship to environmental stressors at a marine hydrokinetic (MHK) site, a Spatial... View Article
Experimental Testing, Measurements & Instrumentation April 13, 2020 4:42 pm Sandia National Laboratories has a decade of experience in hydrodynamic and load measurements, and MHK sites and laboratory testing facilities.... View Article
Environmental Analysis April 13, 2020 4:41 pm Understanding the environment is critical to the success of the MHK industry from device design to ensuring energy extraction does... View Article