Read the official request for information (RFI).
The United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Water Power Program is seeking feedback from the marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders regarding the program’s activities and priorities in MHK environmental monitoring instrumentation development and field testing opportunities. The Water Power Program is committed to supporting technological innovations that facilitate the growth of the MHK industry in addition to funding research and development that addresses market barriers that affect the deployment and operation of MHK devices.
To advance the development and deployment of innovative MHK devices and systems, the Water Power Program has invested in a broad portfolio of environmental and market acceleration activities. Research focused on the development, field testing, and validation of environmental monitoring technologies that assess potential impacts of MHK devices is needed to accelerate the deployment and facilitate the environmentally responsible development of marine energy systems.
Through this request for information, the Water Power Program is seeking feedback regarding:
- A proposed framework for funding the advancement of environmental monitoring technologies aimed at reducing the uncertainty of impacts due to acoustic outputs, electromagnetic fields produced by MHK devices and their associated cables, and physical interactions with marine animals.
- The relative need for the advancement of environmental monitoring technologies.
- The state of development of technologies for measuring environmental impacts of MHK devices.
Responses to this Request for Information are due by August 7, 2015.
Read the full RFI on the EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange.
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