Development of Post-Installation Monitoring Capabilities

Technical Report · Mon Mar 31 04:00:00 EDT 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1126516· OSTI ID:1126516

Polagye, Brian ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); Snohomish PUD

The development of approaches to harness marine and hydrokinetic energy at large-scale is predicated on the compatibility of these generation technologies with the marine environment. At present, aspects of this compatibility are uncertain. Demonstration projects provide an opportunity to address these uncertainties in a way that moves the entire industry forward. However, the monitoring capabilities to realize these advances are often under-developed in comparison to the marine and hydrokinetic energy technologies being studied. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County has proposed to deploy two 6-meter diameter tidal turbines manufactured by OpenHydro in northern Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, Washington. The goal of this deployment is to provide information about the environmental, technical, and economic performance of such turbines that can advance the development of larger-scale tidal energy projects, both in the United States and internationally. The objective of this particular project was to develop environmental monitoring plans in collaboration with resource agencies, while simultaneously advancing the capabilities of monitoring technologies to the point that they could be realistically implemented as part of these plans. In this, the District was joined by researchers at the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at the University of Washington, Sea Mammal Research Unit, LLC, H.T. Harvey & Associates, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

• Research Organization: Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Everett, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• Contributing Organization: Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
• DOE Contract Number: EE0000301
• OSTI ID: 1126516
• Report Number(s): DE--EE0000301
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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