Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project Final Technical Report

Technical Report · Mon Sep 14 04:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1214436· OSTI ID:1214436

Collar, Craig ^[1]

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1. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Everett, WA (United States); Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County

This document represents the final report for the Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project, located in Puget Sound, Washington, United States. The Project purpose was to license, permit, and install a grid-connected deep-water tidal turbine array (two turbines) to be used as a platform to gather operational and environmental data on tidal energy generation. The data could then be used to better inform the viability of commercial tidal energy generation from technical, economic, social, and environmental standpoints. This data would serve as a critical step towards the responsible advancement of commercial scale tidal energy in the United States and around the world. In late 2014, Project activities were discontinued due to escalating costs, and the DOE award was terminated in early 2015. Permitting, licensing, and engineering design activities were completed under this award. Final design, deployment, operation, and monitoring were not completed. This report discusses the results and accomplishments achieved under the subject award.

• 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), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
• DOE Contract Number: EE0003648
• OSTI ID: 1214436
• Report Number(s): DOE-SNOPUD--0003648
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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