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Development of Classification Systems for Wave Energy Resources and WEC Technologies

The submission includes wave resource classification reports, summary of classification statistics and regional trends, and data files with classification statistics for selected sites for extreme significant wave height. Two conference papers were uploaded that include classifica...
Neary, V. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Jun 30, 2017
5 Resources
0 Stars
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Version 2 Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Velocity and Turbulence Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021

Version 2 of MHKDR submission #475, which also contains the metadata for these measurements. Files here are stored in netCDF4 format, which can be read in Python using the "netcdf4" or "xarray" packages or in MATLAB using the "ncread()" function. Changes are as follows: MWM1 (mi...
Kilcher, L. and McVey, J. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jul 01, 2021
9 Resources
1 Stars
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Early Market Opportunity MHK Energy Site Identification Wave and Tidal Resources

This data was compiled for the 'Early Market Opportunity Hot Spot Identification' project. The data and scripts included were used in the 'MHK Energy Site Identification and Ranking Methodology' Reports (see resources below). The Python scripts will generate a set of results--base...
Kilcher, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Apr 01, 2016
7 Resources
0 Stars
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Ocean Surface Wave Model Hindcast Data-US East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea (Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands)

This dataset contains the raw model outputs from long-term (42 years), high-resolution (approximately 200 m in the nearshore regions) Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN) hindcasts covering the East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands regions of the US Exclusive...
Meuris, B. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Feb 07, 2025
2 Resources
0 Stars
In progress

Modeled Hourly Tidal Current Velocities, Directions, and Heights from May 1 September 1, 2005 at Two Points Near East Forelands and Tyonek in Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset includes modeled tidal current velocities, direction and depth at two locations in East and North Forelands (60.716, 151.434 and 61.024, 151.157) near Nikiski and Tyonek, respectively, in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Data from two grid cells were provided by the Pacific Northw...
Bond, B. et al University of Alaska Fairbanks
Oct 05, 2022
3 Resources
1 Stars
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TEAMER: Tidal Currents Turbine Parametric Study Flow, Power, Torque, and Energy Optimization

This is an exercise in optimizing the flow through a shrouded axial turbine to have the least resistance and to have optimal output and torque and energy. In this study, different variations of the original geometry of the current turbine designed by Hydrokinetic Energy Corp. (HEC...
Schurtenberger, W. and Ge, Z. Hydrokinetic Energy Corp.
Jul 30, 2021
3 Resources
0 Stars
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Supporting Data for TEAMER RFTS 12 Project: Resource Characterization for Community Scale Tidal Instream Energy in Maine

This dataset comprises high-resolution Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) hydrodynamic model output for the Maine coast developed under a TEAMER RFTS 12 project with the Tide Mill Institute, with technical assistance from PNNL. It was designed to assess community-scale (u...
Spicer, P. and Yang, Z. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nov 19, 2025
6 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

High Resolution Tidal Hindcast (US Tidal) Dataset

This Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) High Resolution Tidal Hindcast dataset (us-tidal) provides standardized tidal energy data for five strategically selected U.S. coastal locations with significant tidal energy potential. Developed collaboratively by Pacific Northwest Nati...
Yang, Z. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies
Jun 09, 2025
6 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

TEAMER: Passive Acoustic Measurements around ORPC Turbines in Millinocket, ME and Igiugig, AK

Drifting acoustic measurements obtained around ORPC turbines in Millinocket, ME (August 2023) and Igiugig, AK (June 2024). The data was collected to understand how much underwater noise ORPC river turbines produce and how that noise changes with turbine operation. Data was gathere...
Polagye, B. et al University of Washington
Nov 16, 2025
5 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

Wave and Offshore Wind Resource in the U.S. Pacific Ocean Minor Outlying Islands

Coastal environments such as islands have unique opportunities for renewable energy resources. This work explores the wave and offshore wind energy potential for the U.S. Pacific Ocean Minor Outlying Islands, including Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, K...
Yang, Z. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dec 31, 2020
30 Resources
0 Stars
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TEAMER: Drifting Hydrophone System Block Diagram and Pre-Amplifier Calibrations

This data release is part of TEAMER RFTS 2, where the Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies (CIMRS) at Oregon State University is performing hardware and software development and integration of four newly designed drifting hydrophone systems for underwater noise measu...
Turnbull, J. et al Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC)
Feb 26, 2024
3 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

Model and experimental validation of ocean kite dynamics and controls

This submission includes two peer-reviewed papers from researchers at North Carolina State University presenting the modeling and lab-scale experimentation of the dynamics and control of a tethered tidal ocean kite. Below are the abstracts of each file included in the submission. ...
Vermillion, C. et al North Carolina State University
Mar 01, 2020
2 Resources
0 Stars
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Reports on Wave and Tidal Energy Cost Reduction and Performance Improvement Opportunities

This submission contains two resources developed by Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. in 2025 for the U.S. Department of Energy/Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO). The study identifies near-term opportunities to reduce costs and improve performance in wave and tidal current energy syst...
Yüzügüllü, E. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
May 27, 2025
2 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Velocity and Turbulence Measurements, Processed Data, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021

This submission contains processed datasets from a long-term deployment of 3 moorings and a transect survey of the proposed tidal energy site off the East Forelands in Cook Inlet, AK. The long-term mooring datasets were created from 8 instruments mounted on a Terrasond High Ener...
McVey, J. and Kilcher, L. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Aug 31, 2021
28 Resources
1 Stars
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Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, OR Final Technical Report & Appendices

In 2008, the US Department of Energy (DOE) Wind and Water Power Program issued a funding opportunity announcement to establish university-led National Marine Renewable Energy Centers. Oregon State University and the University of Washington combined their capabilities in wave and ...
Hellin, D. Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Jun 30, 2016
2 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

Initial Characterization of the NREL Large Amplitude Motion Platform (LAMP)

The Large Amplitude Motion Platform (LAMP) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Water Power Technology Validation Facility is a six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) motion platform intended to be used for dry testing of wave energy converters (WECs) and other marine energy ...
Friedman, B. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jul 01, 2024
4 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

Tidal Energy Site Characterization East Forelands Alaska

During the summer field season in 2012, Benthic GeoScience Inc. (Benthic) mobilized under contract with Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) in order to conduct precise geospatial measurements of the seafloor accomplishing a preliminary Site Characterization Study for the ORPC Eas...
Worthington, M. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Apr 01, 2013
2 Resources
0 Stars
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TEAMER: Raw data and three-year modeled velocity from the upper Kuskokwim River at McGrath, Alaska

This dataset and final report from the upper Kuskokwim River at McGrath, Alaska is the result of a recent river resource and siting assessment conducted by the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) and Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (...
Brown, E. et al City of McGrath, Alaska
Sep 25, 2025
7 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

Oscylator-4 Energy Converter St. Clair River Installation Data 2016

Data collected during the 2016 St. Clair River installation of the Oscylator-4 energy converter.
Taipale, J. and Kim, E. Vortex Hydro Energy
Jul 20, 2016
30 Resources
0 Stars
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Advanced TidGen Power System Material Characterization Program

The TidGen Power System generates emission-free electricity from tidal currents and connects directly into existing grids using smart grid technology. The power system consists of three major subsystems: shore-side power electronics, mooring system, and turbine generator unit (TGU...
Marnagh, C. and McEntee, J. Ocean Renewable Power Company
Jun 14, 2018
2 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

MHK Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) Guidance and Techno-Economic Analysis Materials

Useful information and tools for calculating the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and MHK Cost Breakdown Structure. Includes a structure for calculating the capital expenditures and operating costs of a marine energy technology or device, reference resource data for both wave and ...
Jenne, S. and Baca, E. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 08, 2019
7 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

TEAMER: Supporting model output files for Environmental Compliance Framework for Floating Tidal Turbines, Cook Inlet, AK

Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) is seeking to deploy their floating tidal technology in US waters and has considered the possibility of deploying in temperate waters including the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and the Western Passage, Maine. It has become apparent that some of the most p...
Wang, T. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mar 01, 2023
5 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

ADCP Acoustic Interference Survey Data, Sequim Bay Inlet, WA

Raw ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) datasets from acoustic interference surveys with a TRDI Workhorse 300, a Nortek Signature500 and two Signature1000 instruments from August 2020. One Signature 1000 ADCP was deployed for 13 days on a bottom lander in Sequim Bay Inlet, WA...
McVey, J. and Cavagnaro, R. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Aug 13, 2020
1 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

Rosario Strait Tidal Resource Characterization

Observational dataset from the Orcas Island Power and Light Coop. (OPALCO) tidal site in Rosario Strait, WA (USA). This project presents a resource characterization of the tidal currents at a proposed site for power generation in Rosario Strait, WA (USA). Acoustic Doppler Current...
Thomson, J. et al Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC)
Mar 20, 2025
9 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

Kvichak River RISEC Project Resource Reconnaissance and Physical Characterization, Igiugig, AK

During the summer and fall of 2011 TerraSond Ltd. (TerraSond) completed a bathymetric survey and hydrokinetic energy assessment of the Kvichak River at Igiugig, Alaska. The purpose of this work was to characterize the initial site conditions for the design and installation of a hy...
McEntee, J. Ocean Renewable Power Company
Oct 01, 2015
2 Resources
0 Stars
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