TEAMER: Proprietary Initial Optimization of a Vessel-mounted Removable Current Energy Converter

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This project focuses on developing a numerical tool to estimate the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) for vessel-mounted hydrokinetic turbines. By leveraging open-source software and public-domain data, the tool evaluates energy capture and costs for deploying turbines on vessels in tidal energy-rich locations. The goal is to identify viable early-stage markets and optimize turbine designs for efficient energy generation in remote coastal communities.

This submission includes:
- GitHub repository containing an optimization tool developed for the design of vessel-integrated hydrokinetic turbines
- Case Study file that includes code used for the case study and post-processing of data as well as scripts to execute the optimization tool and reproduce results
- The final Post Access Report for this project
- Link to the public MHKDR submission for this project, including the Public Post Access Report

This project is part of the TEAMER RFTS 8 (request for technical support) program.

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TY - DATA AB - This project focuses on developing a numerical tool to estimate the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) for vessel-mounted hydrokinetic turbines. By leveraging open-source software and public-domain data, the tool evaluates energy capture and costs for deploying turbines on vessels in tidal energy-rich locations. The goal is to identify viable early-stage markets and optimize turbine designs for efficient energy generation in remote coastal communities. This submission includes: - GitHub repository containing an optimization tool developed for the design of vessel-integrated hydrokinetic turbines - Case Study file that includes code used for the case study and post-processing of data as well as scripts to execute the optimization tool and reproduce results - The final Post Access Report for this project - Link to the public MHKDR submission for this project, including the Public Post Access Report This project is part of the TEAMER RFTS 8 (request for technical support) program. AU - Forbush, Dominic A2 - Keow, Alicia A3 - Skaggs, Matthew DB - Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies DO - KW - MHK KW - Marine KW - Hydrokinetic KW - energy KW - power KW - CEC KW - current energy converter KW - GitHub KW - code KW - post access report KW - PAR KW - LCOE KW - levelized cost of energy KW - hydrokinetic turbines KW - case study KW - Vessel-mounted CEC KW - optimization LA - English DA - 2024/07/31 PY - 2024 PB - Sandia National Laboratories T1 - TEAMER: Proprietary Initial Optimization of a Vessel-mounted Removable Current Energy Converter UR - https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/686 ER -
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Forbush, Dominic, et al. TEAMER: Proprietary Initial Optimization of a Vessel-mounted Removable Current Energy Converter. Sandia National Laboratories, 31 July, 2024, Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/686.
Forbush, D., Keow, A., & Skaggs, M. (2024). TEAMER: Proprietary Initial Optimization of a Vessel-mounted Removable Current Energy Converter. [Data set]. Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. Sandia National Laboratories. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/686
Forbush, Dominic, Alicia Keow, and Matthew Skaggs. TEAMER: Proprietary Initial Optimization of a Vessel-mounted Removable Current Energy Converter. Sandia National Laboratories, July, 31, 2024. Distributed by Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/686
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This submission includes:
- GitHub repository containing an optimization tool developed for the design of vessel-integrated hydrokinetic turbines
- Case Study file that includes code used for the case study and post-processing of data as well as scripts to execute the optimization tool and reproduce results
- The final Post Access Report for this project
- Link to the public MHKDR submission for this project, including the Public Post Access Report

This project is part of the TEAMER RFTS 8 (request for technical support) program.}, url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/686}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository, Sandia National Laboratories, https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/686}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-07} }

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Data from Jul 31, 2024

Last updated Feb 12, 2026

Submitted Jan 27, 2026

Organization

Sandia National Laboratories

Contact

Alicia Keow

Authors

Dominic Forbush

Sandia National Laboratories

Alicia Keow

Sandia National Laboratories

Matthew Skaggs

Hydro Dynamic Power Systems Inc.

DOE Project Details

Project Name Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research

Project Lead Lauren Ruedy

Project Number EE0008895

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