TEAMER: Proprietary Initial Optimization of a Vessel-mounted Removable Current Energy Converter
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.
Citation Formats
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 -
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
@misc{MHKDR_Dataset_686,
title = {TEAMER: Proprietary Initial Optimization of a Vessel-mounted Removable Current Energy Converter},
author = {Forbush, Dominic and Keow, Alicia and Skaggs, Matthew},
abstractNote = {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.},
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}
}
Details
Data from Jul 31, 2024
Last updated Feb 12, 2026
Submitted Jan 27, 2026
Organization
Sandia National Laboratories
Contact
Alicia Keow
Authors
Keywords
MHK, Marine, Hydrokinetic, energy, power, CEC, current energy converter, GitHub, code, post access report, PAR, LCOE, levelized cost of energy, hydrokinetic turbines, case study, Vessel-mounted CEC, optimizationDOE Project Details
Project Name Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research
Project Lead Lauren Ruedy
Project Number EE0008895

