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| | Stiesdal Offshore | Michael Borg | Chief Engineer |
Small Business
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| | At Stiesdal Offshore, based in Denmark, the development of floating wind is being accelerated with an industrialized design approach. By leveraging a modular, standardized design, our floating platforms are designed for global adaptability, enabling significant cost reductions across projects. Stiesdal's expertise includes hydrodynamic analysis and structural optimization, complemented by a holistic approach that considers the entire system. This includes the integration of the turbine, mooring, anchoring, array configuration, logistics, etc. to deliver reliable floating wind solutions.
Stiesdal Offshore is actively exploring anchoring solutions and methodologies suited for a variety of seabed conditions, including rocky and variable substrates for a farm. Stiesdal is particularly interested in collaborating on shared anchoring solutions for optimization, cost reduction, and minimizing seabed impact. Stiesdal also recognizes the importance of harmonizing floating wind anchor development with other ocean users, such as fisheries and marine ecosystems.
Mooring systems are another area of focus for Stiesdal, particularly the use of synthetic ropes, which are actively being researched for their potential in floating wind applications. Stiesdal also seeks collaboration with testing facilities or rope manufacturers to develop and validate these mooring configurations. |
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| | SeaAhead, Inc. | Nadir Ait-Laoussine | VP, Programs & Platform |
Small Business
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Market Barrier Removal
| Accelerator, Investor | SeaAhead is an ocean technology innovation firm focused on the development of, acceleration of, and investment into startups and technologies. Our ecosystem of corporate partners, public sector agencies, research institutions and universities, mentors, entrepreneurs and innovators, and advisors help catalyze the commercial development of these innovations.
In partnership with the New England Aquarium, SeaAhead runs the BlueSwell program for early-stage companies. We also develop specific programs for corporate partners looking to address specific corporate challenges and priorities.
SeaAhead is interested in teaming up with partners looking to bring technologies to the US and looking for innovative technologies in the US to support floating offshore wind mooring & anchoring. |
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| | DNV Digital Solutions Renewables and Ocean Structures | Heather Weitzner | Technical BD Manager |
Large Business
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| Mooring/cable/umbilical design and analysis | Built on decades of engineering expertise, DNV's software enables developers worldwide to design, analyze, and optimize offshore structures and manage risks for future-ready wind farms with precision and efficiency.
Our tools and services provide the confidence and support needed to implement offshore wind projects all around the world. Our software, Sesam, is improving safety and performance of deepwater floating systems through mooring, riser, and subsea umbilicals analysis.
About Sesam for mooring design and analysis:
i. Sesam is a proven solution for deepwater floating systems, mooring, and SURF analysis (subsea, umbilical, riser, flowline).
ii. The time domain coupled analysis in Sesam provides a comprehensive and accurate analysis for mooring systems.
iii. With abundant components, different types of mooring systems, such as spread mooring, single point turret mooring, and Soft Yoke system (which is quite widely used in some shallow water areas) can be properly simulated in an efficient way.
iv. With a deeper knowledge of the solvers, thrusters and dynamic positioning (DP) systems can also be simulated and analyzed simultaneously with other slender structures.
Application/experience:
i. O&G fixed and floating structure design: Sesam was used during the design, construction, transportation and installation and life-extension/decommissioning phases of many big exploration (drilling) platform and production units.
ii. Maritime: Sesam was widely used in the design of different type of merchant and military ships.
iii. Offshore wind: ROS products has been widely used in the wind turbine design, fixed and floating foundation design, as well as wind farm estimation. In some areas, Sesam has been used in all floating OWT projects constructed.
iv. Other renewables (e.g. floating PV): Sesam has been actively used in the design companies, as well as regulators. |
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| | Aalborg Universitet | Ivar Lyhne | Associate Professor |
Academic
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| Environmental assessment of offshore wind, planning and siting of offshore wind, marine environmental data | Department of Sustainability and Planning at Aalborg University is conducting research on environmental assessment of energy infrastructures, marine planning, public acceptance of energy infrastructures, GIS and data management, life cycle assessment of wind power technologies, etc. The research is often a combination of technical science and social science. More information can be found here, https://www.en.plan.aau.dk/
The Danish Centre for Environmental Assessment (DCEA) within Department of Sustainability and Planning is working specifically with environmental assessment related to decision-making processes, planning processes, permitting processes, and community involvement processes. Research projects have involved perceived annoyance from obstruction lights at wind turbines, public acceptance related to energy infrastructures, and digitalisation of environmental assessment processes.
DCEA is interested in research collaboration on environmental assessment related to offshore wind, planning processes related to offshore wind, public participation related to offshore wind, and digitalisation of these processes. |
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| | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Lianshan Lin | Dr. |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| | I am research scientist working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. My previous research has focused on solid-fluid interaction and structural dynamic, along with large scale finite element modeling, machine learning and high performance computing to optimize structural and material models for a scientific facility. I am interested in adopting these powerful numerical modeling tools in the verification and validation of mooring system and its anchoring to the seabed. |
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| | DHI | Jacob Tornfeldt Sørensen | Product & Innovation Portfolio Manager |
Non-Profit
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| | With more than 60 years of experience, DHI is an independent international consulting and research organisation represented in all regions of the world. DHI contributes to the development of offshore windfarms and marine renewable energy installations worldwide.
Our mission is to enable realizing and accelerating offshore wind sustainably by providing best-in-class advisory within the water environment and reduce uncertainties and conservatism for the entire project lifetime.
We have more than 30 years of experience as a provider of integrated services within this field. DHI has contributed to approximately 80% of the commissioned offshore wind farms in globally.
Our services include:
- Metocean engineering design from pre-FEED to detailed
- Wind and Metocean Site Conditions Assessments
- Seabed Mobility and Scour Protection
- Floating Offshore Wind Physical Model Testing
- Mooring and floating body response simulation
- Accurate metocean forecasting
- Planning and execution of metocean measurement surveys
Case Study – FloatLab project: Test lab for floating wind turbines in the 20-MW class
FloatLab project is a consortium led by DTU formed by DHI, SGRE, Stiesdal Offshore, Stromming and Ørsted with the goal to increase industry knowledge and reduce risks and costs for offshore wind entrepreneurs. The test lab will be located at DHI and will include wind, waves and a model-scale wind turbine. Among the aspects to be tested during the project are 3D waves, loads from breaking waves, turbulence and failure of mooring lines. The measurements will be connected directly to our calculation models, based on MIKE3-Wave and MIKE21-MA, in a 'Digital Twin' setup”. |
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| | CATE PLLC | Azize Akcayoglu | Owner |
Small Business
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Advanced Turbine Components
| | CATE PLLC is an engineering consulting company founded by engineers with over 30 years of distinguished academic experience. Our expertise is mainly mechanical engineering, R&D consulting, teaching and research, mechanical design, product prototyping, thermal, and fluid sciences. Past experience include:
•Heat Exchanger performance improvement
•Efficient cooling techniques of advanced gas turbines
•Thermal management (Effective cooling of electronics and telecommunication devices)
•Power production, conventional and renewable energy systems: Natural Gas, Oil, Solar, Wind, Nuclear, Geothermal
•Modeling of dense (hazardous and toxic) gas dispersion in turbulent atmospheric boundary layer
•Computational modeling of waste heat recovery systems
•Design, energy efficiency improvement and optimization in HVAC&R, Chiller, and plumbing systems
•Air side performance improvement of household refrigerators
•Turbulent flow and convective heat transfer around delta- wing type vortex generators
•Steady and unsteady separated flow and heat transfer analyses using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
•Finite Element Analysis (FEA), ANSYS
•Application of Large Eddy Simulation (LES) Method in compact heat exchangers
•Design and construction of solar-powered race cars
•Greenhouse heating via geothermal energy
•Heat transfer enhancement in non-circular ducts
•Fluid-structure interactions using high-image-density Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) technique
•Computer-aided design (CAD), Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), Additive manufacturing (3D Printing)
•Occupational safety and health, Six Sigma, ISO 9001
•Data analysis
•Life cycle assessment
•Forensic Engineering
•Teaching science and engineering courses
•Several STEM outreach activities
•Mechanical/Material Test Equipment Experience (MTS & Instron Universal Testers, Hardness Testing: Rockwell, Brinell, Vickers, Charpy Impact, Izod Impact, Strain Gauging with Data Acquisition, Torsion, NDT/E (Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation) methods
•Thermal/Fluid Test Equipment Experience, Wind Tunnel, Heat Conduction and Convection, Centrifugal Pump, Pressure sensors, Velocity and Flow measurement devices: Pipe friction losses, Rankine cycler power plant, Drag and Lift, Flow around bluff bodies)
•ASHRAE, HACCP, OSHA, NFPA, LEED knowledge
•Microsoft Office applications, AutoCAD, Revit, SolidWorks, Pro Engineer, PTC CREO, Catia, PipeFlo, SimaPro, ANSYS products, MatLab, GeoGebra, SPSS
•Fortran, Python, C++ |
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| | Aalborg University, AAU Energy | Mohsen Soltani | Associate Professor |
Academic
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Advanced Turbine Components
| | I lead the Offshore Renewable Energy Systems research group at Aalborg University, where we focus on developing innovative engineering solutions to harness offshore renewable energy in ways that are reliable, sustainable, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly.
Our group conducts research highly relevant to this call area, including work on vibration damping for floating offshore wind turbines. By developing new mooring systems, we aim to enhance the stability and performance of offshore floating wind turbines, reducing costs and/or extending their operational lifespan.
Additionally, we carry out unique testing and validation projects on the stability of floating offshore substations and wind turbines in our wind and wave laboratory. These projects are closely coordinated with leading offshore wind project developer companies worldwide. |
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| | Sperra | Jason Cotrell | Founder & CEO |
Small Business
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Advanced Turbine Components
| | Sperra is a climate tech small business pioneering the next generation of solar, wind, and wave energy components using automated construction technologies.
Sperra's R&D Lab at AltaSea, Port of Los Angeles. Sperra’s 3DCP R&D lab, the only known port-side 3DCP facility in the world, occupies a 5,000 ft² plot at AltaSea. AltaSea, a 400,000 ft² campus built on a historic pier at the Port of Los Angeles, offers convenient access to the deep ocean and hosts blue-economy technology demonstrations. AltaSea also offers hands-on educational programs in renewable energy, aquaculture, and underwater robotics. This setting gives Sperra immediate access to marine testing and public engagement opportunities. Sperra’s facility includes concrete processing equipment such as core drills, saws, reinforcement bending machines, and a heavy-lift forklift.
Sperra’s containerized, semi-mobile 3DCP platform was custom-built to manufacture renewable energy infrastructure components at laboratory and pilot scales. The 3D concrete printer has a 4.6 m diameter working range and can print concrete structures up to 3.4 m in height. It is equipped with a 100-seat license to ABB’s RobotStudio, enabling advanced simulation and offline programming for increased safety and productivity. The robotic arm is paired with an M-Tec Duo Mix 2000 automatic mixing pump, which requires only dry 3D concrete printing mix and water. Quikrete® supplies the primary concrete mix, with batch plants located nearby.
Sperra has also acquired a gantry printer to be commissioned in fall 2024 through CyBe Construction. The printer will be installed at the expanded AltaSea plot, allowing for greater volume printing with the same precision as Sperra’s current system. Additionally, Sperra’s COBOD BOD XL 3-5-5 printer in Rochester, NY, expands its operations to the East Coast, with plans for future 3DCP facilities across the U.S. |
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| | Sightir Inc | Marcus Chevitarese | CEO |
Small Business
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Advanced Turbine Components
| Theme 4. Monitoring and Inspection Technologies | Sightir develops and manufactures advanced environmental monitoring systems. We are actively seeking collaboration with developers of floating platforms to integrate our sensor technologies into offshore platforms. Our goal is to create regenerative and economically viable solutions for floating offshore wind energy facilities.
Currently, we are in the process of commercializing a 3D thermal tracking system specifically designed for monitoring avian and bat populations. We are also exploring adaptations of our technologies for use in undersea environments.
In addition to our product offerings, Sightir provides a comprehensive suite of services including systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and technical program management. We also offer support in supply chain management and field data collection services along the US West Coast |
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| | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Ann Sychterz | Assistant Professor |
Academic
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| Theme 3: Novel Station-Keeping Systems and Components | Our research seeks to create new lightweight, adaptive, and deployable structures with innovative control and machine learning techniques to address the world’s ever-changing environmental challenges. Current infrastructure is designed and built such that it must simultaneously comply with all possible loads. This leads to overdesigned structures that are inefficient in terms energy and cost. A structure that can self-identify damage, adapt, and learn for future events addresses the emerging field of intelligent infrastructure and structural health monitoring. Emerging technologies for civil engineering structures include a combination of sensing with real-time active feedback control which includes form-finding methods, structural dynamics, statistical diagnostic tools, sensor placement optimization, robotics, and multi-scale experimental testing. The deployable anchors work seeks to advance self-installing ground instrumentation and vessel anchors through a novel geo-structural concept utilizing deployable, compliant structural members to enhance tension capacity. These structural members are biologically-inspired from cheatgrass awns. We are investigating structural properties and alignment of this geometrically nonlinear system. |
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| | AMOG Consulting Inc. | Andrew Kilner | President |
Incorporated Consortia
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| Floating Offshore Wind Energy Mooring, Anchoring and Cables | Contact AMOG for specific discussions on how we can help your DOE project. AMOG has conducted work for government agencies for many years. We have worked as independent contractors for clients and built a team of subcontractors around project needs and managed the project from start to finish. AMOG could provide support to your project in the Topic Areas 1 & 2 include:
AMOG can implement a fully dynamic numerical model of the floating system tower, floating foundation, moorings, anchors and cables. The complexity of the model would be sufficient to be fit-for-purpose for the objectives of the project.
AMOG can also manage physical model testing programs. AMOGs engineer have experience with model testing campaigns from start to finish, including developing model testing specifications, assistance with selection of model testing facilities, independent calibration assessment/analysis of model testing results, post-process data, and perform data sanity checks.
For interfaces to academic laboratories, AMOG can assist with typical modeling and physical properties of fixed and floating wind turbine systems as well as helping with defining and extracting the important parameters needed from the testing.
Our resources include dynamic structural analysis, hydrodynamic analysis, naval architecture, cable analysis, digital twins and much more. We have expertise in using commercially available tools including OrcaFlex, ABAQUS, AQWA, SHEAR7, LS-DYNA. |
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| | Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering | Varvara Zania | Associate Professor |
Academic
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| | I am Associate Professor with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering . My research background has focused on dynamic (and seismic) soil-structure-interaction as well as advanced soil characterization, with applications on renewable energy, infrastructure performance and natural hazards. I am interested in physical and numerical modeling of the mechanical and dynamic behavior of mooring system and its anchoring to the seabed. At DTU we can perform experimental and computational investigations on the dynamic and cyclic behaviour of different types of anchor for floating offshore wind. |
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| | Kelson Marine Co | Tobias Dewhurst | CEO |
Small Business
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| Floating Offshore Wind Energy Mooring and Anchoring | Kelson Marine, through advanced model-based engineering, specializes in developing and de-risking innovative technologies and structures for ocean renewable energy and aquaculture. Our team has been instrumental in and/or led nine ARPA-e projects, six of which were sufficiently successful to warrant follow-on funding from the DoE. Our engineering services include site selection and characterization, mooring analyses, array design, technoeconomic analyses, mechanical design, and performance optimization strategies that prioritize safety and durability while minimizing capital and operational expenses. |
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| | Texas Tech University (MSI) | Yimin Lu | Assistant Professor |
Academic
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Plant Performance
| Theme 2, 3, 5. Geotechnical modeling, soil-fluid-structure interaction, natural hazards | I am a Geotechnical Engineering faculty at TTU, a Minority-Serving Institute (MSI). My research group focuses on granular mechanics, multiphase flow, and soil-water-structure interaction, with applications mainly on renewable energy and natural hazards. I am interested in numerical modeling of the mechanical and dynamic behavior of mooring system and its response to natural hazards like earthquake, soil liquefaction, seabed movement, and extreme storm. My academic background spans Geosystems Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Computational Science and Engineering. |
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| | Delmar Systems, Inc. | Jason Pasternak | Technical Director - Americas |
Large Business
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| | Delmar is a leader in the global offshore mooring industry, including development of innovative anchors and mooring systems. |
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| | LAUTEC US Inc. | Ian Spooner | President & CEO |
Small Business
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| | LAUTEC provides Consulting & Software for Offshore Wind projects.
We provide a platform of integrated IT systems designed and developed specifically for large-scale wind power projects. Our practical tools are intuitive and based on the latest technologies, enabling organizations to execute more projects more effectively. Used by the largest players in the industry, our systems make the daily work in the offshore wind industry smarter and easier.
LAUTEC’s specialists support offshore wind projects worldwide, from early development to contracting and execution. With hands-on experience in project controls, GIS, quality management, fabrication management, as well as onshore infrastructure and grid connection, our consultants help clients to get their projects on track for successful execution. |
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| | University of Memphis | Yong Hoon Lee | Assistant Professor |
Academic
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Plant Performance
| Multidisciplinary Modeling, Design Optimization, Hydrodynamics, Fluid-Structure Interaction | I have expertise in multidisciplinary modeling, design optimization, hydrodynamics, and fluid-structure interaction. I have experience in modeling aero-hydro-elasto-servo modeling of floating offshore wind turbines and implementing control co-design of these systems. I have participated in a number of DOE ARPA-E sponsored Floating Offshore Wind Turbine projects as a technical lead and co-principal investigator. I can provide modeling and optimization framework required for analyzing mooring and anchoring systems. |
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| | American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) | Kirk H. Waltz | Director, BD - Clean Energy Transition |
Non-Profit
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| All Topics | ABS is a leader in maritime technology innovation and is perfectly positioned to help engage the full range of stakeholders needed to accomplish the mission of this U.S.-Danish collaborative research. As a not-for-profit organization, our goal is to develop and share technology with governments and industry to achieve our maritime safety, security, and environmental mission. This includes incorporating the work products of innovation projects into guides, standards, rules, and best practice documents that are openly shared with all maritime stakeholders in both Denmark and the US.
The ABS Technology department has over 100 full-time staff (most with advanced degrees) working on internal R&D and contract R&D projects as well as numerous industry-based Joint Industry Projects/Joint Development Projects around the world. And, because of our role in maritime Classification, Certification, and New Technology Qualification/Approval-in-Principle, we are engaged in maritime innovation projects and programs in their earliest stages. Our Technology department has the internal methods, processes, and tools as well as industry/academic/government relationships. |
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| | Thornton Tomasetti | Emily Kunkel | Vice President – Applied Science |
Large Business
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| Scalable Offshore Wind, Marine Energy, and Aquaculture | "Thornton Tomasetti has worked on many projects across the US and UK in the wind energy sector.
• Thornton Tomasetti, in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Maine, evaluated the use of the FAST code for the simulation of a 1/50th scale model of the NREL reference turbine supported on a tension leg platform (TLP). The project identified potential improvements in FAST for application to floating wind turbine systems.
• For EO.N, issues arose at Robin Rigg , Scotland’s first offshore wind farm, with the transition pieces grouted connections failing. To support the investigation and remedy for this issue we conducted finite element analysis in order to establish how different connection failure modes will affect the overall dynamic response of monopile turbines to identify possible continuous monitoring schemes that could be employed for the purposes of integrity assurance. This included analysis of sea bed scour and resulting impact on the stability of the turbine structure.
• A study to evaluate and compare the API and IEC standards for offshore wind turbine support structures was carried out for NREL. The study evaluated the levels of structural reliability produced for common structures designed following the requirements of either standard. The results of this study were to provide all stakeholders with specific guidance for the design of offshore wind turbine support structures in U.S. waters.
• Completion of a concept development study aimed at assessing the state of the practice in offshore wind systems, and developing new support structures to expand their range of applicability, given deeper water and harsher environmental conditions (Confidential client).
• Offshore farm foundation assessment for GE Wind Energy.
• Assessing new technologies and requirements for building larger wind systems in deeper water locations and at greater distances from shore (working with NREL).
• Development of software (WEP-View) for the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) – a tool to determine the electricity and revenue generation potential for offshore wind farms.
• We developed a tool for the UK Health & Safety Executive enable risk assessments to be undertaken for onshore wind farms. This software has been used for clients to understand the risk (e.g., blade failure, ice throw etc.) when wind farms are located in close proximity to occupied buildings, power lines and pipelines." |
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| | Anchorbot, Inc. | Jon Pompa | CEO |
Small Business
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Plant Reliability
| | Anchorbot installs helical anchors and moorings using remotely operated underwater vehicles. The system is independent of ship motion and light weight, reducing the size and positioning requirements of support vessels. We provide precise anchor positioning and can operate in deep water. Anchor lines can be pre-attached to anchors, eliminating the need for diving or secondary ROV operations. We operate at coastal installation scales and are seeking partnerships to develop and test large scale installers suitable for offshore turbine moorings. |
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| | Crosslink Composites | Connie Jackson | CTO |
Small Business
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| Advanced Manufacturing | We apply our proprietary technology to make the world’s first and only high-performance low-cost carbon fiber, serving automotive, wind energy, civil infrastructure, marine, aerospace and transportation markets. We also pultrude composite products and produce oxidized PAN fiber (OPF). We don’t have standardized products but rather we work with large-volume customers to tailor products to their specific applications. Our revolutionary, patent-pending processes enable the lowest cost carbon fiber products available in today's market. Our technology also reduces by two thirds the carbon fiber manufacturing emission levels.
We frequently work with grant recipients to produce specific carbon fiber, OPF or composite products for their research projects. We have received multiple NSF SBIR and DoE grants ourselves and are familiar with federal grants and associated requirements.
Our founder and CTO Connie Jackson is an industry veteran with senior level experience running CF and pultrusion operations. Previously she ran operations for Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Carbon Fiber Technology Facility. |
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| | PCCI, Inc. | Thomas Hudon | Principal Engineer |
Small Business
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System Validation and Risk Reduction
| | PCCI designs and installs moorings for commercial and Government agencies at locations worldwide. |
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| | National Center for Atmospheric Research | Sue Ellen Haupt | Senior Scientist |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Plant Performance
| Wind & wave modeling | NCAR brings a depth and breadth of atmospheric and oceanic modeling expertise, including coupling across scales. |
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| | Redondo Optics Inc | Edgar Mendoza | CEO?President |
Small Business
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Plant Reliability
| Floating Offshore Wind Energy Mooring and Anchoring | Redondo Optics offers a comprehensive product portfolio of advance fiber optic sensor solutions for applications in wind turbine platform monitoring. Specific sensing solutions includes distributed and multi-point fiber optic sensors for stress/strain, temperature, pressure, vibration, acceleration, impacts, acoustics, acoustic emissions, and ultrasound. We also specialized in the integration of fiber sensors within braided synthetic material cables such as those used in mooring applications. Redondo Optics interrogators are based on Silicon photonics (PIC) microchip optical engines and embedded signal processing data logger electronics suitable for solutions where weight, size, power, and cost are critical for the application. For the wind-power industry we offer some of the most cost-effective fiber optic sensor interrogators available in the market place. |
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