Swimming With the SHARKS: NREL Makes a Splash at 2020 ARPA-E Funding Round
Dec. 17, 2020
NREL s work on four ARPA-E SHARKS projects is helping pave the way to the cost-competitive marine energy of the future.
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Hydrokinetic energy contained in tides, rivers, and ocean currents is renewable, reliable, abundant, and forecastable. Yet despite the long list of pros, a major strike against this promising, sustainable energy source is cost, stemming from both the challenging operating environment as well as the technical challenges of device deployment.
With an expected $35 million in funding to dole out to high-risk, high-reward technologies