Roadmap: Technologies for Cost Effective, Spatial Resource Assessments for Offshore Renewable Energy

Lead PI: Dr. John Miller, University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth Marine Renewable Energy Center & Dr. Eugene Terray, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Start Year: 2010 | Duration: 4 years
Partners: Imaging Science Research, Inc., Teledyne RD Instruments, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, & Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

The project team proposes to develop a technology roadmap for the application of advanced spatial survey technologies to the assessment and post-development monitoring of offshore wind and hydrokinetic renewable energy resources and facilities. The emphasis will be on techniques
that provide spatial-temporal measurements. Although most of the evaluations will use models and existing data to analyze performance, several of the projects proposed here involve field tests intended to evaluate specific approaches.

Annual PI Reports:
FY 2011 PI Report
FY 2012 PI Report
FY 2014 PI Report