Next Advancement in Sustainable Marine Energy Research
A new era of marine energy research is officially underway that will accelerate the development and deployment of novel marine energy technologies from testing at the bench scale to early demonstration under real ocean operating conditions.
Officials gathered on Sept. 5 at the Sequim Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) campus to dedicate the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) first hybrid-electric research vessel, RV Resilience.
Speakers included PNNL Laboratory Director Steven Ashby, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA), and Washington State Rep. Steve Tharinger. Speaking for DOE were Science & Innovation Chief of Staff Ariel Marshall, Ph.D. and Alejandro Moreno, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), U.S. Department of Energy.
RV Resilience is the first hybrid electric-diesel research vessel in the DOE fleet and is poised to help advance research critical to addressing the development and deployment of marine energy and offshore wind.
It will be managed and operated by researchers at the Sequim campus of DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the only marine research laboratory in DOE’s complex. At 50 feet long, Resilience is the first of its size class to be partially electrified. It’s big enough to fit a 113-kilowatt battery, but small enough to be nimble for research in Sequim Bay and beyond.
Along with the new vessel, PNNL-Sequim will soon be home to new seawater experimental tanks, a climate-controlled research space on an updated pier and a new and improved space for public outreach activities.
RV Resilience will demonstrate both slow and fast charging - showing the world that hybrid vessels are not only suitable for research duty cycles, but offer real operational advantages in efficiency, noise, and emission reduction.
The vessel enables the following marine research: marine power generation (installations, impacts), environmental impacts and surveys, acoustic testing and surveys, marine mammal and bird observations, scientific diver support, autonomous underwater vehicle launch and recovery, hybrid propulsion system research, and electrified vessel charging system research.
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