JANUARY 2022

TRITON'S POWERHOUSE PARTNERSHIPS ADVANCE RESEARCH

Photo credits: Jeremy Gasowski, University of New Hampshire (top left); Jayson Martinez, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (top center); Amanda Byrd, Alaska Center for Energy and Power (top right); Integral Consulting (bottom left); Cailene Gunn, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (bottom middle and right).

The Triton team is starting 2022 with a shout-out to our program research partners. Throughout 2021, Triton and our partners completed several projects, kicked-off new research efforts, and conducted fieldwork. All of this collectively enabled research which advances the marine energy industry. From conducting field trials at marine energy sites around the United States to supporting innovative, Department of Energy-funded environmental monitoring technology development—none of this work would be possible without our extraordinary partners:

• BioSonics, Inc.
• CalWave Power Technologies
• Integral Consulting, Inc.
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Alaska Center of Energy and Power
• University of New Hampshire
• University of Washington
• Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO)
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

We’ve accomplished a lot together in 2021. Read the January Triton story to learn more about this work. Read more.

FIELD NOTES

Underwater Noise Field Trials in La Jolla, California

This month, the Triton Field Trials underwater noise team, including research lead Joe Haxel and engineer James McVey, will be heading to Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in La Jolla, California. The team will deploy hydrophones around the CalWave Power Technologies xWave™ wave energy converter (WEC) and characterize sound generated by the device. This longer-term deployment of underwater noise monitoring instruments will provide valuable data about the WEC’s sound emissions, and important information about the ambient acoustic environment.  

TRITON NEWS

New Logo

Triton is starting 2022 with a new look - check out our new logo below:

Register for the First Triton Talks Webinar

You are invited to participate in the first session of Triton Talks, an interactive webinar series presented by the Triton Initiative that features a behind-the-scenes look at environmental monitoring field trials conducted in 2020 and 2021. The first session will feature Joe Haxel, Triton's principal investigator, Alicia Amerson, Triton's program manager, and Sam Eaves, Triton's WPTO sponsor. They will introduce the Triton project, its most recent field trials, and upcoming webinar topics. 

• When: February 17, 2022 at 11 AM PST 
• Register here: Zoom Link

Future topics will include:

• Predictive modeling
• Science communication
• Electromagnetic fields
• Collision risk
• Underwater noise
• Changes in habitat, and more

Catch Triton at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in 2022

Joe Haxel is co-hosting a session at the virtual Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022: OT15: Measuring, Modeling, and Mitigating Environmental Effects of Ocean Renewable Energy.

This session will bring together researchers from around the world who are pursuing ocean renewable energy development and environmental research. Specifically, the session will include research that links monitoring data from ocean renewable energy devices, changes in animal interactions, the effects of energy removal on water bodies, and engineering designs that will mitigate potentially harmful outcomes. Join Triton at this informative session!

The session will be held on March 3, 2022. Register for the conference here. 

Happy New Year from the Triton Initiative 

The Triton team wishes you a happy, healthy start to the new year. Cheers to making waves in 2022!

IN OTHER NEWS

The U.S. Department of Energy's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research is a federal-state partnership program that enhances the capabilities of designated states and territories to conduct sustainable and nationally competitive energy research. The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research made a funding opportunity announcement for building partnerships with states and Department of Energy national laboratories. Basic research aligned with the WPTO mission is within the scope of this opportunity.

The submission Deadline for Pre-Applications: January 13, 2022 at 5:00 PM EST. More information is available at this link. 

FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE 

Do you plan to register for the Triton Talks webinar series? Let us know if there are particular topics you are excited to learn more about! Please respond to tritonmre@pnnl.gov with your answer! 

Triton is designed to support the development and testing of more precise and cost-effective environmental monitoring technologies for marine energy. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory leads Triton on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office.

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