Better Cost Estimates Build Better Systems: NREL Updates SAM Wave and Tidal Tools
Feb. 1, 2021
More than 35,000 people from industry and academia are in on the SAM secret.
The System Advisor Model (SAM) is an open-source software that combines performance and financial analysis for a suite of renewable energy technologies such as photovoltaics, wind, geothermal, marine energy, and more. Since its launch in 2007, new SAM versions have been released yearly, adding to the collection of technologies and financing options it can accommodate.
Check out the open-source marine energy SAMs to help your next wave or tidal energy project set sail.
Photo by Ian Gagnon, U.S. Department of Energy
On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which includes a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2021 along with $900 billion in COVID-19 stimulus relief. The Act includes a variety of measures to promote clean energy and climate policy, as well as several hydropower-related provisions.
The Act reauthorizes sections 242 and 243 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which provide incentive payments to make efficiency improvements at existing hydropower facilities, or to retrofit existing dams and conduits with generating facilities. It would also expand the scope of the section 242 program to include certain small hydropower facilities up to 20 megawatts (MW) in areas with inadequate electric service.
Water Security Warriors Gear Up for Waves to Water CREATE Stage
Jan. 25, 2021
A tall glass of water? That can be a tall order in remote or island communities or in post-disaster situations. The Waves to Water Prize challenges competitors to solve the desalination riddle.
In the fourth stage of the prize, the CREATE Stage, competitors will submit their prototypes or proofs of concept for wave-powered desalination systems, vying for a shared prize pool of $500,000 and the chance to move on to the final stage of the Waves to Water Prize: DRINK.
Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO),
Governors Wind Energy Coalition
DOE shuffles renewable office as top leaders exit Source: By Lesley Clark, E&E News reporter • Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, as photographed Aug. 17, 2020. Francis Chung/E&E News
Trump appointees are leaving the Department of Energy and civil service workers are moving into new leadership positions this week ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, according to a memo obtained by E&E News.
Daniel Simmons, assistant secretary in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, said in an email to staff Friday that David Solan, deputy assistant secretary for renewable power, announced he would be leaving the agency today. Simmons thanked Solan “for his vision and dedication.”
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