Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

This site is currently in beta, and your feedback is helping shape its ongoing development.

TEAMER: Supporting model output files for Environmental Compliance Framework for Floating Tidal Turbines, Cook Inlet, AK

Published by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Department of Energy | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2024-02-29T20:30:34Z
Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) is seeking to deploy their floating tidal technology in US waters and has considered the possibility of deploying in temperate waters including the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and the Western Passage, Maine. It has become apparent that some of the most promising tidal sites in the US are located in high latitudes, within the State of Alaska. Within the state, the most likely sites for grid-scale tidal energy are in Cook Inlet, with the largest city (Anchorage) located on the shores, ready and able to absorb the electrical output of a commercial scale tidal development. Through the TEAMER project, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) developed a framework to select environmentally compliant sites partially based on hydrodynamic model output. This uploaded dataset summarizes the key hydrodynamic model output files discussed in the TEAMER project report. Please unzip the file to see actual data files and the ReadMe file. This project is part of the TEAMER RFTS 4 (request for technical support) program.

data.gov

An official website of the GSA's Technology Transformation Services

Looking for U.S. government information and services?
Visit USA.gov