DEEE0011265
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) proposes development of a new project site located in Cook Inlet waters, off East Foreland, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska (AK) as the location to accelerate the commercial scale tidal energy industry in the US.
With a tidal range of about 21 ft (6.4 m), East Foreland has the highest potential for tidal energy development in the United States.
The American Tidal Energy Project aims to develop a 1-5MW tidal pilot site to integrate the best tidal technologies to provide power to the grid, involving the community and environmental stakeholders in the vision for, and implementation of, a commercial tidal energy project beyond the funding period.
In Phase/Budget Period (BP) 1, the project team will characterize the site including tidal resource data collection, facility and or infrastructure access agreements, stakeholder engagement mapping and consultation.
Tasks will involve collection and analysis of desktop data with a potential need for additional physical data gathering.
Work in this phase will inform and understand the interactions between the offshore environment and candidate technologies.
Plans and schedules will be created for licensing and environmental monitoring, site health and safety, site commercialization, stakeholder engagement including potential tribal partners, community benefits including estimation of clean energy jobs created, supply chain procurement and technology selection and qualification.
This phase will culminate in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) draft hydrokinetic pilot project license application submission.
A competitive down-select will be held at the conclusion of Phase 1/BP1 where the project team will present the project goals, progress, and accomplishments to-date to the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO).
If this project is selected, subsequent phases will be as follows:
- Phase 2: Detailed site characterization
- Phase 3: Site mobilization
- Phase 4: Site commissioning and technology fabrication
- Phase 5: Testing and operations
With a tidal range of about 21 ft (6.4 m), East Foreland has the highest potential for tidal energy development in the United States.
The American Tidal Energy Project aims to develop a 1-5MW tidal pilot site to integrate the best tidal technologies to provide power to the grid, involving the community and environmental stakeholders in the vision for, and implementation of, a commercial tidal energy project beyond the funding period.
In Phase/Budget Period (BP) 1, the project team will characterize the site including tidal resource data collection, facility and or infrastructure access agreements, stakeholder engagement mapping and consultation.
Tasks will involve collection and analysis of desktop data with a potential need for additional physical data gathering.
Work in this phase will inform and understand the interactions between the offshore environment and candidate technologies.
Plans and schedules will be created for licensing and environmental monitoring, site health and safety, site commercialization, stakeholder engagement including potential tribal partners, community benefits including estimation of clean energy jobs created, supply chain procurement and technology selection and qualification.
This phase will culminate in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) draft hydrokinetic pilot project license application submission.
A competitive down-select will be held at the conclusion of Phase 1/BP1 where the project team will present the project goals, progress, and accomplishments to-date to the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO).
If this project is selected, subsequent phases will be as follows:
- Phase 2: Detailed site characterization
- Phase 3: Site mobilization
- Phase 4: Site commissioning and technology fabrication
- Phase 5: Testing and operations
Awardee
Funding Goals
THE ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS FOA SUPPORT BIL SECTION 41006(A)(2) AND THE BROADER
GOVERNMENT-WIDE APPROACH TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE TIDAL AND CURRENT ENERGY INDUSTRY BY DEVELOPING A
TIDAL/CURRENT RD&D SITE, BUILDING LOCAL MARINE ENERGY SUPPLY CHAINS, AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-DRIVEN
MARINE ENERGY SOLUTIONS TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS OF THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION AS THE NATION WORKS TO
CURB THE CLIMATE CRISIS, EMPOWER WORKERS, AND ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Place of Performance
Anchorage,
Alaska
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 05/31/25 to 12/31/25 and the total obligations have increased 387% from $3,750,600 to $18,250,600.
Ocean Renewable Power was awarded
American Tidal Energy Project: Accelerating Commercial Tidal Energy in Alaska
Cooperative Agreement DEEE0011265
worth $17,500,000
from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in June 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Anchorage Alaska United States.
The grant
has a duration of 1 year 6 months and
was awarded through assistance program 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development.
$750,600 (4.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL), SECTION 41006(A)(2): U.S. TIDAL ENERGY ADVANCEMENT.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/19/25
Period of Performance
6/1/24
Start Date
12/31/25
End Date
Funding Split
$17.5M
Federal Obligation
$750.6K
Non-Federal Obligation
$18.3M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to DEEE0011265
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEEE0011265
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
892434 GOLDEN FIELD OFFICE
Funding Office
892403 ENERGY EFFICIENCYRENEWABLE ENERGY
Awardee UEI
SMR6HAE9FGE7
Awardee CAGE
5NWP7
Performance District
AK-00
Senators
Lisa Murkowski
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
Modified: 8/19/25