Open Water Support

TEAMER Open Water Facilities. “Facilities” are locations where technology developers and researchers can test their technologies. Approved open water TEAMER Facilities will have clear and defined boundaries of what type of testing is allowed at the site.

TEAMER Open Water Capability Providers. “Capability Providers” offer support and assistance in open water testing, either at TEAMER Open Water Facilities or another site.

TEAMER supported open water testing is available at either an approved test facility or may be achieved at the site of your choice utilizing a TEAMER Open Water Capability. If testing outside of an approved test facility, the proposed Request for Technical Support is subject to environmental consultation and may not be approved.

Due to the complexities of federal authorizations and state and local permitting, only certain types of testing may occur at an approved facility. The TEAMER open water facilities have listed general activities that are permitted under their current authorizations.

Additional guidelines for open water testing are below:

• Applicants must make a case for why open water testing is necessary. Tests must focus on a certain aspect of the device or research question.
• Application must be inherently applied to
  • ME device or components,
  • Environmental monitoring related to marine energy,
  • Site Characterization
  • ME interface with PBE applications
• General “open ocean validation” likely not within scope of TEAMER
• TEAMER support amount per application must be $500,000 or less
• Timelines may be up to 12 months

Applicants are required to discuss projects with Facilities and/or Capability Providers before completing an application to ensure those activities are allowable and determine if these activities can be accommodated. For general descriptions of allowable activities at open water facilities.

Descriptions of TEAMER support activities for each approved facility can be found within a facility’s page. These are intended to serve as guidelines to help demonstrate what is possible.

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