• Industry Priorities Survey

    Please rank each priority as a high/medium/low priority and also assign an associated development scale. Micro = scale of ocean obs or other PBE applications; Meso = Island/remote communities; Macro = Utility scale.
  • Priority 1: Funding for development and testing of ME devices 
     Priority Ranking *  Scale            *      

  • Priority 2: Export cables; Anchoring; Mooring
    Priority Ranking      Scale            *         

  • Priority 3: Continued support of process that will retire environmental risk
    Priority Ranking   *   Scale          *         

  • Priority 4: Controls/Power Take-off optimization
    Priority Ranking   *   Scale           *      

  • Priority 5: Installation, Operation, Maintenance, and Decommissioning
    Priority Ranking   *   Scale          *      

  • Priority 6: Standards supported development suitable for utility-scale market    
    Priority Ranking   *   field. Scale         *      

  • Priority 7: Health monitoring of dynamic elements/predictive maintenance       
    Priority Ranking   *   Scale          *      

  • Priority 8: Manufacturing including Additive/Subtractive Manufacturing
    Priority Ranking   *  Scale         *      

  • Priority 9: Streamlining the regulatory process
    Priority Ranking   *   Scale            *       

  • Priority 10: Robust Federal staffing
    Priority Ranking   *   Scale            *      

  • Priority 11: Non-electrical applications: e.g. direct desalination
    Priority Ranking *   Scale            *      

  • Priority 12: Power aggregation of multiple MECs
    Priority Ranking  *   Scale           *        

  • Priority 13: Personnel/Electrical safety
    Priority Ranking   *   Scale           *      

  • Priority 14: Circular Economy
    Priority Ranking   *   Scale          *      

  • Priority 15: Advanced materials development such as thermoplastics, composites, etc.
    Priority Ranking   *   Scale          *                   

  • Priority 16: Alternative power carriers to eliminate the export cable
    Priority Ranking  *   Scale            *         

  • Priority 17: Basic Research
    Priority Ranking   *   Scale               *      

  • Priority 18: Workforce Development
    Priority Ranking *   Scale               *      

  • Priority 19: Technology Qualification at earlier TRLs
    Priority Ranking *   Scale               *      

  • Priority 20: Array testing facilities of late TRLs
    Priority Ranking *   Scale               *      

  • Priority 21: Hybrid systems in early TRLs
    Priority Ranking *   Scale               *      

  • Priority 22: Data issues in late TRLs
    Priority Ranking *   Scale               *      

  • Should be Empty: