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ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ink collaborative agreement

The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have signed a five-year collaborative agreement to advance research on hydropower generation, marine renewable energy and underwater technology development.

PNNL and ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ’s ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Center for Energy and Power will form research teams, pursue joint funding requests and establish joint graduate student research and faculty appointment programs.

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Jeremy Kasper, left, and Paul Duvoy, researchers with ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ’s ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Center for Energy and Power, install testing components on a diverter designed to prevent floating logs and other debris from damaging a hydrokinetic generator attached to a barge behind it. The research is taking place on the Tanana River near Nenana.