Alaska Resource Assessments

• Alaska River In-Stream Site Survey Report 2-29-08
• Alaska River In-Stream Feasibility Study Report 10-31-08
• Knik Arm Tidal Energy Report
• Southeast Tidal
• Yakutat Wave

Device Assessments

• EPRI Primer on Wave and Tidal Energy
• EPRI River In-Stream Energy Conversion Report 3-08
• 2006 Technology Evaluation by Verdant Power: Water Current Turbines for River Applications
• Preliminary Tidal Current Energy Device Performance Protocol

Resource Links

• Alaskan Ocean Observing System
• USGS River Data
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wave Hindcasts

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• NOAA Tidal Current
• NOAA C-MIST—Provides raw ADCP data of various location throughout Alaska.  Can login as public to access data.
• NOAA Digital Coast—Provides tools for coastal analysis

National Weather Service

• NWS Breakup and Ice…Information and Data
• NWS Breakup map—Hover over the black dots to see average dates, click to get more in-depth data
• NWS River Freezeup—Use drop down list to select sites and find data on river freeze-up.
• First ice/breakup dates for Alaska rivers [please link to the attached pdf]
• NWS KMZ files
• NWS Ice Map

Alaska Projects

• Cook Inlet
          > Little Su-Turnagain Arm Tidal Energy
          > Ocean Renewable Power Company
  • ORPC Rural Energy Conference Presentation
  • ORPC Beluga Research
• Eagle
• Igiugig
• Nenana
          > Project Overview Presentation
          > Ocean Renewable Power Company
          > UAF Rural Energy Conference Presentation
• Ruby
          > ABS Rural Energy Conference Presentation on Ruby and Eagle
          > Ruby 2009 Fish Sampling Report
          > Fish Monitoring Pilot Study Work Plan Summer 2009
          > Ruby Site Characterization Report
  
• Tanana
• FERC Applications lists

Statewide Hydrokinetic Assessment

• Preliminary Report, Feasibility of Extracting Hydrokinetic Energy
• Assessment of Hydrokinetic Energy Resources in Alaska Rivers
• UAA Rural Energy Conference

Other Projects

• Bay of Fundy Test Centre—Good information on testing program
• British Offshore Wind Data (COWRIE)—includes research on EMF and some data from the MCT SeaGen project.
            See especially:
            > Measurement of noise during the installation of the SeaGen device in Strangford Lough
            > EMF-sensitive fish response to EM emissions from sub-sea, electricity cables
• Hydro Green's Hastings, MN Project - The first American commercial, federally-licensed hydrokinetic project
  
• Nova Scotia Power - Bay of Fundy Projects
• Pacific Gas & Electric Humboldt Wave Project
• Scottish Power
• Snohomish PUD

Verdant Power’s

• Cornwall Ontario River Energy (CORE) Project
• Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project
           See especially:
           > Verdant Power's Draft License Application

Regulatory Issues

• Advanced H2O Power Regulatory Tools & Resources
• Experiences from the Approval Process of the Wave Dragon Project
• FERC Hydrokinetic Preliminary Permit web site
• Hydrokinetic Siting Handbook - an excellent overview of applicable federal and state laws and regulations concerning hydrokinetics
• Report to Congress on the Potential Environmental Effects of Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technologies
• Wave Permitting Issues
• White House Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force
• Wind, Wave/Tidal, and In-River Flow Energy: A Review of the Decision Framework of State Land Management Agencies

Resource Agency Contact Information

1. Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP)-The place to start for projects in the coastal zone, which extends up many of Alaska's rivers. Especially see: Is your project consistent with the ACMP?
2. Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Land Use
3. Alaska Department of Natural Resource, Office of History & Archeology.
4. Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Water Resources Program.
5. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Habitat Division  
6. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
7. National Marine Fisheries Service
8. National Park Service—Recreation and aesthetics
9. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District
10. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Fisheries & Ecological Services
11. U.S. Coast Guard, Private Aids to Navigation
12. U.S. Coast Guard

Alan Baldivieso, Program Manager
Emerging Energy Technology, Hydrokinetics and Geothermal
Tel. (907) 771-3027
Fax (907) 771-3044
E-mail: abaldivieso@aidea.org