Marine Wildlife Detection and Tracking
Triton researchers test aerial environmental monitoring technologies, including a tethered balloon system, to detect and track marine life at marine energy deployment sites.
Acoustic Particle Motion and Flow Noise Mitigation
Triton researches the impacts of acoustic particle motion and flow noise mitigation strategies for marine energy applications.
Probability of Encounter Model
Triton is developing a Probability of Encounter model to predict probability of collision risk of fish interacting with current energy converters, including riverine and tidal turbines.
Triton Explains: Wave Energy
What is wave energy? The Triton Initative explains what wave energy is and how the project conducts environmental monitoring research to remove barriers to deploying wave energy devices.
Testing Collision Risk Solutions
Introducing Triton's Integrated Collision Detection and Mitigation project, which reseearches mitigation strategies integrated into tidal energy turbines to reduce risk of collision between marine energy devices and marine animals.
Anthropogenic Light in the Marine Environment
The Triton Initiative researches the effects of anthropogenic light pollution associated with marine energy devices.
Integrated Collision Detection and Mitigation Project
Triton's Integrated Collision Detection and Mitigation project explores mitigation strategies for possible collision risk associated with marine energy turbine technologies.
Collision Risk Data Collection and Processing
Triton works to improve and expedite data analysis and processing for collision risk environmental monitoring research for marine energy.
Tied to the Ocean
In “Tied to the Ocean,” meet three marine scientists at PNNL who are advancing the ocean’s role in a clean energy future.
Current Research
Triton has a suite of projects that research and develop environmental monitoring technologies for marine energy applications.