The
consortium
is
led
by
defense
contractor
SAIC
and
includes
the
National
Renewable
Energy
Laboratory
(NREL),
Sandia
National
Laboratories,
wind
developer
Force
5,
other
companies
and
Glosten
Associates,
designer
of
the
PelaStar
floating
platform.
It
is
on
DOE’s
short
list
of
applicants,
according
to
Charles
Nordstrom,
a
senior
naval
architect
at
Glosten
and
lead
engineer
for
Pelastar.
DOE
in
March
unveiled
a
six-year,
$180m
research
initiative
to
support
deployment
of
breakthrough
offshore
wind
technologies
that
have
potential
for
lowering
the
levelized
cost
of
energy
(LCOE)…
