Abstract
Isle Inc., in collaboration with Engineering for Change (project team), performed a Sensitivity Analysis of market alternatives to evaluate commercialization barriers for the Waves to Water (W2W) competitors. This analysis included interviews with organizations and end-users in three market categories (1) Disaster Relief, (2) Commercial/Industrial, and (3) Municipal, Residential, and Government. The disaster relief category included multilateral, bilateral, and nonprofit organizations involved in humanitarian response and disaster relief. The commercial and industrial category included industrial users, consultants, and equipment developers and providers. The municipal, residential and government category included utilities, municipalities, residential developers, and government entities. For each category, the project team selected organizations that provided a well rounded experience and set of drivers for adopting W2W technologies. In addition to the project team’s efforts, fellows from NREL/DOE completed interviews with government organizations to understand their potential to engage with W2W technologies, and these findings are summarized in a separate summary document.
In addition to this Sensitivity Analysis a Capability Matrix was also developed. This accompanying document is a visual matrix to summarize the drivers for each organization.