 In November, 2010 the U.S.Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) awarded Lockheed Martin a US$4.4 million contract modification to develop critical system components and designs for the plant, adding to the 2009 $8.1 million contract and two Department of Energy grants totaling over $1 million in 2008 and March 2010.A small but operational ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) plant was inaugurated in Hawaii in August 2015.