Ocean Energy: A UK Strategy

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1 Ocean Energy: A UK Strategy Henry Jeffrey Halifax Nov 2014

2 UK Policy- Government Targets The Scottish and UK Government remains committed to the development of the Marine Energy sector. Scotland to be a powerhouse of Renewable Energy Alex Salmond, The recent update of the UK Renewables Energy Roadmap confirms commercial wave and tidal stream devices could be deployed by Prime Minister, David Cameron, has said he wants the coalition administration to be "the greenest government ever".

3 Funding the sector Supergen Other research Technology push and knowledge transfer... Innovate UK NERC Scottish Ent Scottish Govt ETI/Catapult Industry DECC MEAD H2020 market pull/public policy GIB EMR FIT w CfD NER 300 Research Development + Validation Demonstration Deployment Research Councils, Supergen Energy Technologies Institute, Technology Strategy Board etc DECC, Scottish Government, NER 300 EU ETS; Renewables Obligation etc Technology Readiness Levels

4 SuperGen 3 UK Centre for Marine Energy Research

5 Arrays and Farms Optimise design, hydrodynamic processes and nature of interactions between waves, currents, devices and network. Optimal Design of Very Large Tidal Stream Farms for Shallow Estuarine Applications: Exeter, Edinburgh Resource to Wire Modelling of Arrays Edinburgh, Strathclyde, Lancaster, Swansea UKCMER

6 Extreme Loadings & Survival Modelling Marine Renewable Energy Devices - Designing for Survivability: Imperial, Queens, Manchester Metropolitan Reducing the Costs of Marine Renewables via Advanced Structural Materials. Strathclyde, Southampton, Newcastle, SuperGen Marine Technology Challenge: Oxford, UCL, Bath UKCMER Develop means to predict, economically design for and survive extreme loadings, reduce the need for over-design against fatigue, increase reliability, power quality and affordability

7 EERA Ocean Energy Joint Programme Member Countries UK (Coordinator) Spain Portugal France Italy Ireland Norway Germany Denmark

8 New Test Facilities CoAST Laboratory Plymouth University UKCMER

9 Test Facilities FloWave TT University of Edinburgh

10 Device Development Continued: Subsystem And Prototype development

11 European Marine Energy Centre Full Scale Wave Site 6 Wave Berths World s first grid connected wave and tidal test centre 5 deep water wave berths and one near shore at Billia Croo Based in Orkney, Scotland Wave test site is UKAS certified Orkney Islands Full Scale Tidal Site 7 Tidal Berths Open sea, grid connected 7 x 11kv, 5MW subsea cables Water depth from 12m to 50m Independent controls for each cable 33kv substation at Eday housing switchgear, backup generator and communications equipment The nearby Pentland Firth is the largest tidal resource in Europe

12 MEYGEN Initial demonstration of 9MW (up to six turbines) prior to phased build out Up to 398MW in two phases, located in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth Phase 1: Maximum of 86 turbines Phase 2: Build out of remaining project Consent granted by Scottish Government for phase 1 (up to 86MW) Technologies: Andritz Hydro Hammerfest; Atlantis Resources Corporation Target: 398MW installed and operational by 2020 Andritz Hydro Hammerfest Atlantis Resources Corporation

13 DP Marine Energy Marine Projects West Islay Tidal Farm Located in SW Scotland Initial phase up to 30MW Technology neutral, although based on an open rotor device (e.g. Siemens MCT, Alstom TGL) Water depth ~30m Fairhead Tidal Energy Farm Located in North Antrim, Northern Ireland Initial phase up to 30MW Phased deployment of up to 100MW In collaboration with DEME Blue Energy

14 EMR Strike Price Wave and tidal energy Strike Price set at 305/MWh for projects entering operation in the time period 30MW project capacity cap 15 year contract term (standard for all renewable energy projects under CfD) Awaiting Government confirmation of support levels for projects beyond 2020

15 Conclusion Technology Push Market Pull Underpinning science Technology development Array deployment Collaboration

16 I ll stop Talking Now Thanks for your attention