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1 Next Generation/Unconventional Hydropower Wave & Tidal Energy Devices and More! Renewable Energy Modeling Workshop on Hydroelectric Power May 10, 2005

2 Unconventional Hydropower Wave Energy Devices: Two Basic Families Wave Power Systems Oscillating Water Columns (OWC) Tidal Energy Devices: Four Basic Families Axial-flow Turbines Cross-axis Turbines Lift or Flutter Vanes Hydraulic Tapped Ducted Systems and More!

3 Wave Energy Devices EPRI Phase I Study: Project Definition Study, Offshore Wave Power Feasibility Demonstration Project; Final Summary Report, E2I EPRI Global WP 009, Roger Bedard et al., January 14, Wave Energy Conversion Devices: Eight Units Unit Company Location Pelamis Ocean Power Delivery, LTD Edinburgh, Scotland OWC Energetech Australia, Connecticut Wave Dragon Denmark Wave Swing TeamWorks Netherlands AquaBuoy AquaEnergy Washington, USA Sea Dog Indep. Natural Res. Inc. Minnesota, USA MRC 1000 Orecon UK Wave Bob UK Floating Buoy Ocean Power Technologies New Jersey, USA

4 Wave Power Systems: AquaEnergy Group

5 Wave Power Systems: Ocean Power Delivery The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter & The European Marine Energy Center (EMEC)

6 OWC: Wavegen Limpet Power Station

7 World Wave Energy Resource

8 Wave Energy: US Resource Assessment Available U.S. Wave Energy Resource Base: 2,300 TWh/yr At 24% of available base at 50% conversion efficiency = All conventional U.S. hydropower = 270 TWh/yr

9 Wave Energy: Development Status U.S. Licensing and Permitting: Projects and Issues Kaneohe Bay, HI Ocean Power Technologies US Navy/Federal Government Makah Bay, WA Aqua Energy Group, FERC ALP Underway Port Judith, RI Energetech, FERC Dialogue Federal Agency Jurisdiction FERC, ACoE, NOAA, DoI/MMS European Marine Energy Center Test Facility Pre-Commercial Prototypes Deployed Ocean Power Delivery, Pelamis at EMEC Ocean Power Technologies, Kaneohe Bay

10 Wave Energy: Development Status Costs and Cost Projections Utility Generator Commercial Plan after Tax Incentives (300,000 mwhr/yr) Total Plant Investment - $ M Cost of Energy cents/kwh Levelized cost of wave-generated electricity is less than wind-generated electricity at any equal cumulative production volume under all cost estimating assumptions for the wave plant. Market Penetration Timeframe Economic Cost Challenges Deployment, Recovery, Mooring, Operations and Maintenance

11 Tidal Energy Devices: Axial-flow Turbines Hammerfest Stroem (Norway) Lunar Energy (UK) Marine Current Turbines (UK) SMD Hydrovision (UK)

12 Verdant Power (US): Axial-flow Turbines More Than 120 Tidal Power Locations in North America Each Location Has Multiple Sites (Avg. 5 MW each) Excellent Means of Distributed Generation (DG) Quick Construction Modular Design Short-term Financing 30-40% Capacity Factor First DG Tidal Project: New York s East River (10 MW)

13 New York s East River R.I. Tidal Energy Project

14 RITE Project Turbine

15 Tidal Energy Devices: Cross-axis Turbines Second DG Tidal Project: Massachusetts s Merrimack River Cross-axis Turbine: Gorlov Helical Turbine Integration with East River Project s Systems Platform Other Cross-axis Turbines: Cycloidal Turbine

16 Tidal Energy Devices: Other Systems Lift or Flutter Vanes Oscillating Cascade Hydraulic Tapped Ducted HydroVenturi

17 and More! Manmade Channels

18 and More! Cross-axis & Cross-flow

19 Free-flow Hydropower: North American Potential Distributed Generation & Incremental Hydropower Verdant Power Study: 120 Tidal Locations = 1,200 MW NYU Study: Riverine Locations = 12,500 MW DOE / INEL Study: Riverine Systems = A range from 21,400 MW to 170,000 MW FERC: (considering manmade channels) = 72,000 MW Canadian Resources Board: (three main river reaches and 13 tidal cross-sections) = 110 TWh per year Independent Analysis: Gulf Stream = 685,000 MW

20 Free Flow Hydro: Development Status U.S. Licensing and Permitting: Projects and Issues US East River Permits- ACoE, NYS DEC; Fish Impacts? FERC Grid Connection for Operational Testing NHA Leading effort at streamlining/new process for pilots European Marine Energy Center Test Facility Under Development to be operational in late 2005 UK 2005 Marine Energy Budget 50M Pounds Pre-Commercial Prototypes Deployed Marine Current Turbines Devon, UK GCK Technology South Korea Verdant Power East River, Aug/Sept 2005

21 Free Flow Hydro: Development Status Costs and Cost Projections RITE Project 5MW: Installation Cost - $4,300/kW Operating Cost $ kwh free-flow Market Penetration Timeframe Economic Cost Challenges Permitting/Licensing, Deployment, O&M

22 Free-flow Hydropower

23 Contact Information Ron Smith Verdant Power Phone: , (M) Website:

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