Satellite Applications within the Blue Economy. Jonathan Williams, MSE

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1 Satellite Applications within the Blue Economy Jonathan Williams, MSE

2 Covering What is the Blue Economy? And how big Some examples of opportunities for satellite applications: Offshore wind farms Aquaculture Surveillance and monitoring Port logistics Achieving market impact Key conclusions

3 Blue Growth Markets Value-chain markets Vessel construction, propulsion & fuels Marine equipment & instrumentation Marine autonomous systems Maritime ICT ( Smart Ocean ) Marine & maritime services Market categories Transport & logistics Leisure Defence & security Energy resources Living resources Mineral resources Fishing Blue Growth segments Ports & logistics Leisure craft, marinas Naval Oil & gas Surveillan ce Offshore Wind Aggregates Wave & tidal Aquaculture Shipping & shipbuilding Cruise Coastal protection Seabed mining Ecosystems Biofuels Blue biotech Mature Growth-phase Pre-development

4 UK Blue Economy Size Direct GVA Direct jobs Total GVA Total jobs B B Transport & logistics , ,801 Leisure , ,322 Defence & security , ,269 Energy resources , ,551 Living resources , ,055 Mineral resources , ,543 Vessel construction, propulsion & fuels , ,000 Marine equipment & instrumentation , ,775 Marine autonomous systems Maritime ICT , ,772 Marine & maritime services , , , ,487,670 Based on an aggregation by MSE of: Oxford Economics analysis of ports, shipping & maritime service (2011) Oxford Economics update of above + marine equipment, ship/boat building, renewable energy & R&D (2012) Crown Estate analysis of all sectors including oil & gas (2005)

5 Solent Blue Economy Cluster Marine & maritime sectors in SE England: 12billion turnover 4,000 businesses 105,000 employees In Solent region: 3.6B sales (GVA= 1.9B) 1,750 businesses 4 major maritime universities + National Oceanography Centre Around ¼ of the total Solent economy

6 Offshore Wind eg Rampion Key parameters: 116 turbines 13-20km off Sussex coast 400MW installed electrical capacity 72km2 wind farm site area Some operational challenges: Forecasting power output High-resolution forecasting of sea conditions for access 6

7 Satellite Reflectometry Use reflected GNSS signals to sense surface characteristics GPS, GLONASS, Galileo Over oceans, can measure wind velocity and wave steepness/height NOC has a world-leading team Surrey Satellite Technology (part of Airbus Group) builds hardware WaveSentry project Created by MSE Led by HR Wallingford Used GNSS reflectometry to drive a sea-state forecasting service Image courtesy of Rix Sea Shuttle

8 Aquaculture Growth Aquaculture production to increase from 50MT to 90MT in 15 years Around 8% growth pa Assumes level wild fishery production Optimistic? Many innovation & business opportunities

9 Remote Sensing for Aquaculture Measurement and forecasting of metocean conditions To inform operational control of facility Water quality (eg algal bloom) & characteristics (eg surface temperature) To optimise automatic feeding etc Surveillance and tracking of vessels around facility To detect intruders at remote offshore sites

10 Monitoring & Surveillance Nearshore Water quality is critical for bathing beaches & shell-fisheries Contaminants can be from wastewater treatment works of diffuse runoff from land and in rivers Bacterial and viral contamination can be catastrophic Closure of shell-fish grounds, impact on human health Offshore Oil and chemical spills Information services for remedial action Policing illicit discharges Health of the oceans Acidity Dissolved oxygen Litter

11 Adaptive Sampling Seas and oceans are vastly under-sampled: 3,000 Argo floats over 360M km2 = 120K km2 per float (1/2 the area of UK) How to find the needle in the haystack? Define areas of high probability (based on multiple data resources, including EO) Focus sampling on these areas MSE has two projects on adaptive sampling USV/UAVs SOFA (SBRI project with NOC) Exposures (FP7 project with IT Innovation)

12 Arctic Operations Arctic resources will become evermore important Need capabilities to: Monitor vulnerable environment Track assets Provide response services with very limited infrastructure ARCTIC-IAP ESA project Telespazio Vega MSE Integration of EO, sat comms, marine autonomous systems

13 Information Services Can Sell Across the Blue Economy Identification & tracking Value Chain serving multiple end-user markets Spill response Components (eg sensors) Equipment & platforms Integrated systems Added-value services Asset management Seabed survey & mining Fisheries management

14 i-port for Port Logistics

15 From Opportunity to Growth Need a process that: Exploits capabilities in Solent/South science and industrial communities, and Catapult facilities Enables development activities from Proof-of- Concept to commercial rollout As a cluster organisation, MSE can help by: Road-mapping market needs & trends Catalysing collaborative consortia Helping create strong investment propositions Promoting success to the wider industry Science base Proof of concept (TRL 3) Consortium building Innovation grant funding Catapult facilities Technology demonstrator (TRL 6) Investment propositions SMEs & large firms Commercial roll-out (TRL 9) Business investment MSE

16 Concluding Remarks The marine and maritime industries are evolving into an expanding Blue Economy Sustainably tapping resources of the oceans and seabeds New opportunities, building on traditional strengths (particularly in the Solent) These activities demand novel solutions across many domains Market-led innovation Demand for new satellite applications (data, comms, positioning) South Coast Centre of Excellence can facilitate these solutions Build consortia tapping available expertise, knowledge and innovation capacity, facilitated by Marine South East Drive innovation through to commercial roll-out Jonathan Williams Web: Tel: +44 (0)