Presentation to CSG/ERC Energy Plenary on

“Advancing the Regional Clean-Energy

Economy” – August 8, 2011 HalifaxBruce Cameron, MBA Executive Director Sustainable and Renewable EnergyNS Department of Energy

A Marine Renewable Strategy for Nova Scotia – the Future is Current

Nova Scotia a Tidal Pioneer

Annapolis Royal Tidal Power Station, operating since 1984

A Nova Scotia Strategy

• The New Opportunity

• The Goals

• The Challenges

• The Plans

• The Outcome

New Opportunity

• Traditional Barrage Projects– Canada, France, Korea with approx. 600 MW

• In-Stream Tidal– Uses the force of the tidal current rather than the

height of the tides themselves

– Fewer environmental concerns

– Significant global estimates of potential

• 230,000 MW of economically useable capacity

– Key jurisdictions include:

• Canada

• USA

• UK

• Asia

The Nova Scotia opportunity is to safely extract in excess of 2500 MW of tidal energy – more than enough to provide a foundation for a new industry.

The Goals

• Policy Drivers for Strategy:– Development of technology and methods that

are able to:

• Compete on price with other renewable sources

• Become part of Nova Scotia’s requirement for 40% renewable elctricity by 2020

• Operate without significant impact on the ecosystem

• Help grow the economy in Nova Scotia through export of innovative technology and unique approaches to business services and supplies.

The Challenges

• Public Acceptance

• Feasibility– Technical

– Economic

The Plans - Research

• Objective: – Public Acceptance

• Actions: – Support Environmental Research

• Funded by the Province

– Understand and mitigate environmental impacts

– Build knowlege for regulatory decisions

– Build social trust

The Plans - Research

• Objective: – Technical Feasibility

• Actions:– Technical Research

• Funded by Province and developers

The Plans - Marketplace

• Objective: – Economic Feasibility

• Small scale – competitive with offshore wind

• Large scale – competitive with onshore wind/biomass

The Plans - Marketplace

• Actions:– Feed in Tarrifs to develop technology

• Community scale

• Larger projects

– National/Provincial Studies

• National funding

• Modeling

• Market Analysis

• R&D

– Grid upgrades and new connections

The Plans - Suppliers

• Objective: – Economic Feasibility

• Actions:– Supplier studies

– Supplier producer connections

– Infrastructure studies and support

The Plans - Legislation

• Objective:– Public Acceptance

• Legislative design– Focus on electricity for NS needs and

development of supply chain for global markets

– Regulatory framework

• Public engagement and transparency

• Staged development

• Ongoing monitoring and regular reviews

• Establishment of trusted regulator

• Long-term economic value for Nova Scotians

The Plans - Legislation

• Objective:– Technical & Economic Feasibility

• Legislative design:• Decisions to be predictable and efficent

– Staged and progressive licencing

– Intergrated national and provincial processes

• Decisions to support collaboration and sharing of ideas

– Emphasis on innovation

Current Situation

• Strategic Envioronmental Assessment– Accepted by Government in 2008

– Expected to be updated and expanded in 2012

• Legislation– Public and intergovernmental consultations in

2010-11

– Report by Prof. Robert Fournier – summer 2011

– Response part of Marine Renewable Strategy

• Marine Renewable Strategy– Under development with target release fall 2011

and legislation spring 2012

Outcomes

• 2010-2015– 5 to 60 MW of tidal in-stream electricity on the

grid

• 2015-2025– 300 MW of tidal electricity on the grid

Presentation to CSG/ERC Energy Plenary on

“Advancing the Regional Clean-Energy

Economy” – August 8, 2011 HalifaxBruce Cameron, MBA Executive Director Sustainable and Renewable EnergyNS Department of Energy

A Marine Renewable Strategy for Nova Scotia – the Future is Current