Download - EMEC- 10 Years of Marine Energy Expertise
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EMEC www.emec.org.ukOliver Wragg
EMEC10 years of marine energy expertise
Oliver WraggCommercial Director
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WORLDS FIRST & ONLY accredited, grid connected
wave and tidal test laboratory.
Independent facility
What?
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Independent facility plug & play Hard infrastructure
(cables, grid connection, substation)
Soft support services (consents, environmental monitoring, data analysis)
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Why?
SUSTAINABILITY
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Establish an ocean energy sector that creates economic benefits Open up and harness a new indigenous energy resource that will never run out
Meet climate & environmental objectives
SECURITY OF
SUPPLY
ECONOMIC
BENEFIT
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1999 UK resource report
2003 Wave site construction
2004 1st wave energy device
2006 Tidal site construction
1st tidal energy device
When?
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1st tidal energy device
2010 6 devices deployed
Sites extended
Scale sites established
2011 10 devices deployed
2012 14 clients signed up
2013 Planning expansion
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Orkney cluster
EMEC office and data centre
Hatston PierHatston Ind.
UnitsFull scale tidal site
Scale tidal site
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analysis, research,
Lyness PierCopland's
Dock
Supply chainHeriot Watt, ICIT
Scale wave siteFull scale
wave site
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Offshore infrastructure
Full scale tidal site
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Full scale wave site Scale wave & tidal sites
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Onshore infrastructure
Old Academy Business Centre
10 years, 12TB of environmental
data
EMEC office and data centre
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Hatston Industrial Units
data
Renewables enterprise area
30 MSc students in 2013
100% increase
Heriot Watt, ICIT
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Port infrastructure
Hatston Pier
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Lyness PierCoplands Dock
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Supply chain
Planning
Agents and brokers
Regulation and control
Surveys and consents
Work planning
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Anchor handling Mariners Monitoring &
inspection Navigation
maintenance Operational control Training Vessels & craft
Cable laying Construction
management Drilling & piling Fabrication &
assembly Lifting Marine engineering Site & underwater
surveys
Work planning
Construction and InstallationOperation
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Attenuator Rotating massOscillating wave surge
Point absorber
Wave energy devices
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OvertoppingOscillating water column
BulgePressure differential
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Site selection Development Build Operation
Site development
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Resource
Grid
Project size
Environmental constraints
Seabed
Depth
Shipwrecks
Bombs
Shipping and navigation
Infrastructure
Stakeholder Scoping
Environmental studies
Resource measurement
EIA
Technical studies
Securing rights, permits, consents
Micro-siting
Cable routing
Ownership (foreshore etc)
Local Community, fishing
Sites for ancillary services
Substations
Project management
Contractors
Vessels
Weather risk
Health, Safety and Environmental
Community liaison
O&M:
Offshore
Onshore
Resource measurement
Continued environmental monitoring
Electricity generation
Revenue
De-commissioning plan
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Site development
Site selection Development Build Operation
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Need to always consider show stoppers Competition for the same sea space who has primacy ? What does the government control How much to finance/risk at each stage
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Consenting
Resource assessment
Grid constraints
Benefits
Lessons learnt
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Benefits
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Consenting
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Collision
Potential for physical
interactions
Displacement
Potential for marine wildlife displacement from habitual
waters
Leisure and commercial
activities
Notably fishing
Navigational Safety
Clear device marking
Noise emissions
Noise emitted underwater by installation and
operation
Coordinated approach to engage stakeholder and efficiently deliver
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Resource assessment
Predict
National model
Identify attractive areas
Quantify total opportunity
Right equipment
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Collect
Right equipment
Correct coverage
Appropriate parameters
Analyse
Validate and QC data
Data collection system
Expertise
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Grid constraints
Generating power from variable sources is an issue for the grid in areas with limited transmission access
Address variability and location
Convert power to alternative fuel and transport
Create greater demand
Convert to usable product at source
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Hydrogen
Unproven technology
Limited demand for product
Desalinisation
Proven technology 17.6 billion US gallons per day
High demand for product
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Benefits - Direct
1m expenditure in the local economy per prototype deployment
26%
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26%
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Benefits - Indirect
Tourism
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Knowledge Transfer Diversification
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How did this happen?
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Recognition of a multi faceted opportunity: Security of supply Carbon reduction Economic development
Hard work and determination
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