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Wind and Water Power Program

Renewable Ocean Energy d h M iand the Marine Environment

Marine and Hydrokinetic Technologies

Alejandro MorenoUS DOE Water Power

Team Lead, Water Power

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November 3, 2010

U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Mission

DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy does:

• Applied research, development, and deployment

• Policy role limited to advice and recommendationsrecommendations

The Water Power Program’s Mission is to:The Water Power Program s Mission is to:

1. Assess the potential extractable energy from domestic rivers, estuaries and marine waters

2. Help industry harness this renewable, emissions-free resource through environmentally sustainable and cost-


effective electric generation

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Rapid Program Growth

Program Funding ($M) FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10

Total $0.0 $8.3 $40 $50

Program Funding Breakdown by Technology

$40$45$50

$25$30$35$40

CONVENTIONALHYDROPOWER

MARINE &

26%

24% 52%

$5$10$15$20 MARINE &

HYDROKINETICTECHNOLOGY

74%76%

24%

8% 48%


3

$-$5

FY 07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11

3

$0M 92%

8% 48%

Marine and Hydrokinetics (MHK)

Total MHK resource is significantsignificant and located close to load

But has yet to ybe well quantified and defined


MHK Program Priorities

System Deployment, Testing and Validation• Facilitate the deployment and testing of full scale MHK prototypes and components • Support the development of integrated test centers

G t d t f li bilit d i t• Generate data on performance, reliability and impactsCost Reduction and System Performance/Reliability

• Support design and development of scale systems and components in order to reduce technology costs and improve performance and reliability

• Develop design and testing protocol, support developers who follow it• Develop numerical and physical tools to assist industry in device and system design and

operation. Understand Environmental Effects

• Generate and disseminate data to assess and evaluate environmental impacts and prioritize further research

• Collaborate with industry , regulators, and stakeholders to reduce siting and permitting burden while minimizing impactsg p

Resource Modeling• Determine the available, extractable, and cost-effective water resources in the US by location

and resource typeDevelop Evaluation and Performance Standards


Develop Evaluation and Performance Standards• Characterize, evaluate and compare the wide variety of MHK technologies; continue IEC/IEA

standards development

MHK Project Portfolio

1.0 Technology Development 2.0 Market AccelerationSystem Development, Deployment and Verification

• Prove device functionality and generate cost, performance and

Resource Assessments• Quantify resource availability and

integrate with technology data to produce cost curvesg , p

reliability dataResearch Tools and Models

• Develop design codes, models

produce cost curves Environment and Siting

• Evaluate and minimize key environmental risks to permitting

necessary for system development and testing

Test Centers and Facilities• Ensure necessary facilities exist to

p gand deployment of demonstration projects

Economic Analysis and Market D l t• Ensure necessary facilities exist to

generate and collect system dataTechnology Characterization and Evaluation

Development

• Disseminate technology and resource data and integrate into energy benefit/deployment models

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• Develop computational models to analyze and evaluate test data

energy benefit/deployment models

Hydrokinetic Technology Readiness Advancement Initiative

DOE TRL 1-3Discovery /

Concept Definition / Early Stage

Development, Design and Engineering

DOE TRL 4: OProof of Concept

DOE TRL 5/6: System Integration and

Laboratory Demonstration

DOE TRL 7/8: Open Water System Testing,

Demonstration and OperationDemonstration, and Operation

DOE TRL 9:Array Testing

TRL FOA Focuses on these Initial Stages of Development


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DOE TRL 10:Commercialization

Initial Stages of Development

Hydrokinetic Technology Readiness Advancement Initiative—Cont.

• Largest U.S. Federal award for MHK development to date• Awards $37 million in funding to 27 projects • Awards $37 million in funding to 27 projects • Supports RDT&E for a variety of MHK devices in various regimes across a wide range of technology readiness levels

• Pushing towards commercialization while seeking to keep the “technology pipeline” full.

Awards by TRL

Systems Componentsy p

TRL 1-3 9 4 5TRL 4 6 3 3


TRL 5/6 9 5 4TRL 7/8 3 3 N/A

Technology Demonstration

2010 Summary—Funded Under DOE Solicitation

• Snohomish PUD—deploy, operate, and monitor two 10-meter OpenHydro tidal turbines

• Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. 150 kW PowerBuoy off the coast of OregonO ego

• Ocean Renewable Power Company, five grid-connected TidGen turbines off Eastport Maineoff Eastport, Maine


DOE-BOEM-NOAA Broad Agency Announcement

Summary

$$5 million in research funding under eight topic areas—DOE contribution of $1.25 million.Directly funds activities that meet deliverables of BOEM/DOE MOU

Off Cand Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium, as well as the newly created National Ocean Council.Addresses immediate and long-term environmental information

d f b h h ff h i d d i d h d ki ineeds of both the offshore wind and marine and hydrokinetic industries. Unique opportunity for DOE to partner with BOEM and NOAA to

h d ll t t i f l t densure research dollars target issues of regulatory need.Partnership and leveraging magnifies the effectiveness and reduces redundancies in agency environmental research


portfolios.

MHK Resource Assessments

Existing Resource Assessments: • Very basic and incomplete; show moderateVery basic and incomplete; show moderate resource size

P S t d D t il d RProgram Supported Detailed Resource Assessments• Comprehensive across the U.S; integrated

tacross resource type– Wave: EPRI and VA Tech, complete in 2011– Tidal: Georgia Tech, complete in 2011

O C G i T h l i FY2012– Ocean Current: Georgia Tech, complete in FY2012– Instream: EPRI, complete in FY 2012– OTEC: Lockheed Martin, complete in FY 2012

Fi l I t t d M d l N ti l A d f


– Final Integrated Model: National Academy of Sciences, Complete FY 2012

Environmental Deployment Challenges

2.1 Environmental Impacts & Siting

2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 2 1 62 1 5 2 1 72 1 32.1.1 Categorizing

and Evaluation the Effects of

Stressors

2.1.2 Effects on Physical Systems

2.1.4Species and Site-Specific

Impacts

2.1.6 Socio-Economic

Impacts

2.1.5Monitoring

and Mitigation

2.1.7Permitting &

Planning

2.1.3Effects on

Aquatic Organisms

1 Data is often scarce and expensive1. Data is often scarce and expensive

2. Magnitude of potential environmental effects has not been assessed3. Siting, permitting, and mitigation require a wealth of environmental

datadata4. Lack of pre‐deployment and monitoring standards leads to regulatory

uncertainty


Environmental Research Beginning to Yield Results, Partnerships Yielding Data

Project Title: Assessment of the Environmental Effects of Hydrokinetic Turbines on Fish: Desktop and Laboratory Flume Studies

• PI: Doug Dixon, EPRI• Partners: Alden Research Laboratory USGS Conte Anadromous Fish Research LaboratoryPartners: Alden Research Laboratory, USGS Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory• Objectives: Determining the probability of blade strike and injury, and the behavior of fish as they

encounter hydrokinetic turbines.• Two out of three turbine tested in lab settings

• Fish avoiding the turbines, no fatalities observedFish avoiding the turbines, no fatalities observed

Annex IV • International environmental data sharing agreement• International experts meeting in Ireland• Database housing data will be complete by FY 2012


Offshore Wind:Challenges and Activities

Key ChallengesHigh cost of energy

High capital costs

DOE ActivitiesTechnology Development

Innovative system conceptsHigh capital costsReliability & maintenance challengesPerceived technology risks

Permitting processes and siting

Innovative system conceptsComponent development & testingDesign codes, methods, and verificationTesting facilities; manufacturing process

researchconsiderations

Radar interferenceEnvironmental and siting risksRegulatory timelines

Reducing Market BarriersInteragency coordination & collaborationSiting & permitting strategiesOffshore wind resource characterizationTransmission planning strategiesRegulatory timelines

Technical challengesDomestic supply chain developmentHigh cost of grid connectionI l t k l d f ff h

Transmission planning strategiesEnvironmental data gathering & sharing

Advanced Technology DemonstrationDemonstration projects

Incomplete knowledge of offshore resource


MHK Cost Reduction Pathway

Step 1. Demonstrate functionality and establish baseline cost and performance data

• Initiate targeted R&D necessary to advance components and systems to demonstration phase

• Support comprehensive testing at progressive technology stages to quantify cost and performance drivers

• Develop tools, models, and materials to ensure system survivability

• Identify and minimize key environmental impacts to allow for demonstration permits

Step 2. Quantify key COE drivers

• Integrate resource assessments, technology cost and performance data, advancedIntegrate resource assessments, technology cost and performance data, advanced cost/performance models to identify critical drivers to reduce overall COE across MHK technologies

Step 3. Refine R&D priorities and set resource specific COE milestones

• Adjust RD&D focus as necessary to reflect critical components, energy capture designs, and siting needs for least cost MHK systems


All 3 steps require devices in the water

Questions or Comments?

Jacques Beaudry-LosiqueProgram Manager, Wind and Water Technologies

202 586 [email protected]

Al j d MAlejandro MorenoTeam Lead, Water Power

[email protected]


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Technology Demonstration—Snohomish PUD

Washington State—Puget Sound

• Two 10-meter OpenHydro tidal p yturbines—1 MW peak, 100 kW average generation.

• Deploy operate monitor and • Deploy, operate, monitor, and evaluate—Collect critical performance and environmental data.

DOE F di $10 000 000 T t l • DOE Funding: $10,000,000. Total Project Value: $20,100,000.


Technology Demonstration—Ocean Power Technology

Oregon Coast

•Full-scale 150 kilowatt PowerBuoy

•Two years of detailed operating datadata

•Obtain critical technical and cost performance data

•DOE Funding: $2,400,000. Total Project Value: $4,800,000.


Technology Demonstration—Ocean Renewable Power Company

Eastport, Maine

•Build, install, operate, and monitor , , p ,a commercial-scale array of five grid-connected TidGen™ Project devices on the sea floor in Cobscook Bay

•ORPC's cross-flow turbine tidal energy technology, producing a full-e e gy ec o ogy, p oduc g a uscale, grid-connected energy system

•Advance the technical operational •Advance the technical, operational and environmental goals of the tidal energy industry

DOE F di $10 000 000 T t l


•DOE Funding: $10,000,000. Total Project Value: $21,100,000

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DOE-BOEM-NOAA Broad Agency Announcement—Cont.

Topic Areas

• Topic 1: Characterization & Potential Impacts of Noise Producing Construction & Operation Activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (BOEM)

• Topic 2: Protocols for Baseline Studies and Monitoring for Ocean Renewable Energy (BOEM, DOE, NOAA)

• Topic 3: Physical Oceanography Field Study to Assess Potential Environmental Impacts of Prospective Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy-Generating Devices (Unfunded in FY 10)

• Topic 4: Evaluation of Environmental Monitoring Technologies for Offshore• Topic 4: Evaluation of Environmental Monitoring Technologies for Offshore Renewable Energy (DOE, NOAA, BOEM)

• Topic 5: Sub-Seabed Geologic Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Best Management Practices (BOEM)g ( )

• Topic 6: Renewable Energy Visual Evaluations (BOEM)• Topic 7: Renewable Energy Capacity Inventory in Coastal Alaska (Unfunded

in FY 10)


• Topic 8: Ocean Renewable Energy Siting in the Context of Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (DOE, BOEM, NOAA)

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