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Resonant wave power

corpowerocean.com

AICEP

November 17th 2015

Patrik Möller, CEO


The company

Brief History

2009 CorPower Ocean founded by inventor M.D. Stig Lundbäck

2011 Development of two first prototypes, 2010-2011.

2012 Company supported by KIC InnoEnergy. KTH Office.

2013 Concept and performance verified by tank & bench testing.

2014 Hiwave pilot with Iberdrola started. Scale 1:3 PTO tests.

2015 Awarded Wave Energy Scotland contract for Orkney demonstration

Industrial & academic partnership:

http://www.kth.se/

http://www.kth.se/


The challenge

Survive…

without being too

large and costly


State of the art: < 1.5 MWh / ton

A. Babarit, J. Hals 2011.

“Numerical benchmarking study of a selection of Wave Energy Converters”.


Mass production of small compact units drives down cost.

Low inertia, effective phase control → high capacity factor.

Distributed energy production with many small units, giving fault tolerant and predictable output to grid.

Efficient support and maintenance scheme. Quick and simple install/de-install with standard vessels, enabling low maintenance cost.

Relatively low investment cost per unit, lowering entry barriers. (cost of evaluation / capacity expansion of farms).

Energy density (power per m3 and kg) multiple times higher than competing wave power devices. * (5-30x)

Total cost per kW targeted to be commercially viable on the global energy market, without subsidising.* (2-5x)

* Design, calculations and assumptions behind the exceptionally high energy density and low cost per kW being audited in verification projects involving KTH expertise and external engineering firms during Q2-Q3 2012.

CorPower’s Wave Energy Converter

Phase control

5 x energy density

Small & light

devices

Effective install

and O&M

Pneu-mechanical

drive train (PTO)


Proven 5x higher energy density

Enabling

8 MWh / ton

Stage 1 testing – Portugal, Porto - FEUP 2013


5-stage product verification plan

Product verification in 5 stages according to IEA-OES/equimar best practice.

Scale 1:30 Scale 1:3 Scale 1:3 Scale 1:2

2020

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2019

Stage 2

Stage 4, TRL 7-8

2018

Scale 1:2 Ocean tests

6,5 MEUR

Scale 1:2

Full scale Ocean tests

9 MEUR

Scale 1:1

Pilot wave farms

13 MEUR

Pilot farms

Stage 5

30-40 people

2016 2017

3 people

500kEUR

Concept validation

Stage 1

Scale 1:30

Wave tank & HIL tests

1,7 MEUR

Scale 1:3-1:16

5-11 people

2012-2013 2014 2015

12-20 people

Stage 3, TRL 5-6

20-30 people


Scale 1:3 PTO testing @ KTH – grid connected


Cascade gear box

Extreme durability: 80M load cycles

Resonant Wave Energy Converter

Wave Energy Converter Power-Take-Off


2014 tank testing at Ecole Centrale Nantes


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Performance metrics

Benchmark: A. Babarit, J. Hals, M.J. Muliawan, A. Kurniawan, T. Moan , J. Krokstad: Numerical benchmarking

study of a selection of wave energy converters, Renewable Energy 41 (2012) 44-63


Next: Prove performance with 25kW WEC


Stage 3 funding secured – 6.5 MEUR

2 MEURfrom Swedish Energy Agency

2.2 MEUR from

Wave Energy Scotland

2.3 MEUR from

KICInnoEnergy


EMEC - Scapa flow nursery site on Orkney


5-stage market introduction

Product verification in 5 stages according to IEA-OES/equimar best practice.

Scale 1:30 Scale 1:3 Scale 1:3 Scale 1:2

2020

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2019

Stage 2

Stage 4, TRL 7-8

2018

Scale 1:2 Ocean tests

6,5 MEUR

Scale 1:2

Full scale Ocean tests

9 MEUR

Scale 1:1

Pilot wave farms

13 MEUR

Pilot farms

Stage 5

30-40 people

2016 2017

3 people

500kEUR

Concept validation

Stage 1

Scale 1:30

Wave tank & HIL tests

1,7 MEUR

Scale 1:3-1:16

5-11 people

2012-2013 2014 2015

12-20 people

Stage 3, TRL 5-6

20-30 people


Business model & target markets

Wave Energy Converter

WEC system supplier

Wave Farm EPC

Moorings Grid connection

Operations & Maintenance

TargetCustomers

Utilitiy & distributed

WEC units Wave farm engineering Wave farm owner

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Supply chain - FRP buoys & moorings in Portugal


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