A multipurpose infrastructure for unlocking marine and ...

Large Cooperative Research Infrastructures: a Transatlantic Dialog in an Irish

José Joaquín Hernández Brito

A multipurpose infrastructure for unlocking marine and maritime potential

PLOCAN: Research Facilities-Land base

Fernando

Montecruz

PLOCAN: Research Facilities- Test site

Subsea equipments description

1. Submarine power cables 2. Underwater connectors Main components

NW view

PLOCAN: Offshore Platform

Research Facilities: Offshore Platform

Research facilities: Oceanic observatory

Research facilities: Oceanic observatory

Canary Islands: Working Towards Blue Growth “Sustainable growth and employment based on marine resources, scientific or economic activities in established, emerging or future maritime sectors and in the coastal regions”

– TRANSPORT – LEASURE – FOOD – WATER – ENERGY – MINERALS – FARMACY

Knowledge Technology Infrastructures Political leadership Collaboration Social support Testing&Demo Investments Enterprises

Oceans: A source of prosperity, but…

The prescription must be tailored for the individual patient

Sectors Employment Salaried Non salaried Total % Total % Total %

Recreational and sport sailing 14.798 1,9 12.330 1,8 2.468 2,1

Maritime services 12.549 1,6 11.710 1,7 618 0,5

Infrastructures and port services 11.347 1,4 10.946 1,6 401 0,3

Shipping 2.150 0,3 2.144 0,3 6 0,0

Shipbuilding and Ship repairs 2.232 0,3 1.563 0,3 363 0,3 Auxiliary industry 1.732 0,2 1.563 0,2 169 0,1 Fishing and aquaculture 2.361 0,3 1.295 0,2 1.066 0,9 Mining 508 0,1 488 0,1 20 0,0 TOTAL 47.456 5,9 42.346 6,2 5.110 4,4

“Sustainable growth and employment based on marine resources, scientific or economic activities in established, emerging or future maritime sectors and in the coastal regions”

Vision Multipurpose large infrastructures serving academia and industry to unlock marine and maritime potential of an outermost archipelago

Strategic approach Consortium between local and central government Interdisciplinary approach, but… Focus on a large projects orientated to innovation Testing and demonstration Cluster local research and attract international alliances Provide tailored infrastructure and services Promote innovation within the administration Leverage public and private funds Promote public and political support Think Globally, act locally: adapted to our needs and

capabilities

Onshore wind: …more than we need, but NIMBY

GWh (2010)

Lanzarot

Fuerte-ventura

Gran Canaria

Tenerif La Gomera

La Palma

El Hierro

TOTAL

Generation Potential

2508 7235 2686 893 398 342 165 16594

Demand 844 614 3560 3529 71 252 41 8910

Onshore wind potential versus electricity demand

…only 144 MW installed

Key Challenges: Harnessing Renewable Energy in the Ocean

Offshore wind: … even more but in deep waters

OFFSHORE FLOATING WIND ENERGY

Average Annual Power (kW/m)

Source: Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía (IDEA) Universidad de Cantabria http://www.ihcantabria.com/enola/

Canarias: Wave Energy

Key Challenges: Harnessing Renewable Energy in the Ocean

DEMOSTRATION & TESTING SITE FOR RESEARCH & INNOVATION

Excellent weather conditions Good wave and wind stream resource Infrastructures and logistics to facilitate operations at sea Stable connection to the national grid Operational weather window. Sufficient calm periods Ideal bathymetry Electricity cost

Marine Test site Competitive Advantages

INNPACTO Wave Energy coverter

Líder

Otros participantes

2 technological applications APC-PISYS Autonomous device

Monitoring and surveillance Prototype (5 KW)

Energy Buoy (200 KW)

Undigen

NORTH ATLANTIC MULTI-PLATFORM OCEAN OBSERVING AND FORECASTING SYSTEM

Taking the pulse of the C.-E. Atlantic Ocean Regional Observing system (ESTOC-PLOCAN) Coastal Observing system (1st phase: secured funds for cable down to 100m, 4km offshore, deep water planned) Mobile Observing platforms (gliders ready to operate to regional station, down to 1500m depth) CI: Interoperable, Service Oriented

Observatory

Existing and capacities

Oceanic node

Sensors Company Model Measuring Range Accuracy Resolution

Wind direcction and speed RM Young 05103V 0-100m/s 0-360⁰ ± 3m/s ±3⁰

Wind direcction Vaisala WXT520 0-360⁰ ±3⁰ 1⁰ Wind Speed Vaisala WXT520 0-60 m/s <±5% 0,1m/s Air Temperature Vaisala WXT520 -52⁰C to 60⁰C ±3% at 20⁰C Barometric Pressure Vaisala WXT520 600 - 1100 hPa ≤1hPa 0,1hPa Humidity Vaisala WXT520 0 - 100% RH ±3% 0,1% RH

Air Temperature Vaisala HMP155 -80 to 60 ⁰C ±(0.07 + 0.0025 x temperature) °C

Humidity Vaisala HMP155 0 - 100% RH ±(1.0 + 0.008 x reading) %RH

Barometric Pressure Vaisala PTB110 800 - 1060 hPa ±0,3 hPa at 20⁰C 0,1hPa

Solar Radiation Apogee SQ 0-2000 μmol m-2 s-1 ±5%

5.00 μmol m-2 s-1 per mV

CO2 TBD TBD >600ppm 1 ppm – 0.2Hz <0.01 ppm pH ULPGC SW-3 7- 8.5 Water Temperature Desin Pt100 0-50⁰C 0,1⁰C Water Temperature SeaBird SBE-37 -5 to 35 ⁰C 0,002⁰C 0,0001⁰C Water Conductivity SeaBird SBE-37 0 to 70 mS/cm 0,003 mS/cm 0,0001mS/cm Water Temperature SeaBird SBE-3 -5 to 35 ⁰C ±0,001⁰C Water Conductivity SeaBird SBE-4 0 to 7 S/m 0,0003 S/m Chlorophyll Turner Cyclops-7 0 to 500 µg/L 0,025µg/L Turbidity Turner Cyclops-7 0 to 3000 NTU 0,05 NTU Hydrocarbon Detector OPW

Ocean Observing Research Infrastructures

• Focus: Ocean observatories • EMSO in Preparatory Phase, in progress

to present an ERIC • EMSO ERIC funded on the basis of

national formal support (EU approx. 10%)

• PLOCAN accepted as EMSO site in 2010

• Focus: Carbon Observation • ESTOC-PLOCAN part of the ocean-

based carbon observing infrastructure

• Candidate as ICOS Ocean Thematic Center

• Collaboration with ULPGC/QUIMA

DEEP SEA RESOURCES: MAPPING AND TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES

PROTECTION AGAINST RISK AND EMERGENCIES

Key Challenges: multi-use sea reclamation Beyond sun, sand, surf and sex

Key Challenges: Multipurpose Offshore Platforms MARINE PROJECT LEADED BY THE CANARY ISLANDS

Modular Multi-use Deep Water Offshore Platform Harnessing and Servicing Mediterranean, Subtropical and Tropical Marine and Maritime Resources

Key Challenges: Production Production of Living Stock in Open Ocean

SUBTROPICAL TESTING & DEMOSTRATION SITE

Active Projects: sanity check

INNOVACIÓN

OBSERVATORY

SUBMARINE VEHICLES

TESTSITE

TRAINING DISSEMINATION

PLATFORM CONSTRUCTION

FP7: Modular Multi-use Deep Water Offshore Platform Harnessing and Servicing Mediterranean, Subtropical and Tropical Marine and Maritime Resources. Contract 288192

Innovative Ocean Sensors

4 year FP7 Project – 21 partners – 8M€ budget – Negotiation phase Coordinator: PLOCAN Contact: eric.delory@plocan.eu

Three domains (optics, acoustics, fisheries) <2013-2017> 7 new sensors to be developed, validated and demonstrated

Multiplatform multifunctional optical sensors for Green House Gases and Contaminants Multiplatform multifunctional ocean passive acoustic sensors for Noise an Bioacoustics New robust and low-cost sensors for fisheries management (chl-a, O2) Scientific, technical and market requirements to be refined Multiplatform validation and demonstration

• Transnational Access to ESTOC and data services • Focus: Fixed Open Ocean Observatories – Builds upon EUROSITES and part of

EMSO • Selected for funding (7M€ EC contribution – 4 years), under final stage of

negotiation • PLOCAN lead of WP9: Transnational Access to FixO3Observatories & ESTOC Open-ocean observatory incl. Glider fleet – contact: eric.delory@plocan.eu

• 29 Partners: NOCS, IFREMER, AWI, MARUM, CNR, U. Bergen, IFM GEOMAR, INGV etc.

• Coordinator: NOCS, UK

Project Facts: • Partners: 19 partner institution (9 EU countries) • Duration: 01. Oct. 2011 - 30 Sept. 2014 • Budget: Total 4.6M€ • PI: UPMC (Fr)

Project Goal: To design a new European Research Infrastructure based on underwater glider technology to safely and sustainably operate individual as well as fleets of such autonomous vehicles, in order to create a permanent observations coordinated strategy addressed to fill the gaps left by present marine observation systems on global and regional scale, with benefits for both marine research and operational oceanography.

The primary project objectives are based on the principles of Lean Manufacturing processes, whereby procedures are streamlined and efficient, with improved quality and performance. The intention is to improve the flow from one stage of a process to the next and to ensure timely delivery of high quality project results.

Project Facts: • Leader: University College

Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork

• Partners: 31 partners / 10 EU countries

• Duration: 48 months • Total Budget: Total 14 M€ • EU contribution: 10 M€

Call: The Ocean of Tomorrow 2013 (FP7-OCEAN-2013) Topic: OCEAN.2013-4: Innovative transport and deployment systems for the offshore wind energy sector

LEANWIND Logistic Efficiencies And Naval architecture for Wind Installations with Novel Developments

The offshore wind industry is at a stage where Lean principles can provide additional cost and time savings and facilitate wind energy becoming cost competitive with more traditional energy sources. It is vital that efficiencies are improved while simultaneously improving quality control, H&S and environmental integration.

OCEANERA-NET Supporting the coordination of national research activities of Member

States and Associated States in the field of Ocean Energy (ERA-NET) FP7 ERA-Net Project – 16 partners – 2.62M€ – Execution phase (2013- 2017) Coordinator: Scottish Enterprise (UK) Contact: Johanna Yates (Johanna.Yates@segec.org.uk)

ERA-Net that aims to facilitate coordination of research in the ocean energy sector across Europe. Promote information exchange in the management of current and planned

ocean energy programmes. Engage in a dialogue process on regional and national priorities. Develop a common toolkit to enable the management and evaluation of joint

transnational activities and calls to be launched. Act as a leverage for further research and innovation funding at European,

national or regional scale in the context of Horizon.

NetBiome-CSA

Strengthening European research cooperation for smart and sustainable

management of tropical and subtropical biodiversity in Outermost Regions (ORs) and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs)

3 year FP7 CSA Project – 13 partners – 1M€ budget – Execution phase (02/05/13- 30/04/16) Coordinator: Fundo regional para a Ciencia (Azores, Portugal) Contact: Jose.MN.Azevedo@azores.gov.pt) Starts from the existing biodiversity research partnership developed in the ERA-Net NET-

BIOME (2007- 2012) Aims to extend and strengthen research partnerships and cooperation for smart and

sustainable management of tropical and subtropical biodiversity in ORs and OCTs Participatory process involving stakeholders from the four strands of the quadruple helix (research,

government, business and society) Create Biodiversity Management Toolbox with Information System for information, case studies and good

practices, and an Information Service for stakeholders International conference on biodiversity valuation and awareness of natural resources (organised by PLOCAN in

Canaries in 2014)

FP7 Security Research theme under DG-Enterprise. FP7-SEC-2010-1 (2011-2014) To build and demonstrate an EU maritime surveillance system integrating existing

national and communitarian facilities and enhancing them with innovative technologies (land, sea and air). Demonstrate and validate recommendations for the European wide integrated maritime border control system in line with the EUROSUR goals across collaborative, regulatory, technological, trans-national aspects.

29 partners / 12 countries (Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Greece) with borders in Southern seas of Europe, supported by Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands. [PI: INDRA (SP)]

Budget: 42 M€

European RoboAthlon The Project is a Coordinated Action, that envisions, inspired by the Fukushima disaster, a competition that requires autonomous flying, land and underwater robots acting together to survey the disaster, collect environmental data, and identify critical hazards.

Project Facts: •Partners: 7 partner institutions (5 EU countries) •Duration: Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2015 •Budget: Total 1.6M€ •PI: UWE (UK)

Conference Selecte Topics include:

Ocean deoxygenation and

acidification High resolution ocean (or how

meso and submesoscale physics constrains biogeochemistry and biology)

Rapid change in polar oceans Ecosystem models and biodiversity

scenarios for changing oceans Links between marine ecology,

biodiversity and genomics Plasticity, epigenetics,

adaptativeness. Sessions on the above topics will leave ample room for discussion after two invited keynote talks.

Permanent Training Conferences

Voluntary Practices

Practices belonging an academic programme

Practices out of an academic programme

Final degree projects

Specific Schools: Glider School

Education and training

Glider School 2013: 4th Edition of the Glider School

Duration: 1 week Dates: 15-20th July 2013201

www.gliderschool.eu

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-Project SAUC-E: -Team AVORA supported by ULPGC y PLOCAN

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Project for high schools: EDUROVs

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