EMEC- 10 Years of Marine Energy Expertise

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EMEC10 years of marine energy expertise

Oliver WraggCommercial Director

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)

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

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

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

Offshore infrastructure

Full scale tidal site

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Full scale wave site Scale wave & tidal sites

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

Port infrastructure

Hatston Pier

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Lyness PierCoplands Dock

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

Attenuator Rotating massOscillating wave surge

Point absorber

Wave energy devices

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OvertoppingOscillating water column

BulgePressure differential

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

Site development

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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

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

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

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

Benefits - Direct

1m expenditure in the local economy per prototype deployment

26%

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26%

Benefits - Indirect

Tourism

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Knowledge Transfer Diversification

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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