SCOTTISH RENEWABLES MARINE MILESTONES MARINE POLICY SCOTTISH RENEWABLES: MARINE MILESTONES REPORT 2011/12 MARINE MILESTONES REPORT 2011/12 Boasting 25 per cent and 10 per cent respectively of Europe’s tidal and wave resource, it is clear that the marine energy industry will play a hugely important role in Scotland’s transition to a low carbon economy, creating thousands of jobs, attracting millions of pounds of investment and providing Scotland with a skillset that will unlock global opportunities. The marine energy sector has made significant progress over the last 10 years and we have established ourselves as world leaders in this field. Nowhere else in the world has the same abundance of technology developers, devices deployed or the high standard of strategically important test facilities and plans for future development on the scale of that in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters. This year alone has seen some important developments for the industry – The designation of Scotland’s first marine energy park incorporating the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), the release of the Fossil Fuel Levy with the subsequent creation of the Renewable Energy Investment Fund and the launch of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Centre in Glasgow, to name just a few, clearly mark Scotland’s commitment to the success of marine energy. The Scottish Renewables Milestones Report highlights a number of the industry’s achievements over the last year, as well as identifying priorities for future development.
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Boasting 25 per cent and 10 per cent respectively of Europe’s tidal and wave resource, it is clear that the marine energy industry will play a hugely important role in Scotland’s transition to a low carbon economy, creating thousands of jobs, attracting millions of pounds of investment and providing Scotland with a skillset that will unlock global opportunities.
The marine energy sector has made significant
progress over the last 10 years and we have
established ourselves as world leaders in this field.
Nowhere else in the world has the same abundance
of technology developers, devices deployed or
the high standard of strategically important
test facilities and plans for future development
on the scale of that in the Pentland Firth and
Orkney Waters.
This year alone has seen some important
developments for the industry – The designation of
Scotland’s first marine energy park incorporating
the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), the
release of the Fossil Fuel Levy with the subsequent
creation of the Renewable Energy Investment Fund
and the launch of the Offshore Renewable Energy
Catapult Centre in Glasgow, to name just a few,
clearly mark Scotland’s commitment to the success
of marine energy.
The Scottish Renewables Milestones Report
highlights a number of the industry’s achievements
over the last year, as well as identifying priorities
for future development.
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The European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney is leading the way in wave and tidal power generation as part of the Scottish Government’s target to generate 100% of the country’s annual electricity consumption through renewable sources by 2020.
EMEC
The Centre was established with around £30 million
of funding from the Scottish Government, Highlands
and Islands Enterprise, the Carbon Trust, UK
Government, Scottish Enterprise, the European
Union and Orkney Islands Council. In 2011, EMEC
became financially self-sufficient, largely due to the
heightened activity on site during the previous year.
Completed in 2003, the Billia Croo test site
is located on the western edge of the Orkney
mainland in an area with some of the highest
wave energy potential in Europe - with an average
significant wave height of 2 – 3 metres, and the
highest wave on record reaching 17 metres. The
site consists of five cabled test berths in up to
70 metres of water, located approximately 2km
offshore, as well as a near shore berth for shallow
water projects.
EMEC’s tidal test site at the Fall of Warness, located
to the west of the island Eday, was chosen for its
high velocity marine currents which reach almost
4 m/s (8 knots) in spring tides. The facility offers
eight test berths at depths ranging from 12m to
50m in an area 2km across and approximately 4km
in length.
Wave SiteDEVELOPER DEVICE CAPACITY STATUS E-On P2 750 kW TestingScottish Power Renewables P2 750 kW TestingWello Oy Penguin 500 kW TestingAquamarine Power Ltd Oyster 800 800 kW TestingSeatricity 800 kW InstallingVattenfall P2e 750 kW Contracted (due 2014)
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 14 FULL-SCALE DEVELOPERS CONTRACTED TO TEST AT EMEC:
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Technology or Project Name: Aquamarine Power OysterDEVICE TYPE: OYSTER 800 WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER CAPACITY: 800KW
Highlights of 2011/12 In the last 12 months Aquamarine Power successfully installed their Oyster 800 at EMEC, began operational testing and produced first power to the grid. The company is now testing offshore components including hydraulics and is running the onshore hydroelectric turbine up to speed. Aquamarine Power also secured full consent for the three-device 2.4MW project at EMEC and announced a ground-breaking deal with Barclays to bring £3.4 million debt into the scheme. On Lewis they have secured 43MW of grid capacity and have applied to Marine Scotland and the local council for offshore and onshore consents for their proposed 40MW farm.
Objectives and Priorities for 2012/13
The priorities for the year ahead will be to continue with operational testing and produce consistent power from the Oyster 800, prior to commencing construction of the next-generation Oyster 801 device. On Lewis we hope to have gained full consent for the site, with first works planned for 2014.
Indicative timelines for project/ technology development
2012 – secure full consent for 40MW site,Lewis2013 – operational testing Oyster 800. Commence Oyster 8012014 – commence installation works on Lewis2015 – install first 3MW on Lewis
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Technology or Project Name:The MeyGen Tidal Energy Project – Phase 1
DEVICE TYPE: AR1000 + ONE OTHER DEVICE MANUFACTURER
CAPACITY: PHASE 1: 86MW
Highlights of 2011/12 Since its creation in October 2010 the project has achieved a number of milestones including securing 3.5KM2 seabed lease from The Crown Estate, starting and completing the Front End Engineering Design in 2011; securing 253MW of grid connection such that the project can be delivered from 2014 onwards and the submission of consent documentation to both Marine Scotland and The Highland Council for adjudication. The project has been buoyed by the wider industry announcements of 5 ROC support for tidal projects, MEAD and MRCF funding launch as well as the acceptance for us to enter into the Saltire Prize.
Objectives and Priorities for 2012/13
- Environmental consents adjudication and full onshore planning- Award of government capital funding (subject to competition)- Financial investment decision for 2014 construction start of
initial array (6 turbines)- Detail Design and Procurement phase entered into- Turbine supply contracts and long lead components award
Indicative timelines for project/ technology development
- 2013 – Detail design and procurement- 2014 – Delivery phase with construction of onshore works,
delivery and installation of 6 x tidal energy turbines- 2015 – Deploy and monitor phase complete, roll out Phase 1 - 2016 – Continued roll out of Phase 1 and submission of
consents for Phase 2
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Technology or Project Name: Aegir Wave Farm, ShetlandDEVICE TYPE: PELAMIS WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER
CAPACITY: 10MW
Highlights of 2011/12 Development of Aegir’s wave farm project off the west coast of Shetland has progressed well with the JV securing an Agreement for Lease from The Crown Estate in May 2011 for the development of a 10MW Pelamis array. Aegir contracted NAFC Marine Centre to carry out geophysical surveys, including sub bottom profiling, over the 2012 summer to help with micro siting and anchor designs, this was augmented by surveying by Marine Scotland Science. Analysis of cable routing offshore and onshore has been undertaken, and the tendering for EIA work is nearing completion. In parallel Aegir continued resource measurements with waverider buoys on site.
Objectives and Priorities for 2012/13
EIA work will be carried out over the next year, including onshore and offshore surveys and studies. Geophysical and geotechnical surveys will also be carried out next year. Aegir Wave Power will continue community consultations and will be posting news and updates to www.aegirwave.com
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Technology or Project Name:3MW Tidal Turbine Drive Train Testing Facility
DEVICE TYPE: TEST FACILITYCAPACITY: 3MW
Highlights of 2011/12 The National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec, has completed construction of the first of three new test facilities for offshore renewable technologies. The 3MW input capacity Drive Train Test Facility will test tidal turbines in a controlled environment out of the water.
Objectives and Priorities for
2012/13
The test rig is currently being commissioned working with the Atlantis Resources AR1000 turbine. Once commissioned then the facility will undertake accredited accelerated life testing of drive train systems.
Indicative timelines for project/
technology development
Narec is in discussions with tidal developers for testing programmes
Highlights of 2011/12 Successfully completed the construction and EMEC installation of the SR250 on time
and on budget. Developed and refined effective offshore operations methodologies
Carried out series of intensive off-grid tests including a full power tow trial to 250kW.
First large-scale floating tidal turbine to generate into the UK national grid.
Longer term grid-connected deployments now underway with the SR250 consistently
generating close to peak power production.
Successfully demonstrated the ability to install a floating tidal turbine with a small, cheap
multicat work vessel. Connection and disconnection procedures take approx 30 mins.
Successful demonstration of ability to access the turbine onsite for minor maintenance
/ inspection without even shutting the turbine down. Turbine has exhibited
excellent stability.
Objectives and Priorities for
2012/13
2012 / 13 - Continue undertaking longer term grid-connected deployments of the
SR250 at EMEC with sustained focus on performance and survivability testing.
2012 - Finalise the design and begin subsystem testing of a 2MW commercial
demonstrator turbine
2013 / early 2014 – Complete construction of the 2MW turbine and commence pre-
commercial stage testing.
Indicative timelines for project/
technology development
250kW ‘Full Scale’ testing ongoing until mid-2013
2MW ‘Commercial Scale’ construction due for completion early 2014.
10MW Array Demonstrator Project 2015 / 2016
Subsequent expansion to 30MW.
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AlbATERN lTdAlbaTERN have been developing wave energy solutions since 2007. The company’s main technology (The WaveNET) is a modular, mechanically coupled, wave energy array system that is formed by interconnecting multiple standalone converters (SQUIDs) in a 2D hexagonal array. The system has been designed for minimal operational and handling costs and to have high levels of built in redundancy. Numerical modelling and initial test results indicate non-linear yield improvements arising from the mechanically coupled
approach. AlbaTERN received funding from the WATERS2 program to deploy a WaveNET array comprising six 7.5kW SQUID devices. Design work for the larger 75kW SQUID devices will begin in 2013 providing a comprehensive product range capable of satisfying power requirements up to 10MW per installation.
ATlANTis REsouRcEsAtlantis is a vertically integrated marine renewable power company providing highly efficient and reliable marine turbines, project origination, resource assessment, project, installation & completion management as well as operations & maintenance services to utilities and power companies worldwide.
The AR series turbines are commercial scale Horizontal Axis Turbines designed for open ocean deployment in the harshest environments on the planet. AR turbines feature a single rotor set with highly efficient fixed pitch blades. The AR turbine is rotated as required with each tidal exchange. This is done in the slack period between tides and fixed in place for the optimal heading for the next tide. AR turbines are rated at 1MW @
2.65m/s of water flow velocity. The AR-1000, the first of the AR series, was successfully deployed and commissioned at the EMEC facility during the summer of 2011.
NAuTRiciTyNautricity continues its development and deployment of its Hydo-bouy mooring system and CoRMaT tidal turbine technologies.
A prototype Hydro-buoy mooring system together with a 10m diameter CoRMaT turbine is currently being built for deployment and testing at EMEC in 2012/ 13. The Hydro-buoy system is a platform technology utilising a combination of displacement buoyancy with hydro-dynamic lift, generated within the tidal flow, to provide the required tension on the mooring line in order to keep station. The Hydro-buoy is being prototyped via a Scottish Enterprise Smart Scotland Award to manufacture and test this novel mooring system.
Nautricity’s recent Scottish Government Waters II award accelerates the deployment and operation of a full scale pre-commercial CoRMaT turbine in tidal waters of the south-west coast of Scotland. This will result in the deployment of a grid connected 500 kW CoRMaT turbine during the summer of 2013. Device construction is currently being undertaken together with the securing of the various consents to facilitate deployment.’
VoiTh hydRo WAVEgEN
Voith Hydro Wavegen’s oscillating water column wave power technology has been generating power to the UK National Grid for 12 years, and to the Spanish grid for over 12 months. The Basque Energy Board’s Mutriku plant has exceeded both performance and availability guarantees during the first twelve months of operation, and further demonstrates that Wavegen’s technology is fully ready for wider commercial deployment.
Voith Hydro Wavegen continues to develop the Siadar projects on the isle of Lewis. Key milestones achieved in 2012 include secur-ing a 30MW seabed agreement for lease from the Crown Estate, and commence-ment of formal consenting for the additional 26MW capacity (above the already consented and grid contracted 4MW project).