consultation report si ocean industry consultation

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CONSULTATION REPORT

Work package 4 (RenewableUK)

Policy Analysis and Market Deployment

SI Ocean industry consultation

27 February 2013, London

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Project synopsis

SI Ocean is an Intelligent Energy Europe project being led by the European Ocean Energy Association. Other project

partners include the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (EU), the Carbon Trust and University of Edinburgh

(UK), WavEC Offshore Renewables (Portugal) and DHI (Denmark).

SI Ocean was conceived by the European Ocean Energy Association to strengthen Europe’s ocean energy networks,

enhance collaboration on research and development and overcome technology, policy and market barriers to build a

Pan-European commercial sector. SI Ocean is focused on identifying a realistic trajectory for the commercialisation of

wave and tidal stream energy across Europe’s Atlantic Arc region. Figure 1 provides an overview of the key deliverables

for each work package.

Geographically the Atlantic Arc spans the western-facing Atlantic coastline and the northern area of the North Sea. This

area encompasses the EU Member States of Denmark, France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom (UK).

RenewableUK is the work package leader for Work Package 4 – Policy Analysis and Market Deployment.

This report provides an overview of the industry consultation hosted by RenewableUK on 27 February 2013 in London.

Figure 1 – SI Ocean project deliverables

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Project synopsis……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2

Consultation overview…………….……………………………………………………………….................... 4

Attendance………………….………………………………………………………………………………………….... 5

Aims.…………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………….. …. 5

Agenda……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6

Overview of presentations………………………………………………………………………………………… 7

Overview of panel discussions…………………………………………………………………………………… 7

Pre-consultation industry survey………..……………………………………………………………………… 8

Session 1……………………………………………………..……………………………………………………….……. 9

Presentation: Skye Holcombe Henley…………………………………………………………….… 9

Presentation: Matthew King……………………………………………………………………….…… 11

Presentation: Dr. Sian George………………………………………………………………..……….. 12

Panel Discussion 1…………………………………………………………………………………………... 13

Session 2……………………………………………………………………………………………….……………….…. 15

Presentation: Brendan Barry…………………………………………………..………………….…… 15

Presentation: Lynne Bryceland……………………………………………………..…………………. 16

Panel Discussion 2…………………………………………………………………………..……..……….. 18

Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………….………… 20

Appendices……………………………………………………………………..………………………….…………….. 21

Appendix 1 – Participant list………………………………………………………………….…….…….. 21

Appendix 2 – Pre-consultation survey and responses…….…………………………… attached

The sole responsibility for the content of this report lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European

Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained

therein.

Prepared by: Skye Holcombe Henley, RenewableUK, May 2013

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Consultation overview

RenewableUK, on behalf of the SI Ocean project team, held a consultation for ocean energy industry stakeholders on 27

February 2013. The consultation was held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster, London from 09:00 to 12:30.

The event was the first of two consultations which will hosted by RenewableUK throughout the duration of the SI Ocean

project. Dr. Sian George, CEO of the European Ocean Energy Association, chaired the consultation.

Speakers and panellists included:

Speaker / Panellist Organisation / Department Position

Matthew King DG Mare, European Commission Head of Unit - Maritime Policy

Dr. Sian George European Ocean Energy Association CEO

Colin Imrie Government of Scotland Deputy Director, Energy Division

Richard Yemm Pelamis Founder, Commercial Director

Tim Hurst SEGEC (Scottish European Green

Energy Centre)

Chief Projects Officer

Jean-Charles Boulat DCNS VP European Affairs / Strategy &

Development

Ken Street Alstom Business Development Manager -

Ocean Energy Division

Guy Pomphrey DEME Blue Energy Manager UK and Ireland Tidal Power

Projects

Kai Kölmel Siemens VP Hydro & Ocean Power, Solar &

Hydro Division

Brendan Barry ESB Manager Ocean Energy

Lynne Bryceland Scottish Power Renewables

(Iberdrola)

Innovation Development Officer

Skye Holcombe Henley RenewableUK SI Ocean project partner

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Attendance

The consultation was attended by approximately 120 people from across Europe and involved the participation of

individuals from both public institutions and private sector organisations. A full list of attendees is contained at Appendix

1 (back of document).

Aims

The aims of the consultation were:

• To provide an overview of the key findings of the SI Ocean policy report (Task 4.1) – “Ocean Energy in Europe’s

Atlantic Arc”, summarising the current focus and future policy directions for ocean energy in Denmark, France,

Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the UK;

• Invite stakeholder commentary on the key policy and market challenges inhibiting the development and deployment

of ocean energy across Europe, as presented by RenewableUK and other industry presenters;

• Introduce to stakeholders the concept of the SI Ocean Market Deployment Strategy and generate discussion,

through the forum of the panel discussions, regarding the major issues that should be examined in developing the

draft strategy;

• Highlight the importance of sector collaboration for driving technology development, addressing policy and market

challenges and raising the profile of ocean energy vis-à-vis other sources of renewable energy in Europe.

L-R: Prof. Tony Lewis, UCC; Elaine Miller, European Commission; Matthew King, DG MARE, European Commission; Javier Camacho, Abengoa

Seapower; Alejandro Torres, Abengoa Seapower; Jochem Weber, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

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Agenda

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Overview of presentations The consultation included the following presentations:

• A presentation by Skye Holcombe Henley of RenewableUK on the key findings of the SI Ocean policy analysis report;

• A presentation by Matthew King of DG MARE, European Commission on “Where are we going and how we plan to

get there: Uniting the industry behind a common vision up to 2050”;

• A presentation by Dr Sian George of the European Ocean Energy Association about the complementarity between

the themes of the association’s Vision Paper and the objectives of SI Ocean;

• A presentation from Brendan Barry of ESB on how ESB secured NER300 funding for its WestWave project in Ireland

and how the company overcome the non-technical barriers that emerged during the process;

• A presentation from Lynne Bryceland of Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) on how SPR secured NER300 funding for

its Sound of Islay project in Scotland and how the company overcome the non-technical barriers that emerged

during the process.

Overview of panel discussions The suite of presentations provided an excellent foundation for two panel discussions which were focused around the

following topics:

• Panel discussion 1: Where we are now: Strategy for removing the non-technological barriers to industry growth;

and

• Panel discussion 2: Where we are going and how we plan to get there: Uniting the industry behind a common

vision up to 2050

Both discussions were led by panellists composed of key industry figures and two government representatives. Audience

members (industry stakeholders) were encouraged to share their views and experiences in dealing with legislative,

financial and infrastructure challenges associated with the development and deployment of ocean energy devices, in the

effort to identify how industry (and the SI Ocean team) could tackle challenges as part of the project and drive

commercialisation.

Consultation discussions were important for:

a) gathering knowledge around key barriers to the growth of Europe’s ocean energy industry;

b) building industry consensus around how challenges could and should be addressed; and

c) promoting the importance of developing an industry strategy for deployment.

The Market Deployment Strategy (MDS) was described to participants as an important piece of work that would aim to

unite the many components of Europe’s ocean energy industry behind a common agenda for commercialisation.

L-R: Javier Camacho, Alejandro Torres and Dr. Cristina Huertas, Abengoa Seapower.

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Matthew King, DG MARE, European Commission; Jean-Charles Boulat, DCNS

Pre-consultation industry survey

To ensure consultation discussions were targeted and directly informed by industry concerns and experience,

RenewableUK requested that all participants complete a pre-workshop survey, which was hosted on the SI Ocean

website. The survey was completed by approximately 65 people prior to the consultation and by a further 20 people

following the event. The survey questions and responses are contained at Appendix 2 and have proven an invaluable

source of industry insight for all of the SI Ocean work being undertaken by RenewableUK.

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Overview of presentations and discussions

SESSION 1

Welcome by SI Ocean Advisory Board Chair (Dr. Sian George)

Presentation 1: Skye Holcombe Henley - Overview of SI OCEAN policy report: “Ocean Energy in Europe’s

Atlantic Arc”

Presentation available at http://www.si-ocean.eu/en/News-Events/CHAMP-events/

L-R: Skye Holcombe Henley, RenewableUK; Neil Kermode, EMEC; Tim Hurst, SEGEC.

Key points

• Overview of SI Ocean project, including brief explanation of deliverables of each work package;

• Explanation of research process undertaken for policy report;

• Detailed overview of key policy drivers relevant to development of ocean energy focusing on legislation, financial

mechanisms and infrastructure;

• Description of linkages between the policy report and Market Deployment Strategy;

• Audience invited to contribute to content of policy report.

Key findings of the policy report

Strategy

� Understanding government energy priorities across the Atlantic Arc (Denmark, France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain,

United Kingdom) of security of supply; cost efficiency; and GHG emission reductions is important for framing the

role of ocean energy as a vital future source of low carbon energy generation.

� Level of policy and financial support for developing ocean energy across the Atlantic Arc varies among countries.

Existence/absence of ocean energy action plans indicates strategic initiative/readiness to develop ocean energy as a

source of renewable energy and financial commitments demonstrate (in part) political will.

Finance

� Securing adequate revenue and capital support is a leading obstacle for wave and tidal development in many

Atlantic Arc countries. Europe’s debt crisis and resultant national austerity measures have dampened the

investment climate for all renewables in Europe.

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� A mix of revenue and capital funding schemes exists across Europe to support and incentivise investment in wave

and tidal technologies – to varying degrees of effectiveness.

Infrastructure

� Discussion of grid infrastructure and required capacity upgrades are dominant themes across the Atlantic Arc. For

Member States with more advanced wave and tidal sectors, the extension of grid to remote areas, transmission

charging regimes and capacity to absorb renewable electricity generation are viewed as higher priorities than in

some other jurisdictions.

� The extent to which governments are considering or planning for the infrastructure challenges that the

commercialisation of wave and tidal devices will present varies greatly.

Legislation

� Common theme across jurisdictions - responsibility for marine consenting is spread across numerous government

agencies. The division of responsibility results in confused management processes and delays, which impacts on

investor confidence.

� A number of Member States are in the process of amending/reforming relevant legislation to improve regulatory

conditions for wave and tidal projects.

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Presentation 2: Matthew King, European Commission, DG MARE – Where are we going and how we plan to

get there: Uniting the industry behind a common vision up to 2050

Presentation available at http://www.si-ocean.eu/en/News-Events/CHAMP-events/

Matthew King, DG MARE, European Commission

Key points

� Ocean energy major focal point of the Blue Growth Communication of September 2012.

� Longer term potential of ocean energy is significant:

• New, high-quality jobs;

• Economic growth through innovation and export;

• Energy security;

• Decarbonisation; and

• Resource efficiency.

� In terms of market assessment, 5 bottlenecks have been identified:

1. Cost reduction, financial and profitability issues;

2. Lack of technological convergence and market fragmentation;

3. Infrastructure issues;

4. Administrative & regulatory issues; and

5. Environmental issues.

� The European Commission has recently completed an impact assessment to inform a policy paper on ocean energy.

This will send a political signal and create an enabling framework to help scale-up the industry.

� Cohesion and cooperation between stakeholders is crucial to avoid diffusion of efforts and duplication.

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Presentation 3: Dr. Sian George – European Ocean Energy Association’s Vision Paper – how does SI Ocean fit

in?

Presentation available at http://www.si-ocean.eu/en/News-Events/CHAMP-events/

L-R: Dr. Sian George, European Ocean Energy Association; Geraldine Martin, Basse-Normandie Region; Mikael Sidenmark, Ocean Harvesting

Technologies AB.

Key points

� Critical challenges – for the sector and the European Ocean Energy Association

• Sector: Technology, grid, planning - finance, finance, finance.

• SI Ocean – flagship project

• Association: growth strategy – network Europe

• All: cooperation, coordination & collaboration

� European Ocean Energy Association Members’ strategic priorities include technology advancement; project

development (policy & finance); and leveraging public/private finance (target approx. €1bn to complement €500m

invested by industry to date).

� The UK and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) - a haven for high-risk early development.

� The UK-European investment hub is attracting investment from Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Holland, France, the

USA, Japan, Finland and Norway.

� The bigger picture – strong foundation at European level to guide strategy and many opportunities to coordinate

research and analysis on ocean energy.

� The goal – elevating ocean energy in Europe’s Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan).

� EU Hub consists of the Commission, European Parliament and MEPs, Member States. Industry and the Research

Community.

� Agreed milestones to cost competitiveness:

• 2020 - RELIABLE - 15 demo arrays operating

• 2025 - COST CONFIDENCE - 5 commercial arrays operating

• 2030 - MARKET-READY - Cost-competitive commercial farms

• 2050 - MAINSTREAM - Renewable Energy Supplier farms

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Panel Discussion: “The role of Public-Private Partnerships in propelling wave and tidal into the mainstream

energy mix by 2050”

Panellists

Dr. Sian George: European Ocean Energy Association, CEO (Chair)

Matthew King: DG Mare, European Commission, Head of Unit - Maritime Policy

Jean-Charles Boulat: DCNS, VP European Affairs / Strategy & Development

Neil Kermode: European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), CEO

Tim Hurst: SEGEC (Scottish European Green Energy Centre), Chief Projects Officer

L-R: Skye Holcombe Henley; Neil Kermode; Tim Hurst; Matthew King; Jean-Charles Boulat; Dr. Sian George

Key points

� Common theme: cost reduction and how we’re going to finance industry.

� Role of Green Investment Bank (UK) and European Investment Bank (EIB). EIB undertaking policy review of lending

policy – report due Sept. 2013.

� Volume of finance required by industry a key problem as banks won’t invest large amounts.

� Industry needs equity (not debt finance) NOW.

� Industry will advance by demonstrating success – need to focus on achieving technology reliability and then tackle

cost reduction.

� Sufficient confidence within large companies that wave and tidal energy has a promising future but the technology

must be competitive with other renewables.

� Technology development being restricted by small scale grid infrastructure challenges – need mechanism to get

devices in the water across Europe.

� Commission has a role to play in facilitating discussions among Member States to realize strategic benefits of ocean

energy and in helping to develop Europe’s sector.

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Max Carcas, EMEC

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SESSION 2

Presentation 4: Brendan Barry, ESB, Manager Ocean Energy

“How ESB overcame policy and market challenges to secure NER 300 funding”. ESB’s WestWave project on the west

coast of was awarded up to €19.8m from NER 300 for a demonstrator array of six 800 kilowatt wave energy devices.

Presentation available at http://www.si-ocean.eu/en/News-Events/CHAMP-events/

L-R: Brendan Barry, Guy Pomphrey; Kai Kölmel; Richard Yemm; Ken Street; Dr. Sian George

Key points

� Utility led pre-commercial project, technology neutral (will employ technology at TRL8)

� First wave energy farm in Ireland

� Pave the way for commercialisation through:

• delivering 5MW small-scale array at acceptable cost;

• demonstrating technology readiness;

• developing the supply-chain; and

• developing public acceptance.

� WestWave given preferential treatment to connect to grid and received government support.

� Robust and prudent project approach: Utility approach - Commercial focus: prudent first step; project delivery

methodology; objective technology approach / Expertise of organization / Partnership model.

� Ocean energy market: Wave and tidal options must be at least as commercially attractive as future offshore wind

options.

• Ocean can be competitive with: the right conversion technology; bankable reliability and performance (TRL9);

and a bridging market to economies of scale.

• Making the case involves: defining the market; competitive proposition; employment now and later; show

tangible progress; and be realistic.

� Promoting collaboration

• smoother and less costly transition;

• EU, state, utility and developers; and

• R&D.

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Presentation 5: Lynne Bryceland, Scottish Power Renewables (Iberdrola), Innovation Development Officer

“How SPR overcame policy and market challenges to secure NER 300 funding”. The 10MW Sound of Islay project was

awarded €20.7 million from NER 300 for a deep-water array”.

Presentation available at http://www.si-ocean.eu/en/News-Events/CHAMP-events/

L-R: Lynne Bryceland, SPR; Audrey MacIver and Norma Hogan, Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

Key points

� Strong momentum building behind ocean energy in Europe:

• EERA / ERA-NET / SI Ocean / FP7 support / DG MARE Consultation / European Ocean Energy Association Vision

Paper; and

• NER 300

� Sound of Islay awarded €20,650,000 – largest EU award to ocean energy project;

� SPR Marine Renewables Activities:

• Primary focus in Scotland to date;

• Working with leading Technology Developers:

o ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest (Tidal)

o Pelamis (Wave)

• Testing full-scale devices;

• Quantifying the resource;

• Identifying the best locations;

• Demonstration at array scale eg. Islay; and

• Large-scale commercial projects eg. Pentland Firth.

� Success of SPR – cost of energy. Commission was confident SPR would deliver results through collaboration with

ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest (AHH) and Pelamis.

� SPR invested in AHH to improve technology and much learning has been achieved through installation at EMEC.

� Of equal importance – technology reliability and its socio-economic credentials – local employment etc.

� Risk Summary:

• Many technical risks are the same for Wave & Tidal

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• Research & learning is essential for mitigation

• Innovation required and thus delivered in phases.

� But, consider the risk of losing:

• Significant jobs and economic potential

• Supplemented by export opportunities

Ensuring Europe continues to lead the world.

� Local collaboration – Islay – involvement of local businesses maximized: Direct local benefits valued at up to £0.75m

� By end 2012, project will have spent £350k directly on the Isles of Islay and Jura

� By end 2014, projected likely spend on Islay/Jura to increase to £500-£750k

� Industry needs from Europe:

• Capital grant funding – this need will diminish after first array projects;

• Stable, attractive market revenue incentives such as the UK’s (former) Renewable Obligation;

• Strategic support from Europe needed:

o much needed European capital and revenue funding drive for further innovations in technology;

o European co-ordination across the sector;

o support for further cost reduction ;

o increased confidence and profile for the technology.

M-R: Les Atkinson, E.ON; Anne van Houten, Bluewater.

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Panel Discussion: What is the industry’s view on what needs to be done to overcome the key market barriers

to industry commitment & project planning?

Panellists

Richard Yemm: Pelamis, Founder, Commercial Director

Ken Street: Alstom, Business Development Manager - Ocean Energy Division

Guy Pomphrey: DEME Blue Energy, Manager UK and Ireland Tidal Power Projects

Kai Kölmel: Siemens, VP Hydro & Ocean Power, Solar & Hydro Division

Colin Imrie: Government of Scotland, Deputy Director, Energy Division

Dr. Sian George: European Ocean Energy Association, CEO (Chair)

L-R: Guy Pomphrey; Kai Kölmel; Richard Yemm; Colin Imrie; Ken Street

Key points

� Collaboration to address environmental challenges: Discussion of marrying marine protected areas and ocean

energy. It was noted that synergies exist and that wind has successfully overcome barriers – it can be done. Burden

is placed on technology developers to prove there are no risks – a more collaborative approach is required.

� Replication of data: How can data be shared in an open and coherent way to avoid duplication? This is not classified

information and industry cooperation would lower the costs for new entrants.

� NER300 funding: December 2012 awards were based on cost of energy. Next round of awards unlikely to fund ocean

energy projects (likely focus on CCS). Securing NER300 requires existing capital investment, and the funding support

is provided per MW/h produced.

� Beyond NER300: “EU grants won’t go on forever…need to get devices in the water”. A support mechanism is needed

to fill the void of Member States not providing tariff support.

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� Industry transparency: Should be more transparency of results - issue of credibility.

� Internal Rate of Return (IRR): Some of the Utilities and OEMs were asked if they would reveal their IRR and all

declined.

� Govt support: Industry should not be ashamed to ask for financial support. Established energy types – nuclear and

coal – all developed with Govt money as they had military purpose.

� Criteria for technology support: Need to quantify quality of technology through Technology Performance Level (TPL)

check lists and cost of energy indicators – again, industry transparency and wide recognition of this metric is

required. Panelists were asked if only the best technologies should receive support, to which they answered “yes”.

� Investment guidance: Development of a pan-European process that utilities could feed into? Utilities will drive near-

term investment because they will be the customers and can envision the benefits. Banks will re-enter the market

when ocean energy is cost-competitive with wind.

� Disparate challenges across Europe: Need to agree milestones on how to drive Europe’s industry forward.

Collaborative funding / public procurement process to determine which projects get funding? The best technologies

would still emerge as the front runners, and they would get funding.

Martin McAdam, Aquamarine Power, CEO

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Conclusion

The consultation brought together a wide range of ocean energy stakeholders from across Europe who are committed

to driving the commercial development of ocean enrgy. Participants were invited and encouraged to share their views

and experiences in an open forum regarding the non-technical barriers currently inhibiting the development and

deployment of wave and tidal devices.

The consultation provided RenewableUK the opportunity to present an overview of the findings of the SI Ocean policy

report (Task 4.1) – “Ocean Energy in Europe’s Atlantic Arc” which examined the policy and market drivers underpinning

the development of ocean energy in Denmark, France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. Some of the

issues contained in this report were highlighted by other presenters, including a representative of the European

Commission who identified five key bottlenecks within the ocean energy market. While key challenges are well known

among industry, the Commission’s acknowledgement of these bottlenecks and call for cooperation among stakeholders

to drive solutions demonstrated that industry has a captive audience in Brussels who want to see the sector mature.

Presentations by ESB and SPR demonstrated the commercial opportunities that can be born from a partnership between

technology developers and energy companies. SPR noted that its collaboration with technology developers had helped

convince the Commission of the potential of its project which was awarded NER-300 funding.

The two panel discussions allowed for constructive engagement between panelists and audience members who freely

debated the cause, effect and possible solutions to policy and market challenges. Discussions revealed that project

finance, at all stages of development, remained a major stumbling block to the sector’s development with banks

hesitant to lend large amounts and a general understanding that “EU grants won’t go on forever”. While there is

sufficient confidence within large companies that wave and tidal energy has a promising future, the economic

imperative for technologies to reach cost competitiveness with other renewables will continue to dominate investment

considerations.

The panel discussions also highlighted the need for clarity around the roles of governments, the Commission and

individual companies in driving the growth of Europe’s ocean energy sector. In the absence of revenue and capital

support schemes in some Member States, the introduction of a support mechanism to drive industry growth across

Europe was described as fundamental for developing the sector. Greater cooperation among industry stakeholders on

data collection and information sharing was also viewed as central to the advancement of the sector.

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APPENDIX 1 - SI OCEAN CONSULTATION WORKSHOP ATTENDEES, 27 February 2013, London

No. Name Organisation Expertise

Country of

operation Email

1 Dr. Sian George

European Ocean

Energy Association

CEO and Chair - SI Ocean

Advisory Board Europe s.george@eu-oea.com

2 Skye Holcombe Henley RenewableUK

SI OCEAN project partner

(policy & mkt analysis) UK skye.holcombehenley@RenewableUK.com

3 David Krohn RenewableUK

Wave and Tidal Development

Manager UK david.krohn@RenewableUK.com

4 Flemming Schlütter DHI

SI OCEAN project partner

(resource) Denmark, global fls@dhigroup.com

5 Ole Svenstrup Petersen DHI

tidal modeling and resource

mapping Denmark, global osp@dhigroup.com

6 Clare Hanmer Carbon Trust

SI OCEAN project partner

(technology & resource) UK Clare.Hanmer@CarbonTrust.co.uk

7 Charlie Blair Carbon Trust UK Charlie.Blair@CarbonTrust.co.uk

8 Gema Sanbruno

European Ocean

Energy Association SI OCEAN project manager Europe g.sanbruno@eu-oea.com

9 Dr. Ghassan Zubi JRC

SI OCEAN project partner

(technology) Europe Ghassan.ZUBI@ec.europa.eu

10 Evangelos Tzimas JRC

Action Leader – Assessment

of Energy Technologies and

Systems Europe Evangelos.TZIMAS@ec.europa.eu

11 Henry Jeffrey

Edinburgh

University

SI OCEAN project partner

(technology) UK henry.jeffrey@ed.ac.uk

12 Andy MacGillivray

Edinburgh

University

SI OCEAN project partner

(technology) UK A.Macgillivray@ed.ac.uk

13 Alex Raventos

WavEC Offshore

Renewables SI OCEAN project partner Portugal alex@wavec.org

14 Brendan Barry

ESB Energy

International Manager, Ocean Energy Ireland Brendan.Barry@esb.ie

15 Lynne Bryceland

ScottishPower

Renewables

Innovation Development

Officer Scotland lbryceland@scottishpower.com

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16 Matthew King

DG Maritime Affairs

and Fisheries,

European

Commission

Head of Unit - Maritime

Policy, Atlantic, outermost

regions and Arctic

EU Matthew.King@ec.europa.eu

17 Elaine Miller

DG Maritime Affairs

and Fisheries,

European

Commission

Maritime Policy, Atlantic,

outermost regions and Arctic

EU Elaine.MILLER@ec.europa.eu

18 Guy Pomphrey DEME Blue Energy

Manager UK and Ireland

Tidal Power Projects Belgium Pomphrey.Guy@deme.be

19 Ken Street ALSTOM

Business Development

Manager - Ocean Energy

Division France ken.street@chq.alstom.com

No. Name Organisation Expertise

Country of

operation Email

20 Jean-Charles Boulat DCNS

VP European Affairs /

Strategy & Development France jeancharles.boulat@dcnsgroup.com

21 Kai Kölmel Siemens

VP Hydro & Ocean Power,

Solar & Hydro Division Germany kai.koelmel@siemens.com

22 Colin Imrie

Government of

Scotland

Deputy Director, Energy

Division Scotland Colin.Imrie@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

23 Richard Yemm

Pelamis Wave

Power

Founder, Commercial

Director UK r.yemm@pelamiswave.com

24 Tim Hurst

SEGEC (Scottish

European Green

Energy Centre) Chief Projects Officer Scotland tim.hurst@segec.org.uk

25 Mikle Litovchenko Individual partner search and market Ukraine mlitov@mail.ru

26 Anne van Houten Bluewater Tidal developer Netherlands anne.vanhouten@bluewater.com

27 Sarah Hobson

VINCI Construction

UK Ltd Civil engineering UK Sarah.hobson@vinciconstruction.co.uk

28 Jerome Cuny Open Ocean SAS

Operational oceanography

for the Wave&Tidal sector Europe jerome.cuny@openocean.fr

29 Alexandra Malone SSE Utility UK, Ireland alexandra.malone@sse.com

30 Jeremy Hancyk

Rockland Scientific

Inc. Tidal Energy Canada jeremy@rocklandscientific.com

31 Abdul Kaeum livebuzz UK

32 Peter Scheijgrond Tidal Testing Centre

open water testing for tidal

stream technologies Netherlands ps@tidaltesting.nl

33 Javier Camacho

ABENGOA

SEAPOWER General Manager Spain, global

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34 Dr. Cristina Huertas

ABENGOA

SEAPOWER Ocean Energy Several cristina.huertas@seapower.abengoa.com

35 Maureen De Pietro

DP Marine Energy

Limited

Wind and marine Energy

Development

UK Ireland

Canada Australia maureen.depietro@dpenergy.com

36 Keith Needham

Kongsberg

Maritime Ltd Equipment design Everywhere keith.needham@kongsberg.com

37 David Pye SEACON BRANTNER

Underwater connection

technologies Worldwide dpye@seaconworldwide.com

38 Guy Meadows MBA Student

Commercialisation of Tidal

Stream Devices UK guymeadows@btinternet.com

39 Joe Hulm

Joe Hulm

Consultancy

Services

Technical and commercial

consultancy services Belgium

40 Simon de Pietro

dp marine energy

ltd Tidal Developer

Ireland UK

France Canada simon.depietro@dpenergy.com

41 Andrew Scott

Pelamis Wave

Power Wave UK a.scott@pelamiswave.com

42 Stuart Brown FloWave TT Ltd

Wave & Tidal Marine Test

Facility UK stuart.brown@FloWaveTT.co.uk

No. Name Organisation Expertise

Country of

operation Email

43 Emma Heywood Fugro EMU Limited

Environmental Assessment &

Surveys, Permitting,

Consenting Global emma.heywood@fugroemu.com

44 Clym Stock-Williams E.ON Energy engineering

UK, Germany,

US, Spain, Italy,

Sweden, and

others Clym.StockWilliams@eon.com

45 Richard Church

RWE Npower

Renewables Renewables UK richard.church@rwe.com

46 Martin McAdam Aquamarine Power Wave Energy UK martin.mcadam@aquamarinepower.com

47 Guy Pomphrey DEME Blue Energy Tidal project developer.

Worldwide but

currently

focussed on the

UK. pomphrey.guy@deme.be

48 Malcolm Garrity

Intertek Energy &

Marine consultancy

srevices Consultancy UK & Europe malcolm.garrity@intertek.com

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49 Neil Kermode

European Marine

Energy Centre

(EMEC)

Marine Energy Test

Laboratory

Mainly UK, but

overseas interest neil.kermode@emec.org.uk

50 Mat Thomson GL GarradHassan Tidal energy UK mat.thomson@gl-garradhassan.com

51 David Ainsworth

Marine Current

Turbines Ltd, A

Siemens Business

Tidal energy device

developer UK david.ainsworth@marineturbines.com

52 Richard Turner Richard Turner Tidal Energy UK super3@live.co.uk

53 Siobhan Brady BMT Business Development sbrady@bmtdsl.co.uk

54 Marie-Aude Pilkington

UKTI - Investment

Services Team Marie-Aude.Pilkington@UKTI-INVEST.COM

55 Zoé BUYLE-BODIN

Basse-Normandie

Region (West

Normandy Marine

Energy) Chargée de mission France z.buyle-bodin@crbn.fr

56 Charles Reynard Eversheds LLP Partner UK CharlesReynard@eversheds.com

57 Martin Clarke

MERiFIC Project -

Cornwall Council MRE strategy development UK and France mclarke@cornwall.gov.uk

58 Sian Wilson The Crown Estate

Supporting wave and tidal

projects for successful

Commercial deployment UK sian.wilson@thecrownestate.co.uk

59 Les Creak Wartsila UK Ltd

Product & Service Capability

in Seals & Bearings for

rotating equipment Global les.creak@wartsila.com

No. Name Organisation Expertise

Country of

operation Email

60 Clare Edwards

Natural Power

Consultants

Consultancy:

Planning&development;

resource modelling;

construction management;

operations management

UK; France; USA;

Chile claree@naturalpower.com

61 Paul Gill ESS Ecology Ecological Consultancy UK, Europe paul@ess-ecology.com

62 Simon Waldman

Heriot-Watt

University (PhD

student) PhD student UK swaldman@firecloud.org.uk

63 Anthony Alderman Bond Pearce LLP Lawyer United Kingdom anthony.alderman@bondpearce.com

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64 Neil Douglas Natural Power

Wind, wave and tidal energy

consultants

UK, France, US,

Sweden, Ireland,

Chile, Turkey neild@naturalpower.com

65 Alistair McGirr SSE United Kingdom alistair.mcgirr@sse.com

66 Alex Ward-Gittos Senergy Energy Services Global alex.ward.gittos@senergyworld.com

67 Frank Fortune

Royal Haskoning

DHV Marien renewables

UK, Ireland,

Australia, India,

Indonesia frank.fortune@rhdhv.com

68 Shane OpenHydro

Tidal Development &

Technology Supply

UK, France,

Canada, USA,

France shane.quill@openhydro.com

69 Oliver Wragg Atlantis Tidal Turbine Manufacturer UK oliverwragg@atlantisresourcescorporation.com

70 Dr. Davide Magagna

Plymouth

University Wave energy analyst United Kingdom davide.magagna@plymouth.ac.uk

71 Charlotta Ekman Minesto Concept Developer Sweden/UK charlotta.ekman@minesto.com

72 Hannah Bush IT Power Ltd

Environmental Impact

Assessment processes United Kingdom hannah.bush@itpower.co.uk

73 Scott Couch

Marine Current

Turbines: A

Siemens Business

Tidal technology developer

and early stage project

development

UK, Canada, new

territories

evolving scott.couch@marineturbines.com

74 Chris Rich

OFFSHORE WAVE

ENERGY LIMITED

WAVE TECHNOLOGY

DEVELOPER UK/EUROPE crich@owel.co.uk

75 Levon Altunyan

HARTING ELECTRIC

GmbH & Co. KG Levon.Altunyan@HARTING.com

76 Alistair Davison

Royal

HaskoningDHV

Environmntal, Engineering,

project mangement and

financial consulting services

to the energy sectors

36 countries

world wide, UK,

NL, South Africa,

Australia Alistair.Davison@RHDHV.com

77 Bill Cooper ABPmer marine consultancy UK bcooper@abpmer.co.uk

No. Name Organisation Expertise

Country of

operation Email

78 Ferdinand Dees Mojo Maritime td Installation and development World wide ferdinand.dees@mojomaritime.com

79 Richard Linley

Invest Northern

Ireland Foreign Direct Investment UK richard.linley@investni.com

80 Nick Elderfield

DHI Water

Environments UK

Ltd

Science and Engineering

technology UK nje@dhigroup.com

81 Isidro Montoro Abengoa Seapower Wave and Tidal Spain isidro.montoro@seapower.abengoa.com

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82 William Lloyd

Wind Forest

Consultancy Ltd Risk Management

Europe and

North America wjw.lloyd@btinternet.com

83 Jeremy Thomas Volta Energy Finance United Kingdom jeremy.thomas@voltaconsulting.com

84 Peter Gnos ANDRITZ HYDRO Hydro and Tidal Worldwide peter.gnos@andritz.com

85 Geraldine Martin

Basse-Normandie

Region (West

Normandy Marine

Energy) France g.martin@spl-onem.fr

86 David Moss Moventas Sales Manager, Service Finland david.moss@moventas.com

87 Dr. Jochem Weber Liberal Synergies

Principal Consultant and

Founder Ireland Jochem.Weber@liberalsynergies.ie

88 Kathy Bradshaw RPS Energy Renewables Project Director UK bradshawk@rpsgroup.com

89 Prof. Tony Lewis

Beaufort Research,

University College

Cork

R&D, Technical Support,

Testing Infrastructures Ireland t.lewis@ucc.ie

90 Yann Rageul Romax Technology

Engineering Services and

Strategic Consulting

UK, EUROPE,

USA, CHINA,

KOREA, INDIA,

JAPAN yann.rageul@romaxtech.com

91 R.A. de Haij

Broadview Holding

B.V. Investment The Netherlands radehaij@gmail.com

92 Rebecca Sykes Lloyd's Register

Certification, independent

verification, consultancy United Kingdom Rebecca.Sykes@lr.org

93 Mikael Sidenmark

Ocean Harvesting

Technologies AB Wave power Sweden mikael.sidenmark@oceanharvesting.com

94 Paul Brewster Pure Marine

Development of wave & tidal

energy arrays United Kingdom paul.brewster@puremarinegen.com

95 Sweyn Johnston

Kawasaki Heavy

Industries - sweyn@greenvoe.co.uk

96 Gordon Dalton HMRC Ocean energy economics Ireland G.Dalton@Ucc.ie

97 John McGinnes

Scottish

Development

International Inward Investment UK/Worldwide john.mcginnes@scotent.co.uk

98 Adam Young

Voith Hydro

Wavegen

Wave Energy Technology

Developer Worldwide adam.young@wavegen.com

99 Dr. John Sharp

Alderney

Commission for

Renewable Energy Regulatory Channel Islands J.V.Sharp@btinternet.com

100 Craig Loughlin MMO Regulator UK craig.loughlin@marinemanagement.org.uk

101 Marco Marijewycz E.ON Ocean energy techologies Europe marco.marijewycz@eon.com

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No. Name Organisation Expertise

Country of

operation Email

102 Michael Todman TidalStream Limited Technology development UK miketodman@tidalstream.co.uk

103 Javier Camacho Donézar

ABENGOA

SEAPOWER Wave and tidal Spain javier.camacho@seapower.abengoa.com

104 Michael Bullock

Renewable Risk

Advisers Insurance Broking UK mjb@renewablerisk.com

105 Lance Jackman

Wave Dragon /

Volta Consulting Manufacturer of WEC DK, PT, DE, IE, UK lance.jackman@voltaconsulting.com

106 George Smith Intertek

Testing, certification and

offshore consultancy

Over 100

countries george.smith@intertek.com

107 Rob Eavis Fusion Group Plastic Manufacturing UK reavis@fusiongroup.com

108 John Buckley

Sustainable Energy

Marketing Ltd

Technology development &

marketing UK john.buckley@sustenergy.co.uk

109 Jussi Vanhanen The Switch Marketing Director Finland jussi.vanhanen@theswitch.com

110 Mika Koli The Switch Key Account Manager Finland mika.koli@theswitch.com

111 Doug Huntington

MacArtney

underwater

technology System Sales Manager drh@macartney.com

112 Jeremy Smith QED Naval Ltd Engineering Director jeremy@qednaval.co.uk

113 Iain Wentworth

Highlands and

Islands Enterprise

Energy Co-ordinator Energy

and Low Carbon Team iain.wentworth@hient.co.uk

114 Pieter Arkesteijn Deepwater Energy Senior business development Netherlands pieter.arkesteijn@dutch.nl

115 Hans Jørgen Brodersen

Danish Wave

Energy Centre Denmark hjb@danwec.com

116 Rosalind Hart

Pelamis Wave

Power

Senior Engineer, Project

Development r.hart@pelamiswave.com

117 Hans A. Pedersen

Offshore Center

Danmark Project Manager Denmark hp@offshorecenter.dk

118 Claudio Bittencourt

DNV (Det Norske

Veritas)

Senior Principal Surveyor -

Structural - W&T energy cbf@dnv.com

119 Paul Mather

Frazer-Nash

Consultancy Business Manager p.mather@fnc.co.uk

120 Karl James Welsh Government karl.james@wales.gsi.gov.uk

121 Anthony Davis Sustainable Marine Tidal Anthonydavis@sustainablemarine.com

Unable to attend

Alejandro Torres Abengoa Seapower Ocean energy Spain alejandro.torres@seapower.abengoa.com

Barry Carruthers ScottishPower Utility / Developer UK - Global bcarruthers@scottishpower.com

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Renewables

Sarah Cressy ENVIRON Environmental Consultancy

UK and

Worldwide scressy@environcorp.com