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WAVEC AT A GLANCE Ana Brito e Melo

Executive Director

WAVEC ANNUAL SEMINAR:

BLUE ECONOMY – OFFSHORE PLATFORMS AND OPPORTUNITIES

MUSEU DA ELECTRICIDADE, LISBON, 26/11/2012

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Tell me and I forget,

teach me and I may remember,

Involve me and I learn

WAVEC AT A GLANCE

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” Benjamin Franklin

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Research Institutions

WHO IS WAVEC?

WAVEC AT A GLANCE

• Non-profit association; since 2003

• Our goal: to help speed up the

introduction of offshore renewables

in the market

• Our Associates:

• Wave energy

• Marine currents

• Tidal energy

• Salinity gradient

• Offshore wind

• Marine biomass

Energy companies

Engineering companies and developers

• Thermal gradient

http://www.consulmar.pt/

http://kymaner.com/

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KEEPING TRACK OF MULTIPLE R&D PROJECTS

WAVEC AT A GLANCE

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Road-map

CORES

EQUIMAR

WAVETRAIN2

ORECCA

WAVEPORT

SURGE

AquaRET2

SOWFIA

FAME

DEMOWFLOAT

KIC Innoenergy Project OTS

WEAM

MARINET

TROPOS

OTEO

SI Ocean

Atlantic Power Cluster

• A broad spectrum of activities

• More then 100 international partners

• Added value for the development of new products and new services

EU funded projects

National funding

http://www.wavec.org/index.php/29/cores/

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PROVIDING SERVICES ALL OVER THE WORLD

Funded R&D projects

70%

Services 24%

Fees 6%

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MIGUEL LOPES

Monitoring & Technology

NUNO MATOS

Public Policies & Dissemination

ALEX RAVENTOS

Economy & Industry

MARCO ALVES

Numerical Modeling

TERESA SIMAS

Marine Environment

Dealing with all aspects of electrical generation from the ocean

A COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL SERVICE

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MONITORING AND TECHNOLOGY

TEAM, SERVICES & PROJECTS OVERVIEW

Miguel Lopes




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MONITORING AND TECHNOLOGY MAKING IT HAPPEN

• Due diligences and strategic studies of technologies

• Performance monitoring

• Component development and testing

• Underwater monitoring

• Wave Tank Testing

• Resource evaluation

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MONITORING AND TECHNOLOGY AT WAVEC

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FLAGSHIP PROJECTS – EXPERIENCE IN MONITORING PROJECTS

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• Pico Plant (since 2003)


• Other relevant experience

2003 - 2004

2008

2009 - 2013

2009 - 2013

AWS

Pelamis

WaveRoller

OPT

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HEADING TOWARDS THE FUTURE.. OFFSHORE

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• Floating Offshore Wind


• New monitoring tools and enabling

technologies

- ROV tools, for deep sea operations

- Weather windows, tools to characterize and predict

- Data transmission, underwater and to shore

- Underwater grid connection components

- Demowfloat: Expanding WavEC’s

activities into offshore wind

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MARINE ENVIRONMENT


Teresa Simas




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MARINE ENVIRONMENT COMPETENCES / SERVICES

• Environmental monitoring

• Habitats mapping and characterisation

• Colonisation of marine renewable equipment

• Acoustic characterisation

• Licensing procedures and EIA requirements

• Knowledge on licensing procedures across Europe

• Advice on EIA process

• Development of monitoring plans

• Public awareness and consultation

• Public sessions

• Workshops

• Training courses

26TH NOVEMBER 2012

MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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EIA standards for Ocean

Energy

Streamlining licensing

procedures

Database on environmental

impacts

Guidelines for environmental management best practices 2009 -2012

Future of the Atlantic Marine Environment

MARINE ENVIRONMENT LEADING R&D PROJECTS

26TH NOVEMBER 2012

MARINE ENVIRONMENT

2008 - 2011 Equitable Testing and Evaluation

of Marine Energy Extraction Devices in terms of Performance,

Cost and Environmental Impact

2012-2013 Streamlining of Ocean Wave Farms Impact Assessment

sowfiasowfiasowfia

2011-2012 OES Annex IV database on MHK environmental impacts

http://mhk.pnnl.gov/wiki

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MARINE ENVIRONMENT

26TH NOVEMBER 2012

MARINE ENVIRONMENT

INNOVATION PROJECTS

Offshore Test Station – KIC InnoEnergy

(CC Iberia)

Ability to connect other sensors to

increase the number of parameters

acquired autonomously

Prototype build up and testing

2012 Components purchase

2013 Prototype assemblage an

testing

2014 Testing in real ocean conditions

(Sötenas wave farm, Sweden)

Movie

Autonomous monitoring device for acoustic data acquisition

WavEC_ROV_movie.wmv

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NUMERICAL MODELING


Marcos Alves




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NUMERICAL MODELING

WAVEC - NUMERICAL MODELING

Mathematical Description of the Dynamics of Devices (WEC, FWT,...)

Including:

Mooring Loads

Energy Conversion Equipment (PTO)

Hydrodynamic Interaction Device-Waves

Interaction Between Devices (Arrays)

Wind-and-Wave Energy Concept

Schematic Representation of the Floating Platform

Platform Numerical Discretization

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26/11/2012

NUMERICAL MODELING

MOTIONS AND VELOCITIES

WAVEC - NUMERICAL MODELING

Sway

Heave

Pitch

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26/11/2012

NUMERICAL MODELING

STRUCTURAL LOADS

WAVEC – NUMERICAL MODELING

POWER ABSORPTION

Instantaneus Power Power Matrix

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26/11/2012

NUMERICAL MODELING

CLIENTS AND COLABORATIONS

MPT

CIEMAT

Wedge

Bosch Rexroth

CorPower

REPSOL

Principle Power

Sendekia

Australia

Spain

Spain

Germany

Sweden

Spain

US

Spain

Clients

Aalborg University

CIEMAT

UPC

IST

SANDIA

NREL

Imperial College

Cantabria University

Denmark

Spain

Spain

Portugal

US

US

UK

Spain

Collaborations

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ECONOMY & INDUSTRY


Alex Raventos




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ECONOMY & INDUSTRY OUR MOTIVATION: CLOSING THE GAP FROM R&D TO MARKET

ECONOMY 6 INDUSTRY

Offshore renewables are rapidly moving towards commercialization

Business strategies must follow an economic approach, focusing on industrialization, cost reduction, improvement of performance & reliability.

To respond to this need, WavEC created its Economy & Industry department in 2011, although activity started in advance.

– Team of professionals with engineering and economic backgrounds that offer consulting services and R&D support to our clients in industrial and economic areas

– Already since 2011, we have rendered services to leading technology developers, utilities and public institutions and participate in several national and EU projects.

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ECONOMY & INDUSTRY SOME OF OUR KEY SERVICES

Techno-economic analysis

Market Research

Supply-chain analysis

Socio-economic Impact Assessment

ECONOMY & INDUSTRY

built upon our

- Long experience in sector - WavEC DATABASE - Techno-economic models

-10% 0% 10%

Farm capacity

Nº rows of …

Row distance

Layout configur…

Nº WECs per array

Losses in transmi…

LCOE variation

Sensitivity analysis (±20% variation)

Parameter Unit

farm size 10 MW

no. rows 3 rows

dist. rows 20 d

configuration star -

no.

WECs/array 10 u

transm. losses 13

% %

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ECONOMY & INDUSTRY LIST MAIN PROJECTS & CLIENTS

ECONOMY & INDUSTRY

4 (+3) Consulting services to leading companies – Techno-economic analysis (Wedge, MPT + 2-3 underway)

– Market research (Oceantec, Gas Natural Fenosa + 1 underway)

4 (+2) EU projects – Waveplam

– TROPOS

– SI-Ocean

– PoliWEC

2 National projects – Roadmapping offshore renewables

– OTEO – Observatorio Tecnologico Energias Offshore

2 R&D collaborations underway with leading R&D centres – Sandia, NREL, DOE, Tecnalia, HMRC, GH, Revision, etc.

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Consulting

EU projects

National projects

R&D Collaborations

2011

2012

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THIS PROJECT SETS OUT TO DELIVER A COMMON STRATEGY FOR ENSURING

MAXIMAL WAVE AND TIDAL INSTALLED CAPACITY BY 2020 – PAVING THE WAY

FOR EXPONENTIAL MARKET GROWTH IN THE 2030 AND 2050 TIMEFRAME

SI OCEAN STRATEGIC INITIATIVE FOR OCEAN ENERGY

Resource Assessment WORKSHOP+ PUBLIC

CONSULTATION!

Technology Assessment

Policy Analysis &

Market Deployment

Wave & Tidal Energy Resource Interface

Production Projections (2020/2030/2050)

Priorities/gaps/barriers/Cost Assessment

Strategic Technology Agenda

Market Deployment Strategy Scenarios /Targets 2020/2030/2050

[email protected] www.si-ocean.eu

mailto:[email protected]



http://www.si-ocean.eu/



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PUBLIC POLICIES AND DISSEMINATION




Nuno Matos

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PORTUGAL HAS VERY GOOD CHARACTERISTICS FOR OFFSHORE

RENEWABLE ENERGY

• Largest Exclusive Economical Zone of the EU (18 X 40 X)

• Very long coastline and mild climate:

75% of the population, Electrical Grid, Ports and Shipyards, and easy access to operate

• Resources on waves and winds medium to high

• Existing specific legislation for wave energy and offshore wind energy and Feed-in-Tariffs

• Pilot Zone in São Pedro de Moel for prototype test, pre-commercial and commercial farms

• WavEC manages the Pico Power Plant in the Azores Islands

• WavEC have a comprehensive contact network from European projects and several

institutions with significant technical and scientific knowledge (besides WavEC)


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WHY OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN PORTUGAL IS NOT

EVEN STRONGER?

• Non-existence of an offshore industry

• Reduced experience in industrial innovation processes

• Limited financing capacity

• Legislation not very clear and complex licensing processes

• Limited budget for R&D

• The potential of Portuguese offshore renewable not well known internally


WHAT HAS WAVEC DONE TO STRESS THIS PORTUGUESE POTENTIAL ON OFFSHORE RENEWABLE?

• WavEC: secretariat of Ocean Energy Systems (OES) (IEA implementation agreement for ocean

energy)

• WavEC: board member of the European Ocean Energy Association (EU – OEA)

• In Portugal

• To send different messages to Politics, Utilities and potential Project Developers, Public Administration and Public

• To build a comprehensive network through partnerships complementary to the international

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• To edit a bi-monthly newsletter

• To organize an annual Seminar

• To be present in fairs and to participate in social media

• To answer to all Public Consultations related to the sector

Maritime Spatial Planning (POEM)

Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ENGIZC)

National Renewable Energy Action Plan (PNAER)

Simplification of administrative processes for the sea economy (Simplex do Mar)

• To train Public Administration executives

• To coordinate an outreach session before the deployment of the Windfloat project

• To organize workshops with vigorous participation of private and public entities

“Who is Whom in” (2010)

Initial ideas to develop a national Roadmap for Renewable Energies Offshore (2011)


ACTIONS PERFORMED

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