OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems

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4.1 / MEMBER COUNTRIES (ordered by sequence of joining )
PORTUGAL
Paulo Justino
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, IP - LNEG
INTRODUCTION
In 2012, WaveRoller (nearshore bottom-mounted device) was deployed in Peniche (80 km north of Lisbon).
Research and development continued to be focused on oscillating water columns (OWC) and point
absorbers. Portugal has been participating in several EU projects.
OCEAN ENERGY POLICY
Strategy and National Targets
During 2008, the Government appointed REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais (National Energy Networks)
S.G.P.S., S.A. to create a company to manage the Wave Energy Pilot Zone. In 2010, the Government
approved the minutes for the contract with REN – Resolution from the Council of Ministers n049/2010 (1
July), which led to its signature. A company named ENONDAS was created to manage the Pilot Zone. The
Government aims to get up to 4MW per technology of installed capacity on the pilot for demonstration
purposes and up to 20MW of installed capacity for pre-commercial technology.
Main Public Funding Mechanisms
“Fundo de Apoio à Inovação – FAI”. The Innovation Support Fund is intended primarily to finance the
national scientific system in the field of innovation and technological development, primarily in the area of
renewables, mainly wind power.
FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) is the main Portuguese national agency responsible for
continuously promoting the advancement of scientific and technological knowledge, exploring opportunities
that become available in any scientific or technological domain, including marine energy.
Relevant Legislation and Regulation
Legislation is under review aiming to establish new targets to the incentives for renewable energies.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Government Funded R&D
The Government acknowledged the need to maintain a group on a national laboratory, Laboratório
Nacional de Energia e Geologia, IP (LNEG), performing research and development on ocean energy. The
ocean energy group has been working on the development of new concepts for extracting wave energy,
namely on the numerical simulation of floating OWCs with alternative geometries. The group has been
working on the performance improvement of point absorbers with hydraulic and pneumatic power-take-off
(PTO) equipment (self-rectifying air turbines), namely on what concerns the hydrodynamic performance
as well as geometry optimization and PTO control. LNEG has been engaged with European Union (EU)
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REPORT 2012