OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems

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04 / COUNTRY REPORTS
DENMARK
Kim Nielsen
Ramboll
INTRODUCTION
In March 2012, the Danish Government and the opposition entered an agreement on the Danish energy
policy for 2012-2020. With the political initiatives in the agreement, the CO2 emission in 2020 will be 34%
less than in 1990 and energy consumption will be reduced by 12%. Approximately 35% of the energy will
come from renewable resources.
As part of this agreement, DKK100 million [€13 million] is allocated to promote development and use of
new renewable electricity production technologies, as well as DKK25 million [€3 million] specifically for
wave energy during the period 2012-2015.
In 2012, a new Danish strategy for the development of wave energy was developed by the Partnership
for Wave Energy - a partnership between developers of wave energy systems, universities, institutes and
industries in Denmark. The project “A new strategy for wave energy through industrial partnership” was
initiated by the Wave Energy Research Group from Aalborg University. The project was funded by the
Danish Energy Agency’s EUDP programme. The strategy is summarized below and the views expressed by
the Partnership for Wave Energy do not necessarily represent the views of the Energy Agency.
OCEAN ENERGY POLICY
With the report ‘Wave Energy Technology Strategy for Research, Development and Demonstration 2012’,
the Danish wave energy sector presents a strategy, which aims at the development of cost effective wave
energy plants – even more cost effective compared to wind power, when placed far offshore in deep water.
Strategy and National Targets
The vision of the strategy is that Danish industry and businesses will develop competitive wave energy
technologies and components to be sold both in the national and the international market. By 2030, wave
energy technology can provide a cost-effective and sustainable electricity supply from energy farms located
offshore in Denmark.
The development is envisaged to take place through a strengthened and extended industrial cooperation on
development of key technology areas identified by the Partnership and through continued demonstration of
a selection of different operating principles, in order to identify the most efficient and reliable components,
PTO systems, mooring systems and electrical interconnections and grid connections.
DanWEC, placed in Hanstholm in the North Sea, received Greenlab and regional funding of €2 million in
2012 to its first phase of establishment. The strategy suggests demonstration projects to be carried out
at DanWEC, partly funded by a grant and partly funded by a conditional and project specific feed-in tariff
based on the performance of the device (forskVE/Energinet.dk). Presently, Wavestar is located at DanWEC
and the Ocean Energy Systems (OES) group visited the site in connection with the 23rd EXCO meeting in
Aalborg as seen in figure 1.