OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems
OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems
35 04 / COUNTRY REPORTS Supergen Work by Supergen Marine consortium continues (Phase 3 funding confirmed for further 5 years). It is conducting world-class fundamental and applied research that assists the marine energy sector to accelerate deployment and provide the highest quality of doctoral training. Technology Strategy Board (TSB) In 2012, the Technology Strategy Board, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), ran a competition for collaborative R&D projects aiming to solve common challenges to deploying first arrays of wave and tidal devices. This competition, called “Marine Energy – Supporting Array Technologies”, sought proposals that addressed themes such as: tidal array cabling, subsea electrical hubs, installation and maintenance vessels for tidal arrays, navigation and collision avoidance technologies and anti-fouling & corrosion methods. Seven projects were awarded a total of £6.5m of grants via this competition. A key aim of the programme was to share knowledge from this programme, and a first dissemination event was held in October 2012 to present the aims of these projects to the industry. The presentations made by the projects can be found at https://connect.innovateuk.org/ web/marine-energy-supporting-array-technologies. Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) The ETI which is a joint industry Government partnership, makes targeted commercial investments in projects covering heat, power, transport, and their supporting infrastructure across nine programme areas – offshore wind, marine energy, distributed energy, buildings, energy storage and distribution, carbon capture and storage, transport, bioenergy and smart systems and heat. The ETI launched a project in May 2012 to identify ways of providing a cost effective deployment of tidal stream technologies at commercial scale in UK waters. The Tidal Energy Converter (TEC) System Demonstrator project will adopt a system and through-life approach to identify, develop and prove the best routes and supply-chain options to commercially viable tidal stream technologies when deployed at array scale. The project, awarded to a team led by Atlantis Resources Corporation, will run over two phases, with funding released in stages according to the progress achieved. The ETI’s ReDAPT (Reliable Data Acquisition Platform for Tidal) and will soon start testing a 1MW TGL horizontal axis tidal turbine in coming weeks Other ETI marine projects include: ÌÌ The PerAWAT (Performance Assessment of Wave and Tidal Array Systems) project, which has established and will validate in 2013 numerical models to predict the hydrodynamic performance of wave & tidal energy converters operating in arrays. ÌÌ The Tidal Resource Modelling project which has developed a hydrodynamic numerical which will be made available to the public in 2013 under the commercial name SMART Tide and will be accessible through a web interface via a Fee-For-Service managed by HR Wallingford. SCOTLAND The £13 million WATERS programme is ongoing. Further investment through WATERS 2 was announced in February 2012, with awards issued to successful developers in August 2012. Five marine developers were awarded a total of £7.9m to further develop and test new wave and tidal devices within Scottish Waters. This funding will also enable Scottish Developers and supply chain firms to capture an increased share of the growing international marine energy market which will help to boost Scotland’s economy. WALES Marine Energy Infrastructure Study Building on the MRESF, the Assembly Government commissioned a Marine Energy Infrastructure Study with Halcrow Group Ltd. The study has helped Wales to understand the infrastructure needs of the industry and identify specific sites suitable for deployments – from prototype to commercial scale.
36 The Study has produced a series of recommendations to help move the industry forward in Wales. The Study is due for publication in December 2012. Low Carbon Research Institute – Marine Energy Research Group The Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI) has been set up to unite and promote energy research in Wales to help deliver a low carbon future. £7m has been set aside for marine energy research and this is managed by the Marine Energy Research Group (MERG) based at Swansea University. The organisation of the research work has been specifically designed to answer environmental and engineering concerns, and supply stakeholders with the information required to reduce risk and instill confidence in the industry. Current research themes include the interaction of tidal turbine rotor blades with combined tide, wave and turbulent flows; marine vessel survey of high energy wave and tidal sites; CFD modeling of wave machines, tidal turbines, arrays, wakes, scour and deposition; environmental impact analysis of wave and tidal energy sites. The group has a strong role in the support of early stage device developers and the supply chain, together with public awareness and dissemination activities. Sustainable Expansion of the Applied Coastal and Marine Sectors Bangor University’s Sustainable Expansion of the Applied Coastal and Marine Sectors (SEACAMS) project received funding in 2010 from the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Assembly Government. SEACAMS will promote the integration of research and business opportunities in the marine sector, to expand it at a time when there are many environmental and socio-economic challenges related to climate change and enormous opportunities for research and commercial activity in the environmental sector. SEACAMS fosters new collaborative links with industrial partners who wish to exploit new opportunities in these areas. NORTHERN IRELAND A Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy has been set up in Queen’s University Belfast to facilitate business led research into sustainable Energy Technologies including wave and tidal technologies. The centre is working with Northern Ireland and international companies in a number of projects including tidal testing techniques. A Centre for Advanced Engineering and Composites has been set up attached to Bombardier Aerospace to facilitate business led research into, amongst other advanced engineering, the development of composites which will include manufacture of components for renewable technologies. Participation in Collaborative International Projects The UK is a member of the EU Member State Ocean Energy Interest Group (9 Member States). In November 2011, a report published in collaboration with the European Ocean Energy Association “Towards European industrial leadership in Ocean Energy in 2020”, calling for funding and support from the EU Commission to drive forward marine energy. The report was a high level statement of our collective willingness to work together and cooperate in this technology area and also of our keenness to form a strategic partnership with the European Commission, to achieve a strong European ocean energy industry and capability to secure low carbon, jobs, skills and growth. The Interest Group has since submitted an agreed response to the recent Commission consultation on Ocean Energy and is currently working on a proposal for European Commission funding of an EU Ocean Energy ERA-NET to facilitate further development of collaboration between Member States. The ORECCA (Offshore Renewable Energy Conversion Platform Coordination Action) Project is an EU FP7 funded collaborative project. Awards for the European Commission NER 300 funding to support the deployment of early stage commercial arrays is anticipated by the end of 2012. Two Scottish-based tidal stream bids were shortlisted for this award. ANNUAL REPORT 2012
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The Study has produced a series of recommendations to help move the industry forward in Wales. The<br />
Study is due for publication in December <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Low Carbon Research Institute – Marine <strong>Energy</strong> Research Group<br />
The Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI) has been set up to unite and promote energy research in Wales to<br />
help deliver a low carbon future. £7m has been set aside for marine energy research and this is managed by<br />
the Marine <strong>Energy</strong> Research Group (MERG) based at Swansea University. The organisation of the research<br />
work has been specifically designed to answer environmental and engineering concerns, and supply<br />
stakeholders with the information required to reduce risk and instill confidence in the industry.<br />
Current research themes include the interaction of tidal turbine rotor blades with combined tide, wave and<br />
turbulent flows; marine vessel survey of high energy wave and tidal sites; CFD modeling of wave machines,<br />
tidal turbines, arrays, wakes, scour and deposition; environmental impact analysis of wave and tidal energy<br />
sites. The group has a strong role in the support of early stage device developers and the supply chain,<br />
together with public awareness and dissemination activities.<br />
Sustainable Expansion of the Applied Coastal and Marine Sectors<br />
Bangor University’s Sustainable Expansion of the Applied Coastal and Marine Sectors (SEACAMS) project<br />
received funding in 2010 from the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Assembly<br />
Government. SEACAMS will promote the integration of research and business opportunities in the marine<br />
sector, to expand it at a time when there are many environmental and socio-economic challenges related to<br />
climate change and enormous opportunities for research and commercial activity in the environmental sector.<br />
SEACAMS fosters new collaborative links with industrial partners who wish to exploit new opportunities in<br />
these areas.<br />
NORTHERN IRELAND<br />
A Centre for Advanced Sustainable <strong>Energy</strong> has been set up in Queen’s University Belfast to facilitate<br />
business led research into sustainable <strong>Energy</strong> Technologies including wave and tidal technologies. The<br />
centre is working with Northern Ireland and international companies in a number of projects including<br />
tidal testing techniques. A Centre for Advanced Engineering and Composites has been set up attached to<br />
Bombardier Aerospace to facilitate business led research into, amongst other advanced engineering, the<br />
development of composites which will include manufacture of components for renewable technologies.<br />
Participation in Collaborative International Projects<br />
The UK is a member of the EU Member State <strong>Ocean</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Interest Group (9 Member States). In November<br />
2011, a report published in collaboration with the European <strong>Ocean</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Association “Towards European<br />
industrial leadership in <strong>Ocean</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> in 2020”, calling for funding and support from the EU Commission<br />
to drive forward marine energy. The report was a high level statement of our collective willingness to work<br />
together and cooperate in this technology area and also of our keenness to form a strategic partnership<br />
with the European Commission, to achieve a strong European ocean energy industry and capability to<br />
secure low carbon, jobs, skills and growth. The Interest Group has since submitted an agreed response to<br />
the recent Commission consultation on <strong>Ocean</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> and is currently working on a proposal for European<br />
Commission funding of an EU <strong>Ocean</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> ERA-NET to facilitate further development of collaboration<br />
between Member States. The ORECCA (Offshore Renewable <strong>Energy</strong> Conversion Platform Coordination<br />
Action) Project is an EU FP7 funded collaborative project.<br />
Awards for the European Commission NER 300 funding to support the deployment of early stage<br />
commercial arrays is anticipated by the end of <strong>2012</strong>. Two Scottish-based tidal stream bids were shortlisted<br />
for this award.<br />
ANNUAL<br />
REPORT <strong>2012</strong>