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59 04 / COUNTRY REPORTS Relevant Documents Released The BOREAS final report that describes the assessment of the wave and tidal energy potential is available online (www.belspo.be). RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Government Funded R&D The FlanSea project, which aims at designing and developing a wave energy converter for the low wave energy in the Belgian part of the North Sea and the moderate wave climates further in the North Sea, will reach the deployment phase in 2013. The project partners are DEME Blue Energy, Cloostermans, Harbour of Ostend, Electrawinds, Spiromatic, Contec and 4 research groups from Ghent University. FlanSea (Flanders Electricity From the Sea) point absorber technology www.flansea.eu Laminaria has developed a multidirectional surge device for which they got some support from the IWT (Flemish Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology). Tank testing has been performed and they are patent holders. Participation in Collaborative International Projects Ghent University participates in the WECWakes project, funded by Hydralab in order to assess wave energy converter farm interactions in a physical wave flume (€225 thousands). TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION New Developments Mermaid has received the concession for their plans to build a combined wind and wave energy park in the 7th and most northern part of the Domain Concession Zone. The idea is to use synergies of offshore wind and wave energy as a way of overcoming certain obstacles for implementing a wave energy park. A total amount of 20MW of wave energy is projected along with the 450MW of wind energy. The wind energy is to be installed by 2017. The wave Mermaid is a partnership that consists of 65% of OTARY RS and 35% of Electrabel (GDF SUEZ). OTARY is a collaboration of Aspiravi, DEME, Electrawinds, Nuhma, Power@Sea, Rent- A-Port, Socofe and SRIW Environment. Another interesting development is that the Belgian company DBE (Deme Blue Energy) together with DP Marine Energy has an agreement for lease from the Crown Estate for a 100MW tidal project off the northwest coast of Antrim at Fair Head in Northern Ireland and for a 30MW tidal project 8km off the tip of the Rhinns of Islay in Scotland.
60 GERMANY Jochen Bard Fraunhofer IWES OCEAN ENERGY POLICY Germany’s Federal Government committed itself to cut its greenhouse gas emission by 40 % compared to the 1990 baseline levels by 2020, if the European Union Member States agree to a 30 % reduction of European emissions over the same period of time. A comprehensive National “Integrated Energy and Climate Programme” has the potential to bring Germany very close to this goal by achieving a reduction of at least 36 % according to independent studies. Key elements of this programme are amongst others: ÌÌ Renewable Energy Sources Act with the goal to increase the share of renewables in the electricity sector from the current level of at least 14% to 25-30% in 2020 ÌÌ Amendment to the Combined Heat and Power Act with the goal to double the share of high-efficiency Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants in electricity production by 2020 from the current level of around 12% to around 25% ÌÌ Renewable Energies Heat Act with the goal to increase the share of renewable energies in heat provision to 14% by 2020 ÌÌ Actions for grid expansion in a package of measures to improve the integration of renewables into the grid. The Energy Grid Expansion Act includes a bundled approval procedure for undersea cables connecting offshore wind turbines when new grid construction is undertaken. (IECP Action 2) ÌÌ Several actions towards energy saving in the transport and building sectors In the context with the amendment of the Renewable Energy Sources Act, a new regulation on the demarcation of areas for specific uses at sea within the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the North and Baltic sea, in particular offshore wind energy, came into force in 2009. It reflects the government strategy for offshore wind energy which aims for the installation of wind turbines with a combined capacity of up to 25,000 MW by 2030. Spatial planning includes the designation of priority areas. The legal impact of this status is that any other uses that are not compatible with the designated priority must be disallowed or denied authorisation, thereby ring-fencing potential locations for offshore wind farms. To permit a flexible response to research that remains to be conducted on offshore wind energy use, these demarcations will initially only secure locations for a first tranche (with a total capacity of approx. 10,000 MW). A decision will have to be taken in the medium term as to whether any further priority areas are to be designated and, if so, where, on the basis of an amended or new plan, so that the government’s target of 25,000 MW can be assigned within the appropriate corridor. In August 2012 the German government adopted the draft for the Third Act Revising the Legislation Governing the Energy Sector. The new legislation aims to speed up the expansion of offshore wind farms. The major focus is on a system change towards a consistent and efficient offshore grid expansion by introducing a binding offshore grid development plan. This will improve coordination of grid connections and offshore wind farms. In addition, a compensation regulation for the construction and operation of grid connections to offshore wind farms will be introduced. Currently, there are no explicit plans to include wave energy into spatial planning but a study launched by the National Government identified no issues in the legislation which would prevent wave energy projects from receiving approval. ANNUAL REPORT 2012
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