OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems
OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems
75 04 / COUNTRY REPORTS Spanish leadership in offshore multi-purpose platforms With the leadership of the Spanish company Acciona Energia, the European MARINA-Platform project is dealing with the evaluation of multi-purpose platforms for marine renewable energy and plan to produce a set of design and optimisation tools addressing, inter alia, new platform design, component engineering, risk assessment, spatial planning, platform-related grid connection concepts, all focussed on system integration and reducing costs. These tools will be used to produce two or three realisations of multi-purpose renewable energy platforms. The MARINA-Platform project started in January 2010 with the support of the European Commission through the seventh framework programme and will run during 54 months. Further information at www.marina-platform.com PLOCAN, the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands, is leading the TROPOS project awarded with €6.6 million under the European call “Ocean of Tomorrow” in 2011. The objective of this project is to design multi-use offshore platforms where ocean energy plays a key role. Further information at www. troposplatform.eu The Spanish company AWS Truepower is leading the H2OCEAN project aimed at developing a wind-wave power open sea platform equipped for hydrogen generation with support for multiple users of energy and uses such as multi-trophic aquaculture. The project started in January 2012, will run for 3 years and is also funded under the Ocean of Tomorrow 2011 call. Further information at www.h2ocean-project.eu TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION Operational Ocean Energy Projects The Biscay Marine Energy Platform – bimep – provides wave energy device manufacturers with facilities to validate their designs and to test their technical and economic feasibility. The Basque coast, and specifically the location of bimep off the coast of Armintza (Bizkaia), offers suitable wave conditions for device testing and a relatively low exposure to extreme waves that could damage the prototypes. Bimep occupies a 5.3 km 2 marked area excluded for navigation and maritime traffic, and located at a minimum distance of 1,700 m from shore, close enough for fast access to deployed devices. The total power of 20 MW is distributed over four offshore connection points of 5 MW each at 50-90 m water depths. Once the administrative authorisation for the installation was granted, in November 2012, the first works started with the horizontal drilling for the installation of the submarine power cables. First works at bimep: horizontal drilling for submarine cable installation
76 The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is a Public Consortium aimed to build and operate an offshore infrastructure to facilitate and accelerate the development of new oceanic technologies. PLOCAN is ruled by the Spanish Government (50%) and the Regional Government of the Canary Islands (50%). This Consortium is placed on the island of Gran Canaria. PLOCAN offers a marine test site for ocean energy converters prototypes. The submarine electrical infrastructure is being designed (expected to be installed by the end of 2013) offering the required grid connection. The initial capacity is 15 MW with a future extension planned up to 50 MW by 2020. Main technologies on testing will be related to waves and offshore wind conversion. PLOCAN provides facilities to raise public funds aimed to develop innovative projects in the test site: ÌÌ INNPACTO WAVE ENERGY (IWE) is a project partially funded by the Spanish Government (2010-2013) and lead by the Spanish company PIPO Systems. Its main aim is to extend the concept of APC-PISYS technology looking for new applications. As expected, the first prototype was successfully deployed in October 2012 at PLOCAN’s test site (Gran Canaria) for operational assessment. ÌÌ UNDIGEN is a project partially funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (2011- 2013). The Spanish company WEDGE GLOBAL leads the consortium formed by FCC, CIEMAT and PLOCAN. UNDIGEN is aimed to design, build and deploy a new wave energy converter prototype with a capacity of 150 kW. After completion of the mechanical and electrical design phase during 2012, as well as the studies related to the operation site, deployment is expected by October 2013. Both prototypes will have grid connection by the end of 2013 when the electrical infrastructure of PLOCAN is available. New Developments Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) is developing a new wave energy device (PowerBuoy®) in the Spanish coast under the WavePort EU project. In this project, OPT is collaborating in a consortium with University of Exeter, UK Intelligent Systems Research Institute, Fugro Oceanor, Wave Energy Centre (WavEC) and Degima SA. The project will build, deploy and demonstrate a commercial scale PowerBuoy® wave energy converter with an innovative Real Time Wave by Wave Tuning System. Forward knowledge of the approaching wavetrain delivered by the prediction system will allow advanced control of the PowerBuoy®, recovering more energy from the ocean and substantially improving the device efficiency. This will drive down the levelized cost of energy. The project has progressed well and the consortium forecasts deployment of the PowerBuoy and completion on the sea trials during 2013 and 2014. Abengoa (MCE: ABG), an international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, has set up a new business unit for ocean energy: Abengoa Seapower. One of the first activities of Abengoa Seapower has been its participation in the launch of Nautimus, the first ocean energy engineering firm. Nautimus, based in Scotland, is the world’s first engineering services company dedicated to wave and tidal energy. It has been established by Vattenfall, with support from Babcock and Abengoa. The company will fulfil the engineering, procurement, integration and construction (EPC) needs of wave power and tidal stream projects on behalf of utility clients. Galicia Mar Renovables (GMR): During 2009, GMR tested in Ares Sea (A Coruña) a scaled 1:10 prototype of its wave energy converter: a floating point absorber with mechanical PTO. The next steps were the development and installation of a full-scale device in 2010 and a preindustrial prototype in the summer of 2011. This prototype generated 184 kWh with an installed capacity of 250 kWh during some trials without optimal sea conditions. These tests were partially funded by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. In 2012, GMR has started the consenting process to install two wave energy farms in Ferrol and Gijón, including an agreement between GMR and Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA). The Ferrol wave power plant is expected to be in operation in 2014. ANNUAL REPORT 2012
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- Page 41 and 42: 32 NORTHERN IRELAND In October 2012
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04 / COUNTRY REPORTS<br />
Spanish leadership in offshore multi-purpose platforms<br />
With the leadership of the Spanish company Acciona Energia, the European MARINA-Platform project<br />
is dealing with the evaluation of multi-purpose platforms for marine renewable energy and plan to<br />
produce a set of design and optimisation tools addressing, inter alia, new platform design, component<br />
engineering, risk assessment, spatial planning, platform-related grid connection concepts, all focussed<br />
on system integration and reducing costs. These tools will be used to produce two or three realisations of<br />
multi-purpose renewable energy platforms. The MARINA-Platform project started in January 2010 with the<br />
support of the European Commission through the seventh framework programme and will run during 54<br />
months. Further information at www.marina-platform.com<br />
PLOCAN, the <strong>Ocean</strong>ic Platform of the Canary Islands, is leading the TROPOS project awarded with<br />
€6.6 million under the European call “<strong>Ocean</strong> of Tomorrow” in 2011. The objective of this project is to<br />
design multi-use offshore platforms where ocean energy plays a key role. Further information at www.<br />
troposplatform.eu<br />
The Spanish company AWS Truepower is leading the H2OCEAN project aimed at developing a wind-wave<br />
power open sea platform equipped for hydrogen generation with support for multiple users of energy and<br />
uses such as multi-trophic aquaculture. The project started in January <strong>2012</strong>, will run for 3 years and is also<br />
funded under the <strong>Ocean</strong> of Tomorrow 2011 call. Further information at www.h2ocean-project.eu<br />
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION<br />
Operational <strong>Ocean</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Projects<br />
The Biscay Marine <strong>Energy</strong> Platform – bimep – provides wave energy device manufacturers with facilities to<br />
validate their designs and to test their technical and economic feasibility. The Basque coast, and specifically<br />
the location of bimep off the coast of Armintza (Bizkaia), offers suitable wave conditions for device testing<br />
and a relatively low exposure to extreme waves that could damage the prototypes. Bimep occupies a 5.3<br />
km 2 marked area excluded for navigation and maritime traffic, and located at a minimum distance of 1,700<br />
m from shore, close enough for fast access to deployed devices. The total power of 20 MW is distributed<br />
over four offshore connection points of 5 MW each at 50-90 m water depths. Once the administrative<br />
authorisation for the installation was granted, in November <strong>2012</strong>, the first works started with the horizontal<br />
drilling for the installation of the submarine power cables.<br />
First works at bimep: horizontal drilling for submarine cable installation
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