OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems
OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems
77 04 / COUNTRY REPORTS GMR preindustrial buoy Artist impression of a GMR wave power plant The Ukrainian company KROK-1 has started the first steps for the installation of a wave power plant in Spain. The so called VOWEPP project is based on a wave energy concept with a range of relevant differences to other existing concepts and has been patented in Ukraine (patent Nº56481). It consists of a floating device with relative movements produced by hydrodynamic pressure that creates a torque on working shafts connected to an electrical generator. The VOWEPP project has as main advantages a flexible energy-absorbing system that constantly changes its parameters under the influence of incoming waves of different period and height and high reliability in strong sea storms. These advantages lead to high efficiency conversion rates with low material use (up to 100 kg per kW) and low level of investment costs and cost of energy. More information available at www.vowepp.com. Tank testing of OCEANTEC wave energy device
78 ITALY Gerardo Montanino GSE INTRODUCTION The Italian increasing interest in the exploitation of wave and tidal technology to produce clean and renewable energy can be recognized either in some Government initiatives (e.g. the higher incentive for such sources) or in the research activities. Mainly universities and companies specialized in research and innovative designs are involved in R&D in this field, thanks to which Italy is at forefront in research, development and demonstration at a prototypal level. The offshore wind farm production is also supported through a special support mechanism. OCEAN ENERGY POLICY Strategy and National Targets The new Ministerial Decree on renewable energy sources (DM 6 July 2012) reviews the support schemes (till now based on feed-in tariffs and green certificates) for grid connected renewable energy power plants (non PV). The new Decree concerns plants put into operation since 1 January 2013 (with capacity ≥ 1 kW). The new Decree identifies four different ways of access to incentives: direct access, bid auctions (Dutch auctions), registries for new power plants, for fully reconstructed power plants, for reactivated, empowered and hybrids power plants and registries for rebuilding intervention. The new Decree defines the criteria to access to the Registries and the Dutch auctions and establishes specific limits for the annual capacity eligible to incentives. These limits are set up differently for each kind of renewable energy sources and for all the different ways of access to incentives (registries or bid auctions). In general, the Decree grants a fixed tariff plus, in some cases, a specific premium, to incentive net electricity fed into the grid. The fixed tariff is different according to each source, technology and capacity range considered. Power plants with a capacity > 1 MW can only receive the incentive (fixed tariff minus electricity hourly zonal price, plus premiums if foreseen). Power plants with a capacity ≤ 1 MW can receive, instead of the incentive, a feed-in tariff composed by the fixed tariff plus, in some cases, a specific premium. In the Dutch Auctions the maximum requested value of the tariff cannot be higher than a 2% discount of the reference value and the minimum value cannot be lower than a 30% discount of the reference value. The incentives last for the average conventional plant life of each typology of power plant. All the support schemes are managed by GSE (the Manager of Energy Services, a governmental company that provides incentives). New, fully reconstructed, reactivated or empowered wave and tidal energy power plants can access directly to incentives if their capacity is not greater than 60 kW, otherwise they must apply for access to Registries. TYPOLOGY OF POWER PLANT Wave and tidal power plants CAPACITY ≥ 1 kW and ≤ 60 kW Direct Access* > 60 kW and ≤ 5 MW Registry * If the power plant is built by the Public Administration the maximum capacity eligible to direct access is doubled (120 kW) ANNUAL REPORT 2012
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- Page 39 and 40: 30 UNITED KINGDOM Karen Dennis Depa
- Page 41 and 42: 32 NORTHERN IRELAND In October 2012
- Page 43 and 44: 34 SCOTLAND ÌÌ Scottish Renewable
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- Page 67 and 68: 58 BELGIUM Mathias Damen and Julien
- Page 69 and 70: 60 GERMANY Jochen Bard Fraunhofer I
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- Page 79 and 80: 70 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Governmen
- Page 81 and 82: 72 SPAIN José Luis Villate TECNALI
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04 / COUNTRY REPORTS<br />
GMR preindustrial buoy<br />
Artist impression of a GMR wave power plant<br />
The Ukrainian company KROK-1 has started the first steps for the installation of a wave power plant<br />
in Spain. The so called VOWEPP project is based on a wave energy concept with a range of relevant<br />
differences to other existing concepts and has been patented in Ukraine (patent Nº56481). It consists<br />
of a floating device with relative movements produced by hydrodynamic pressure that creates a torque<br />
on working shafts connected to an electrical generator. The VOWEPP project has as main advantages a<br />
flexible energy-absorbing system that constantly changes its parameters under the influence of incoming<br />
waves of different period and height and high reliability in strong sea storms. These advantages lead to<br />
high efficiency conversion rates with low material use (up to 100 kg per kW) and low level of investment<br />
costs and cost of energy. More information available at www.vowepp.com.<br />
Tank testing of OCEANTEC wave energy device
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