OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems
OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems
87 04 / COUNTRY REPORTS In order to facilitate field testing and verification of research results, two research sites are operated by Uppsala University; the Lysekil wave power research site that has been in operation since 2006 and the Söderfors marine currents research site. At the Lysekil wave power research site wave climate can be monitored and environmental impact studies performed and the site has permits for up to 10 WECs that are operated for research purposes. The site is currently not grid connected. The Söderfors marine currents research site is located in Dalälven river between two hydropower plants. The research site is currently being developed to enable in-river testing of a vertical axis and direct drive generator device for low speed marine currents. Chalmers University of Technology At Chalmers University of Technology ocean energy research projects on mooring design, power transmission and mooring fatigue started up in 2011. The research is being carried out at the departments of Shipping and Marine Technology and Energy and Environment in collaboration with the Ocean Energy Centre (OEC), which was also initiated in 2011. OEC is an innovation platform for collaboration, cooperation and communication among ocean energy stakeholders hosted by the Department of Shipping and Marine Technology at Chalmers University of Technology. OEC is a partnership between the Swedish development companies Minesto, Ocean Harvesting Technologies, Vigor Wave Energy and Waves4Power, the technical research institutes SP and SSPA, Chalmers University of Technology and the Region of Västra Götaland, which is the main financial partner. Government Funded R&D Several research and development projects with public funding have been running during 2012: CFE II – Center for Renewable Electric Energy Conversion II CFE II is an extensive research project at the Center for Renewable Electric Energy Conversion at Uppsala University, in which a total of 14 graduate students carry out research related to wave power, vertical axis wind power and marine currents. CFE II is funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, Uppsala University and the utilities Statkraft and Vattenfall. Buoy-to-grid Buoy-to-grid is an applied development project, financed by the EU European Regional Development Fund and the Region of Västra Götaland. It aims to support the development of common technical solutions for power, signal and communication transmission, from the power take-off at the offshore installation to the main onshore power grid. The project is led by the technical research institute SP and carried-out in cooperation with the OEC partner organizations. Mooring design and energy capture The research project develops numerical models that can analyse how the mooring set-up alters the energy capture of wave energy devices. It is financed by the Region of Västra Götaland and carried-out by researchers at the Department of Shipping and Marine Technology at Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with the OEC development companies. Power transmission The research project focuses on the power generation and control systems in wave energy devices and aims at finding optimal designs. It is financed by the Region of Västra Götaland and carried-out by researchers at the Division of Electric Power Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with the OEC development companies. Durability analysis of cables and moorings used in ocean energy systems The research project focuses on fatigue challenges in electrical cables and moorings related to wave energy applications. It is financed by the Swedish Energy Agency and carried out by researchers at the Department of Shipping and Marine Technology at Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with the OEC development companies.
88 Blue Energy Blue Energy is an industry study project that aims to develop a proposal for a national strategic research and innovation agenda for ocean energy, focusing on wave and tidal. The project is led by Chalmers University of Technology and carried out as a collaborative initiative between industry actors. Blue Energy is funded by the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems. Development and performance trials of a tidal energy device The project involves design, construct, test and deployment of a 1:4 scale device developed by Minesto at Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. The project is partly funded by the Swedish Energy Agency. High efficiency wave energy converters CorPower Ocean The project is proof-of-concept verification of a wave power concept developed by CorPower Ocean and is carried out in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Technology, in Stockholm, WavEC in Lisbon, Portugal, and MARINTEK in Trondheim, Norway. The project is partly funded by the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems. Participation in Collaborative International Projects The Uppsala University Center for Renewable Electric Energy Conversion is participating in the Scandinavian ocean energy network Statkraft Ocean Energy Research Programme and a partner in the European KIC InnoEnergy. Uppsala University is also a partner in the EU project SOWFIA that aims to provide recommendations for approval process streamlining and helping to remove legal, environmental and socio-economic barriers to the development of offshore power generation from waves. The developer Minesto is a partner in a joint development proposal which has been submitted together with a UK-based tidal energy developer and Norwegian and Portuguese partners. The company has also an ongoing R&D project with Bangor University related to sites in Wales. TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION Operational Ocean Energy Projects The Sotenäs wave power demonstration project Seabased Industry AB is developing and constructing complete system solutions for ocean wave energy, i.e. equipment to absorb energy in ocean waves, convert it to electricity and deliver the electric power to the grid. The Seabased activity is closely related to Uppsala University where the research of the concept was initiated and which is now being developed by Seabased. The Sotenäs Project started at the end of 2011, and it will result in the largest power plant built in the world for wave energy. The project is developed in two stages, the first stage will be built during 2012 and 2013. The second stage starts after stage one has been evaluated. Total installed power in the first stage is 1 MW, and the full power plant will have an installed power of 10 MW. The Sotenäs Project is partly funded by the power company Fortum and partly funded by the Swedish Energy Agency. ANNUAL REPORT 2012
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04 / COUNTRY REPORTS<br />
In order to facilitate field testing and verification of research results, two research sites are operated by<br />
Uppsala University; the Lysekil wave power research site that has been in operation since 2006 and the<br />
Söderfors marine currents research site. At the Lysekil wave power research site wave climate can be<br />
monitored and environmental impact studies performed and the site has permits for up to 10 WECs that<br />
are operated for research purposes. The site is currently not grid connected. The Söderfors marine currents<br />
research site is located in Dalälven river between two hydropower plants. The research site is currently<br />
being developed to enable in-river testing of a vertical axis and direct drive generator device for low speed<br />
marine currents.<br />
Chalmers University of Technology<br />
At Chalmers University of Technology ocean energy research projects on mooring design, power<br />
transmission and mooring fatigue started up in 2011. The research is being carried out at the departments<br />
of Shipping and Marine Technology and <strong>Energy</strong> and Environment in collaboration with the <strong>Ocean</strong> <strong>Energy</strong><br />
Centre (OEC), which was also initiated in 2011.<br />
OEC is an innovation platform for collaboration, cooperation and communication among ocean energy<br />
stakeholders hosted by the Department of Shipping and Marine Technology at Chalmers University of<br />
Technology. OEC is a partnership between the Swedish development companies Minesto, <strong>Ocean</strong> Harvesting<br />
Technologies, Vigor Wave <strong>Energy</strong> and Waves4Power, the technical research institutes SP and SSPA, Chalmers<br />
University of Technology and the Region of Västra Götaland, which is the main financial partner.<br />
Government Funded R&D<br />
Several research and development projects with public funding have been running during <strong>2012</strong>:<br />
CFE II – Center for Renewable Electric <strong>Energy</strong> Conversion II<br />
CFE II is an extensive research project at the Center for Renewable Electric <strong>Energy</strong> Conversion at Uppsala<br />
University, in which a total of 14 graduate students carry out research related to wave power, vertical axis<br />
wind power and marine currents. CFE II is funded by the Swedish <strong>Energy</strong> Agency, the Swedish Governmental<br />
Agency for Innovation <strong>Systems</strong>, Uppsala University and the utilities Statkraft and Vattenfall.<br />
Buoy-to-grid<br />
Buoy-to-grid is an applied development project, financed by the EU European Regional Development Fund<br />
and the Region of Västra Götaland. It aims to support the development of common technical solutions for<br />
power, signal and communication transmission, from the power take-off at the offshore installation to<br />
the main onshore power grid. The project is led by the technical research institute SP and carried-out in<br />
cooperation with the OEC partner organizations.<br />
Mooring design and energy capture<br />
The research project develops numerical models that can analyse how the mooring set-up alters the<br />
energy capture of wave energy devices. It is financed by the Region of Västra Götaland and carried-out by<br />
researchers at the Department of Shipping and Marine Technology at Chalmers University of Technology,<br />
in collaboration with the OEC development companies.<br />
Power transmission<br />
The research project focuses on the power generation and control systems in wave energy devices and aims<br />
at finding optimal designs. It is financed by the Region of Västra Götaland and carried-out by researchers at<br />
the Division of Electric Power Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with the<br />
OEC development companies.<br />
Durability analysis of cables and moorings used in ocean energy systems<br />
The research project focuses on fatigue challenges in electrical cables and moorings related to wave energy<br />
applications. It is financed by the Swedish <strong>Energy</strong> Agency and carried out by researchers at the Department<br />
of Shipping and Marine Technology at Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with the OEC<br />
development companies.