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Ocean Energy in the UK www.emec.org.ukLisa MacKenzie ©

Ocean Energy: The British

ExperienceLisa MacKenzie

Marketing and Communications Officer


• Carbon free

• Tidal is predictable

• Scale of resources is huge

Why marine energy?


Tidal resource


Wave resource


• Carbon free

• Tidal is predictable

• Scale of resources is huge

• Limitless resource

• Possible birth of new

industry

– 20% of UK’s electricity from

marine energy

– Export opportunities

– Security of supply

– Jobs

Why marine energy?


1999:

UK resource report

UK wave resource UK tidal resource


Grid-connected test sites

for wave & tidal energy

Wave: Billia Croo Tidal: Fall of Warness


Onshore infrastructure

Hatston Industrial Units

Old Academy

Business Centre

10 years, 12TB

of environmental

data

Renewables

enterprise area

30 MSc students

in 2013

100% increase

EMEC office and data centre

Heriot Watt, ICIT


Port infrastructure

Hatston Pier

Lyness PierCopland’s Dock


Supply chain

Planning

– Anchor handling

– Mariners

– Monitoring &

inspection

– Navigation

maintenance

– Operational control

– Training

– Vessels & craft

– Cable laying

– Construction

management

– Drilling & piling

– Fabrication &

assembly

– Lifting

– Marine engineering

– Site & underwater

surveys

– Agents and

brokers

– Regulation and

control

– Surveys and

consents

– Work planning

Construction and InstallationOperation


Orkney Clustering

EMEC office

and data

centre

Lyness PierCopland's

Dock

Hatston Pier

Supply chainHeriot-Watt,

ICIT

Hatston Ind.

Units

Full scale

tidal site

Scale tidal

site

Scale wave

siteFull scale

wave site

Ocean Energy in the UK www.emec.org.ukLisa MacKenzie ©2004 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

OpenHydro: 2006 – present (7 turbines)

Pelamis: 2004-2007 (1 P1) E.ON: 2009-2013 ScottishPower Renewables: 2011- present P2: 2013-14

Aquamarine Power: 2009 – present (2 WECs: Oyster 1 & Oyster 800)

Tidal Generation Ltd: 2009-2013 Alstom: 2013-present (2 turbines)

Atlantis Resources Corporation: 2009-present

Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd: 2011-present (1 tidal turbine)

ANDRITZ Hydro Hammerfest: 2011-present (1 tidal turbine)

Seatricity: 2011-2014 (1 WEC: Oceanus)

Wello Oy: 2011-present (1 WEC: Penguin)

Flumill: 2011 Voith: 2013-present (1 turbine)

Nautricity: 2014-present (1)

Magallanes: 2014Developer timeline


Marine energy jobs in

Orkney

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

No

of

job

s

Year

Overall total jobs


Marine energy jobs in

Orkney

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

£0

00

s

Year

Annual income from jobs (£000s)


• Boat building/purchase £30m

• Boat leasing £3m

• Hosting visitors £0.25m

• New plant (e.g. cranes) £1m

• Quayside facilities £30m

• Technical equipment £2m

• Device technology development £3m

• Other £6.75m

TOTAL £76m

Marine energy

investments in Orkney


Orkney case study

Supply chain

Infrastructure

Jobs

Jobs

Jobs

Jobs


Economic Benefits

Direct impact of EMEC on local economy

• £10.3 million total local spend (2005-2014)

• 50% of overall expenditure being spent locally

• Developers - £1m local spend per device


Global outlook


Global technology

developers

UK/Ireland; 22%

Europe; 28%

North America; 35%

South America; 1%

Asia; 7%

Australasia; 4%

Africa; 1% Unknown; 2%

Origin of Wave and Tidal Energy developers

UK/Ireland

Europe

North America

South America

Asia

Australasia

Africa

Unknown


Tidal energy projects


Wave energy projects


International test

centres


Global collaboration

FORCE

Canada

OEAJ

Japan

IMC

South Korea

NTOU, ITRI

Taiwan

OUC

China

ERI@N

Singapore

EMEC

Orkney

OWET & NNMREC

USA

Agreements in

placeAgreements in

development

Europe

(Multiple)


Global collaboration

FORCE

Canada

OEAJ

Japan

IMC

South Korea

NTOU, ITRI

TaiwanOUC

China

ERI@N

Singapore

EMEC

Orkney

OWET & NNMREC

USA

Agreements in

placeAgreements in

development

32 under

development

Collaboration or

Competition?


Global Ocean Energy

Symposium – Orkney 2013

Seminar

Discussion

Networking

CollaborationSite visits


Global Ocean Energy

Symposium – Halifax 2014

Friday 7th November 2014 - Halifax

Canada – FORCEChina – NOTCChina – OUCFrance – Sem-RevFrance – ONEMJapan – Mitsubishi CorporationPortugal – WaveECSingapore – NTUSingapore – Class NKSpain – PLOCANSpain – BiMEPUK – EMECUK – WavHubUSA – HawaiiUSA – NMRECUSA - SNMREC


International WaTERS –

February 2016


Pacific Marine Energy Centre (PMEC)

PMEC

• PMEC development plan

• Cost calculation report

• Site description

• Conceptual design report

• Physical and functional design

requirements

• Design & development

• Operational & management

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Fundy Ocean Research Centre (FORCE)

FORCE

• SOPs

• Emergency response plans

• Health & Safety plans

• Strategic agreement and

cooperation


Next Steps

Device developers

Project developers

Service & component supply chain

Funders & investors

Government bodies


Next Steps

Device developers

Project developers


Funders & investors

Government bodies

1. Proving costs and performance in real sea conditions

2. Scaling-up production facilities

3. Plan for second generation technologies


Next Steps

Device developers

Project developers


Funders & investors

Government bodies

1. Work together on generic problems

2. Bring experience from offshore wind and other industries

3. Site development


Next Steps

Device developers

Project developers


Funders & investors

Government bodies

1. Engage with device developers

2. Plan for scaling up manufacturing sites

3. Bring forward components and equipment that offer advantages when used at scale


Next Steps

Device developers

Project developers


Funders & investors

Government bodies

1. Maximise public funding sources

2. Venture capital -> Industrial backing

3. Coordinate investment


Next Steps

Device developers

Project developers


Funders & investors

Government bodies

1. Set the market and regulatory framework

2. Provide legislative support for planning marine energy projects

3. Strategic planning and infrastructure investment


• Not easy

• Not cheap

• But it is possible

• Critical pre-commercial

stage

Priority:

• Get Metal Wet

• Find out what works

(and for how long)

• Get ready to build it out.

Present conclusions


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