Wave Hub – a case study

Claire Gibson, Wave Hub General Manager19 February 2013

Location

Deployment Site

• 1 x 2 km berths approx

• Hub located in SW corner

• 50 – 6 metre mean sea level

• Rocky seabed with pockets of sediment

• Safety zone around the Hub

• Six special navigation marks

• North and south cardinal marks

Design and Consents

1. Renewable energy specialists• Resource assessment• Industry demand

2. Multi-disciplinary consultants • Engineering design• Environmental assessment• Offshore surveys • Consultation

3. Planning and legal advice• Consent applications• Lease agreements

4. Funding

Environmental Impact

• Terrestrial ecology• Intertidal ecology• Subtidal ecology• Ornithology• Marine ecology• Fish and fisheries study• Cetacean survey• Water quality• Coastal processes study

• Marine traffic survey

• Navigation risk assessment

• Sediment quality

• Archaeological assessment

• Landscape and visual amenity

• Underwater video

• Socio-economics

Manufacture and Installation

• Subsea cable and hub design and manufacture• Onshore directional drilling• Substation construction• Electrical equipment• Cable installation• Cable protection and stabilisation• Navigation marks• Project management

Wave Hub Operations

1. Operations Team• Marine operators• Electrical engineers• Business development• Finance managers• Public policy and programme delivery

2. Technical Suppliers• Oceanographic and geotechnical surveys• Electrical engineers• Communications and instrumentation• Metocean data analysis• Vessel operators

3. Services – legal, commercial, finance, insurance, PR

Device Developers

1. Project managers

2. Naval architects

3. Electrical, mechanical and marine engineers

4. Cable manufacturers

5. Monitoring and data acquisition equipment

6. Marine operations

7. Environmental consultants

8. Commercial expertise

Hayle Marine Renewables Business Park

A Revolution?

Collaboration is essential