Scottish Renewables: Marine Milestones Report 2012/13
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MARINE MILESTONES REPORT 2012/13 MARINE POLICY SCOTTISH RENEWABLES: MARINE MILESTONES REPORT 2012/13 SCOTLAND - THE HOME OF WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY As home to the world’s first consented tidal array, the world’s largest consented wave array and the European Marine Energy Centre - where more grid - connected marine energy converters have been deployed than any other single site around the globe - Scotland has worked hard to earn her place at the front of the global ocean energy race. Between August 2012 and September 2013, the finally achieved greater recognition in European energy industry has seen some important developments, we policy; and the UK’s first dedicated wave energy support have witnessed the highest level of investment yet scheme was launched. Importantly, we have also seen into the sector, with major OEMs such as ABB, Alstom some exciting advances in project and technology and Siemens joining the industry; marine energy has development over the past 12 months. These developments move Scotland’s marine energy industry ever closer to the deployment of full - scale commercial arrays, proving wave and tidal energy can be a major player in our transition to a low carbon economy. The Scottish Renewables Marine Milestones Report highlights the industry’s achievements over the last year, as well as identifying priorities for future development. SCOTTISH RENEWABLES MARINE MILESTONES MARINE POLICY EMEC: 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Established in Orkney in 2003, this year marks The European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) 10th anniversary. With test sites based throughout Orkney, EMEC is still the world’s only accredited, full-scale open-sea test facility for wave and tidal energy converters, and has supported the deployment of more grid connected devices at its sites than at any other single location in the world. Throughout the last decade some of the most innovative marine energy technologies on the planet have been put through their paces at EMEC, overcoming some tremendous challenges rarely faced by other industries. The centre, which started off with just four wave test with EMEC’s clients injecting approximately £1m per berths at Billia Croo on the west coast of the Orkney device into the local economy. Staffing at EMEC has mainland, has expanded considerably since its almost doubled during the past three years, with the beginnings. It now operates six grid connected wave centre now employing over 20 people. test berths at Billia Croo, and eight tidal test berths at the Fall of Warness, off the island of Eday. Two smaller- Instrumental in the creation of international standards for wave and tidal testing, and having participated in scale wave and tidal test sites have also been developed numerous industry-focused research projects, EMEC’s for device, technique and component testing in less knowledge and expertise in the marine energy field challenging sea conditions. continues to be highly sought after. As well as facilitating the development of the marine energy industry in Scotland, staff from the Stromness headquartered facility are also assisting with the development of marine energy testing centres around the world, with alliances already in place with Canada, USA, Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea. Full scale wave test site, Billia Croo, Stromness DEVELOPER DEVICE CAPACITY Aquamarine Power Ltd Oyster 800 800 kW Pelamis Wave Power P2 750 kW ScottishPower Renewables P2 750 kW Seatricity Oceanus 800 kW Wello Oy Penguin 500 kW With 11 wave and tidal devices being tested in Orkney Full scale tidal test site, Fall of Warness, Eday ANDRITZ Hydro Hammerfest waters today, EMEC’s presence has sparked the growth HS1000 1MW OpenHydro Open Centre Turbine 250kW of an entirely new industry in Orkney, with increasing Tidal Generation Ltd (Alstom) DeepGen 1MW numbers of local businesses now diversifying into the Voith Hydro HyTide 1MW marine renewables sector. Recent figures show that Scale tidal test site, Shapinsay Sound marine energy supports around 250 jobs in the islands, Nautricity CoRMaT - SCOTTISH RENEWABLES MARINE MILESTONES MARINE POLICY Technology or Project Name: ScottishPower Renewables Pelamis P2 DEVICE TYPE: OFFSHORE WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER CAPACITY: 750KW PER DEVICE Highlights of 2012/13 The two Pelamis P2 machines operating at EMEC have now experienced around 90% of sea state occurrences for an average year, including seas of significant wave heights of up to five metres, including individual waves of over nine metres. The combined P2 test programme has now accumulated 7,500 grid connected operating hours within a progressive work-up testing programme, and has exported 160 MWh of electricity to the national grid. The ScottishPower Renewables owned machine celebrated one year of robust testing since first being installed in May 2012. The power performance has increased throughout the testing period and demonstrations of further improvements are anticipated through control optimisation which could double that number as targeted for the next stage of the project. Objectives and priorities for Both Pelamis machines will continue in the progressive test programme at EMEC, increasing the wealth of information 2013/14 generated from real sea operations. During the next stage of the project, optimisation of the machine controls are anticipated to result in further improvements to generation and output capability. Additional information: Technology development continues at Pelamis with work on the enhanced P2, the ‘P2e’. This work has been supported by the Energy Technologies Institute, which has funded a project allowing Pelamis to pursue a number of technology innovations to rapidly drive the costs of wave energy to a level that is equivalent to other more mature low carbon technologies. SCOTTISH RENEWABLES MARINE MILESTONES MARINE POLICY Technology or Project Name: Aquamarine Power Oyster 800 DEVICE TYPE: OSCILLATING WAVE SURGE CONVERTER CAPACITY: 800KW Highlights of 2012/13 Since the Oyster 800 flap started working at EMEC in February, Aquamarine Power has learned a tremendous amount about how Oyster operates in real conditions. The Oyster 800 has been operational in peak waves of nine metres, demonstrating survivability in all sea states. The device has produced promising power production figures – including sustained generation of 1MWh in a five hour period, whilst using only one of the machine’s two cylinders. This summer Aquamarine Power have undertaken a planned improvement programme focussed on five specific areas of the machine - with the overall goals of improving performance, reliability and availability of the Oyster 800. Objectives and priorities for The next 12 months will be focussed on proving the reliability and performance of the Oyster 800 machine through gaining 2013/14 further operational experience and generating electricity in all sea states. Aquamarine Power also plan additional component testing and scaled offshore testing to inform and de-risk the design of Oyster 801. Indicative timelines for 2013/14 – operational testing of Oyster 800. Focus on increased reliability and component testing. project development 2014/15 – component testing and offshore testing to inform Oyster 801 design. 2015/16 – fabrication and installation Oyster 801. Install at EMEC alongside Oyster 800 to form array. 2017/18 – fabrication and installation of first farm – Lewis / Orkney/ Ireland. SCOTTISH RENEWABLES MARINE MILESTONES MARINE POLICY WaveNET array of 6 modules at 1/10 scale on test in IFREMER wave tank at Brest, France October 2012 Technology or Project Name: Albatern WaveNET array wave energy converter DEVICE TYPE: MECHANICALLY COUPLED ARRAY CAPACITY: 45KW ( 6 MODULES OF 7.5KW Highlights of 2012/13 Albatern carried out extensive testing of a single module 7.5kW system during the second half of 2012. This confirmed ease of transport and handling with locally available equipment. This module ran with full hydraulic systems and electrical output from April 2012 until completion of the trial in November 2012, in a still water location with lower wave energy. A 1/10 scale 6 module array was trialled with electrical measurement with assistance from the EU MARINET program at the wave tank in Brittany, France in October 2012. The design of the 7.5kW module with revisions from learning was completed, and the first 3 modules are now being assembled. In April 2013, Albatern were selected as Regional Winners in the Shell Springboard Awards. A Feasibility Study for the UK Cabinet Office Greenius Award program was completed in May 2013. This confirmed the viability of wave energy as a means of providing power for the electrical systems required in offshore aquaculture sites. Objectives and priorities for 1. Complete deployment of the first WaveNET array in an operating wave climate for ongoing testing. 2013/14 2. Deploy an aquaculture demonstrator project, in a real operating environment. 3. Commence design work on a 75kW module, and follow on 750kW module that will allow deployment of grid scale array projects, including development of supply chain and funding partnerships for both the design packages and eventual deployment of demonstrator systems. Indicative timelines for 2014 - Complete testing of the first WaveNET array of 7.5kW modules. technology development: 2014 - Complete demonstration of off-grid WaveNET array on a typical offshore aquaculture site. 2015 - Complete design of 75kW and 750kW modules. 2016 - Deployment of first grid scale WaveNET array demonstrator. SCOTTISH RENEWABLES MARINE MILESTONES MARINE POLICY Technology or Project Name: Alstom 1MW DEVICE TYPE: TIDAL TURBINE CAPACITY: 1 MW Highlights of 2012/13 The turbine represents a significant step in the development of a viable 1MW commercial turbine. It builds on the successful demonstration of the TGL (Tidal Generation Limited) 500kW proof of concept which proved the unique design features (buoyant nacelle, integrated power conversion, yawing thruster etc.) and generated more than 250MWh into the UK grid. TGL secured more than £8m in grants including the ETI REDAPT project and was bought by Alstom in January 2013. The technology was developed with the focus on cost of energy and fundamental to that is reducing the O&M cost.