Water Power Technologies Office Peer Review Marine and Hydrokinetics Program Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Senu Sirnivas National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Metocean Data-use, Sources, and [email protected] 303.384.7250 Instrumentation February 14-16, 2017 Washington, D.C. NREL/PR-5000-68366 NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC. Project Overview Metocean Data Flow Throughout Project Lifecycle USERS Developers, Original Equipment Manufacturers, (OEMs) Regulators, Installers, Operations & Maintenance (O&M) MEASUREMENT , Investors, Insurers, Grid Operators, and Instruments Public Utility Commissions (PUC) METOCEAN DATA RULES Wave, Current, Regulations, Wind, and Soil PROJECT PHASES Standards, Guidelines I-Feasibility, II-Engineering, III-Installation, IV-Operations, MEASURED DATA and V-Decommissioning Public and Private MHK ENERGY FARM DESIGN & ANALYSIS Deployment and Operations 2 | Water Program Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Project Overview • This project aims to accelerate deployment of marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technology by establishing: – relevant existing and evolving standards and guidelines – meteorological and oceanic (metocean) data use – data sources – instrumentation guidance for siting, design, and operation of MHK devices along the U.S coastline •The purpose is to improve the process of exploration of potential development sites, which involves design, deployment, operation, decommissioning, and cost and revenue studies • Draft report under review prior to publication 3 | Water Program Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Program Strategic Priorities Technology Deployment Market Crosscutting Maturity Barriers Development Approaches • Test and demonstrate • Identify potential • Support project • Enable access to testing prototypes improvements to demonstrations to facilities that help regulatory processes reduce risk and build accelerate the pace of • Develop cost-effective and requirements investor confidence technology development approaches for installation, grid • Support research • Assess and • Improve resource integration, and focused on retiring or communicate potential characterization to operations and mitigating environmental MHK market optimize technologies, maintenance risks and reducing costs opportunities, including reduce deployment off-grid and non-electric risks, and identify • Conduct R&D for • Build awareness of promising markets innovative MHK MHK technologies • Inform incentives and systems & components policy measures • Exchange of data • Ensure MHK interests information and • Develop tools to are considered in • Develop, maintain, and expertise optimize device and coastal and marine communicate our array performance and planning processes national strategy reliability • Evaluate deployment • Support development of • Develop and apply infrastructure needs and standards quantitative metrics to possible approaches to advance MHK bridge gaps • Expand MHK technical technologies and research community 4 | Water Program Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Project Strategic Alignment The Impact Crosscutting Approaches • De-risk projects for stakeholders by: 1. Providing data for guidance to applicable regulations, standards, guidelines, and certification processes 2. Providing guidance and outlining the • Exchange of data information and required metocean data for evaluating expertise project feasibility 3. Providing metocean data sets available by state and gaps in areas of coverage 4. Gathering the required metocean data for instrumentation requirements • Draft report under review prior to publication 5 | Water Program Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Technical Approach • Leverage existing knowledge from: – MHK industry – Offshore wind industry – Offshore oil and gas industry – Instrumentation experts – Universities – Resource centers • Regulations, standards, guidelines, and certification – Investigate gaps existing for MHK development and supplement the gaps from other offshore-related industries • Metocean users – Identify MHK project life cycle data users and data needs • Metocean data – Identify metocean parameters needed for MHK project life cycle and relevant instrumentation to measure such data – Identify sources for instrumentation • Metocean data sets (private and public) – Mine sites with metocean data (not clearing houses) relevant for MHK development – Provide a list filtered by states • Metocean data set gaps – Identify stations collecting some kind of metocean data to highlight the areas that are not being covered – Bridge gaps in metocean data sets 6 | Water Program Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Accomplishments and Progress Regulations, standards, guidelines, and certification applicable to the MHK industry: Regulations Standards Guidelines Certification • Code of Federal • American Institute • American Bureau of • Type Certification Regulations (CFR) of Steel Shipping (ABS) Modules (adapted Construction (AISC) from IEC 61400-22 • Federal Aviation • Det Norske Veritas - type certification) Administration • American National Germanischer Lloyd (FAA) Standards Institute (DNVGL) • Project Certification (ANSI) Modules (adapted • U.S. Coast Guard from IEC 61400-22 (USCG) • American Petroleum type certification) Institute (API) • International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) • International Standards Organization (ISO) 7 | Water Program Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Accomplishments and Progress Project life cycle users of metocean data and the level of data uncertainty: Phase I Phase II Phase III Phase IV Phase V Entity Feasibility Engineering Installation Operations Decommissioning Developer OEM Regulators Installers O&M Certified Verification Agent Investors Insurers Grid Operators PUC Continued Metocean Measured or Measured Measured Measurement Measured Data Modeled (1-year min) (3-year min) Medium to Uncertainty Low Low Low Low High 8 | Water Program Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Accomplishments and Progress Metocean data needed for both wave and current devices: Phase I Phase II Phase III Phase IV Phase V Phase I Phase II Phase III Phase IV Phase V WAVE DEVICE CURRENT DEVICE Feasibility Engineering Installation Operation Decommissioning Feasibility Engineering Installation Operation Decommissioning WAVE WAVE Significant Height [ Hs ] Significant Height [ Hs ] Peak Period [ Tp ] Peak Period [ Tp ] Direction Direction Annual Hs/Tp Occurrence CURRENT Probability Speed [ U ] Directional Spectrum Direction CURRENT Depth Speed [ U ] Annual Speed Occurrence Direction Probability Depth Turbulence Annual Speed Occurrence Probability OCEAN/RIVER OCEAN/RIVER Depth (MWL) Depth (MWL) Density Salinity Salinity WIND WIND Speed Speed Direction Direction SOIL SOIL Bathymetry Bathymetry Soil Type Soil Type 9 | Water Program Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Accomplishments and Progress Instrumentation needed to measure metocean data: ATMOSPHERIC WIND OCEAN & RIVERS WAVE CURRENT SOIL WA AT WN WA AT AT AT AT AT WN WA CR SL SL SL WA WA WA WA WV WV WV WV CR CR WV WV - - - -D -P -T -L - -I - -S - BY TY SC -D - - -I -T -MWL - - -S - - - - -H - DP PR DR SL MG SS DR HS TP DS FS DR Air Properties Air temperature, pressure, and relative humidity sensors X X X Lightning detector X Pressure X Freezing rain and ice detectors X Wind Speed and Direction Cup and vane anemometers X X Ultrasonic anemometers X X Acoustic resonance anemometers X X Acoustic Current and Wave Doppler current meter – Single point X X X Doppler current profilers X X X X X X X X X X X X X Velocimeters X X Single beam (vertical) X X X X X X Mechanical/Other Current Vane current meters X X X Electromagnetic X X X Laser Doppler velocimeters X X X Radar X X Mechanical/Other Wave Wave-following buoys X X X X X X Pressure/tide gauge X X X X Radar X X X Water Properties Stationary conductivity and temperature (CT) X X X X Profiling conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) X X X Sampling rosette X 10 | Water Program Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Accomplishments and Progress Instrumentation inventory based on 3 of 15 outreach responses: Current Meters Current Radar Wave Current/ Surface Buoys Wave (CT/CTD) Properties Water Wind Air Properties Organization Department Acoustic Doppler Profilers Anemometers Area and Point Profiling Current Profiler Current Profiler with Profilers with Waves, Current Profile Only No Waves and Surface Horizontal Surface Tracking Tracking 0 - 0 30 0 0 0 -500 0 > - 0 30 0 0 0 -500 0 > - 0 30 0 0 0 -500 0 > - 0 30 0 0 0 -500 0 > Velocimeters Acoustic Vane Fixed Electromagnetic Stations Antenna Single Stations Antenna Multiple Standalone Buoy Suite Larger into Integrated Profiling Stationary Vane Cup and Ultrasonic Resonance Acoustic SODAR Lidar Stationary Lidar Floating Radar Temperature Humidity Relative Radiometer Profiling Microwave Lidar Raman – – – – – – – – – – – – 60 120 500 60 120 500 60 120 500 60 120 500 Sandia National Atmospheric Sciences Labs for U.S. Dept. (Mark Ivey, 4 8 4 8 8 8 2 DOE/Office of [email protected]) Science/BER National National Wind Renewable Technology Center 1 3 4 3 > 10 > 10 2 > 10 > 10 Energy Lab ([email protected]) Mechanical Engineering/Marine University of Renewable Energy 1 4 5 5 Washington Laboratory + Andy Stewart/APL (Brian Polagye) The continued effort collecting