HYDROGRAPHIC SOCIETY 4 DECEMBER 2007 NICK HARRINGTON, BSc, MRICS
WHY RENEWABLE ENERGY? Reduction of emissions, Kyoto targets Security of supply Cost
MARINE ENERGY Tidal Barrage Tidal Stream Wave Energy –Shoreline –Seabed –Shallow water –Deep water
WHY IN SOUTH WEST? Strong wave and tidal resource Existing marine sector Academic base Opportunities in new industry
WAVE POWER LEVELS Source: World Energy Council website - based on Claesson, (1987)
TIDAL RESOURCE
WAVE RESOURCE
STRONG EXISTING GRID
COSTS OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION Source: PB Power “Powering the Nation” March 2006
WAVE HUB – UK ROUTE TO COMMERCIALISATION R&D Initial prototype Refined prototype Pre- commercial device Market entry with commercial product Market penetration Demonstration NaREC Wave Hub EMEC
WAVE HUB PROVIDES Consented sea area Grid connected 5MW per berth Monitoring and testing Power purchase agreement Opportunities to collaborate Access to suppliers’ research base
WESTWAVE - PELAMIS
OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES - POWERBUOY
OCEANLINX
FRED OLSEN – FO 3 BULDRA
SITE IDENTIFICATION Wave resource Grid connection Shipping Wildlife Fishing Military 12 NM limit
SITE SELECTION Source: Halcrow Wave Hub Technical Feasibility Study – Jan 2005
Fig 5.2 Anatec Navigational Risk Assessment (May 2006)
PLANNING CONSENT Electricity Act 1989 – Section 36 –declaration to extinguish rights of navigation –deemed consent for works on land Food & Environment Protection Act 1985 – Section 5 Coast Protection Act 1949 – Section 34 FURTHER APPLICATIONS Safety zones Device specific FEPA licences
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Terrestrial ecology Intertidal ecology Subtidal ecology Ornithology Marine ecology Fish and fisheries study Cetacean survey Water quality Sediment quality Archaeological assessment Landscape and visual amenity Underwater video Impact on surfing beaches Stakeholder and community consultation
SOUTH WEST WAVE HUB Coastal Processes Study Marine Traffic Survey Navigation Risk Assessment
CONSENT Consent granted 17 September 2007 First Section 36 marine renewables consent in UK Consent conditions
LOCATION OF TSS RELATIVE TO THE WAVE HUB DEPLOYMENT AREA Fig 5.2 Anatec Navigational Risk Assessment (May 2006)
OVERVIEW CHART OF TRACKS RECORDED 7 AUGUST 2005 (BUSIEST DAY) Fig 4.7 Anatec Marine Traffic Survey (August 2005)
MAIN MERCHANT ROUTES IDENTIFED FROM SURVEY DATA Fig 5 Page 117 Anatec Navigational Risk Assessment (May 2006)
FISHERIES Liaison under FLOWW guidelines Rights to fish removed by Secretary of State declaration No statutory entitlement to compensation Expectation developers to mitigate/compensate Difficult to assess individual impacts
PRI-MaRE Universities of Plymouth and Exeter Plymouth Marine Laboratory Marine Biological Association Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science The Met Office
PRI-MaRE Resource assessment Coastal processes Electrical operations Operations and maintenance Moorings design Environmental impacts Safety of operations Social and economic
PROGRAMME Board approvalApril 2007 ConsentsSeptember 2007 Financial closeDecember 2007 Order cableJanuary 2008 ConstructionSummer 2009 First devices deployedLate summer 2009
CAPTURING THE BENEFITS Inward investment Supply chain Marine facilities Support services Research and knowledge economy Overseas markets
THE FUTURE Marine Spatial Planning Strategic Environmental Assessment Track record of performance from devices Environmental impacts understood Applications for commercial projects
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