Copyright EMEC 2008 Scotland World Leader in Marine Energy Neil Kermode Managing Director
Copyright EMEC 2009 Is it worth it? 20% of UK’s electricity from Marine Energy Develop technology for export Security of supply Jobs ‘So where are these machines?’ & ‘Why Scotland?’
Copyright EMEC 2009 Wave Resource
Copyright EMEC 2009 Wave Resource
Copyright EMEC 2009 UK Wave Resource Wave energy densities of over 20kW/m Scotland estimated resource 14GW (46TWh) 10% (4.6TWh) could produce 10% of Scotland’s demand or 1.5% of UK’s DTI Atlas
Copyright EMEC 2009 UK Tidal Resource Considerable resource with speeds in excess of 1.5m/s Pentland Firth 3m/s locally with potential 16GW 10% extraction would give over 3TWh Total Scottish resource in excess of 4TWh DTI Atlas
Copyright EMEC 2009 Main Types of Wave Devices Floating Underwater Buoyant Hinged Flap Oscillating Water Column Overtopping
Copyright EMEC 2009 Types of Tidal Devices Horizontal axial-flow, bottom mounted Horizontal axial-flow, floating Horizontal axial-flow, surface piercing Vertical axial-flow Other designs include: Oscillating Hydrofoil, Air Injection Technology and Lagoons
Copyright EMEC 2009 Where are we now?
Copyright EMEC 2009 EMEC’s Mission: To be the internationally acknowledged leading test and certification centre for marine energy converters.
Copyright EMEC 2009 Wave Site – Billia Croo Cables Grid Data Tidal Site – Fall of Warness, Eday WavesTides Hard Assets
Copyright EMEC 2009 Sponsors: Scottish Executive Scottish Enterprise Highlands & Islands Enterprise Orkney Enterprise Carbon Trust Orkney Islands Council DTI EU (Tidal) Around £18M
Copyright EMEC 2009 EMEC’s Timeline 1999 DTI Foresight 2001 DTI & HIE Studies 2002 design & contract definition 2003 construction 2004 opening & 1 st wave device 2005 tidal site commenced st tidal device 2007 cable connection st tidal grid generation 2009…..
Copyright EMEC 2009 Wave Site – Billia Croo Where are we now?
Copyright EMEC 2009 Tidal Site – Fall of Warness, Eday Where are we now?
Copyright EMEC 2009 Progress? First Platform 3.5 months Second installation 20 minutes
Copyright EMEC 2009 We are not alone
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