1. Development Path and U.S. Funding Chief Technical Officer
The “OE Buoy”
Development Path and U.S. Funding
Prof. Tony Lewis
Chief Technical Officer
Ocean Energy
MRIA Forum 3rd February 1

2. Background
Wave energy is the renewable energy sector’s compelling new opportunity. Our company OceanEnergy is best position to deliver on it now – with the proven technology “OE Buoy”. 2

3. Umbilical Grid Connection
The Device
“OE Buoy” on-station
3 Mooring Points
Wave Direction
Umbilical Grid Connection

4. Development Protocol ???? WETS Hawaii Testing in Ireland LIR-NOTF
ECN
France
LIR-NOTF
Ireland
Galway Bay
Ireland
WETS
Hawaii
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Using the US wind power sector as a model, there are currently 3 jobs for every mega watt of wind power generated
In Ireland, wave energy has generated 1.5 jobs for every mega watt power created
Testing in
Ireland

5. ECN, HMRC2 1:15-Scale Device UCC, HMRC1 1:50 -Scale Device
The Path
TRL TRL TRL TRL 7-8
COMPLETED STAGES
Near Full Scale
Device
Live Sea Trials
1/4 Scale Device
ECN, HMRC :15-Scale Device
UCC, HMRC :50 -Scale Device
2001
2003
2005
2006
2013
2014
2018
1. University College Cork, Ireland – Hydraulics & Maritime Research Centre
2. École centrale de Nantes, France – Hydraulics & Maritime Research Centre

6. US Navy Wave Energy Test Site
Hawaii Test Site - WETS
US Navy Wave Energy Test Site 6 6

7. Project Summary Location: US Navy Test Site Hawaii
Device: 35m Floating OWC
Device Rating: 500kW
Significant Project Partners: US Navy
US Department of Energy
Dresser-Rand
Ocean Energy
Black & Veatch
Revision Consulting
NASSCO / General Dynamics
Ben C. Gerwick 7

8. The Device OE35 Device for Demonstration in Hawaii
Lightship weight 690 tonnes
LOA 37.4m
Moulded breadth 18.5m
Draft 10m
Yellow is above water and brown is below water

9. Partners
Memorandum of Understanding to Develop Marine Technologies between the Governments of Ireland and the United States

10. Summary of Technology Development
Improvements: B2D2
Improvements: OE Buoy
STAGE 1: 1:50
STAGE 2: 1:15
OE Buoy
OE Buoy Sea Keeping
STAGE 3: 1:4
Sim. PTO: Orifice Plate
PTO #1: Well’s Air Turbine
PTO #2: Impulse Air Turbine
STAGE 4: 1:1.25
OE Buoy
HydroAir Turbine 10

11. US Dept. of Energy Funding Recipient & Project Details
Funding$ m
Recipient & Project Details 1
OE USA; Device Optimization 5
OE USA; Wave Energy Test Site US Navy Hawaii 2
Dresser-Rand/SIEMENS; 500kW PTO WETS 3
Re-Vision Consulting; Control Optimization
Dresser-Rand/SIEMENS; 1 MW PTO
$16m
DOE Funding Total 11

12. US Dept. of Energy Funding – The Process
No.
Activity 1
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) 2
Concept Paper (where applicable) 3
Full Application 4
Reviewer Comments 5
Response to Reviewer Comments 6
Selection for Award 7
Contract Negotiations with DOE 8
Statement of Project Objectives (SOPO) Negotiation and Agreement 9
Quarterly Project Reports – Milestones and Deliverables 10
Annual Peer Review 11
Go/No-Go at end of Budget Periods 12
Final Project Report and associated deliverables 12

13. 1MW Turbine Repowering Deployed 2018-2019
Using the US wind power sector as a model, there are currently 3 jobs for every mega watt of wind power generated
In Ireland, wave energy has generated 1.5 jobs for every mega watt power created

14. END Contact: Tony Lewis CTO, Ocean Energy USA LLC 14