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Wave & Tidal energy 1
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Wave energy resource 2
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Wave Energy technology onshore nearshore Offshore - floating 3
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Wave Energy - examples 4
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5 Systems & Technology LCL Filter Active Bridge Inverter AC890 Drive Control 60Hz 0-90Hz POWER WAVE ACTION Hydraulic Pump Motor Parker PMAC Generator Piston Buoy Tether ULTRACAPACITOR BANK Kw Mw Power
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Tidal Current resource 6
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Tidal – underwater turbines 7
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Tidal – new concepts 8
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Major Policy Drivers NI - Offshore Renewable Energy Strategic Action Plan (ORESAP) –Launched March 2012 –Crown Estate Leases awarded October 2012 –Tidal & offshore wind projects under development Ireland - Offshore Renewable Energy Deployment Plan (OREDP) –Launched Feb 14 –€56m for tech development and pilot projects Europe – Ocean Energy Forum –10 pilot arrays by 2020 –1,000MW deployed by 2030 9
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Big companies & large investments Investor CompanyYearTechnologyMaturity levelInvestmentValuation SSE Aquamarine2007WavePHASE 1: R&D£6.3m£14m Alstom AWS2011WavePHASE 1: R&D Est. multi- million Est. £5m Statkraft Atlantis2009TidalPHASE 1: R&D$14mN/A DCNS Openhydro2011TidalPHASE 2: Sea tests€14m€175m ABB Aquamarine2010WavePHASE 2: Sea tests£8m£55m Alstom TGL2012TidalPHASE 2: Sea testsAcquisition£46m Siemens MCT2010Tidal PHASE 3: Pre- commercial £8.5m£50m+ Siemens MCT2012Tidal PHASE 3: Pre- commercial Acquisition £50m+
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Wide range of Engineering activities Mechanical design Hydrodynamics Naval Architecture Offshore operations Model testing Civil Engineering Power systems Foundations Mooring systems Electrical & electronics Control systems Environmental assessments
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Technology stages 12
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Research and Test Facilities Wave Energy Test Site, Belmullet ¼ Scale Wave Energy Test Site, Galway Bay MERC, Cork SeaGen/QUB at Strangford Lough
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Westwave – ESB’s commercial demo Opportunity to develop world first €35M capital spend / annual O&M €1.4M €20M support secured from EU NER300 fund Supply chain studies highlight opportunities www.westwave.ie www.westwave.ie
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Industry Associations & Events MRIA – annual forum in Dublin Renewable UK EU Ocean Energy Association All Energy Conference, Scotland 15
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Marine Energy Technical Services Clients Device Developers/Manufacturers Marine Energy Site Developers Government Copyright Pure Marine Gen Ltd CONFIDENTIAL 17
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Wave & Tidal energy 18
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