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Copyright Talisman Energy (UK) Limited 2004 The Beatrice Windfarm Demonstrator: Part of the European DOWNVInD Programme Distant Offshore Windfarms No Visual Intrusion In Deepwater
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Location and Infrastructure Marine cSAC Beatrice 12 mile limit Initial Windfarm Area
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DOWNVInD Programme Programme Objectives – Research » Understand environment and technology – Demonstrator » Show windfarms in 50m are viable – Operations » Learn how to operate
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Beatrice Windfarm Demonstrator Water depth 44 m LAT at turbines Demonstrator targeted to: – Transform water depth envelope – Pioneer deepwater windfarms – Establish safe operating practices – Improve operating performance
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Consultation: Public and Statutory Public Scoping Report – Issued April 2005 Consultation – Kick off meeting » May 2005 – Consultation Meetings » All around Moray Firth » 14 meetings Wick to Fraserburgh » Held July / August 2005 Information – Newsletters – Website – Presentations » To various organisations on request Statutory Statutory Consultees – Regular Dialogue – Environmental Programme » Discuss and agree programme » Birds, Fish Marine Mammals – Address Specific Concerns » Bird radar on Beatrice » Benthic surveys » Dolphin Monitoring Environmental Statement – In preparation » Issue Dec 2005 Consent – Field development plan » Draft in circulation
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Grid Major issue for full scale development – Moving 1GW from Beatrice to market – Resource base in North but loads in South » Balance resource availability against transmission losses – Locational pricing philosophy » Does not balance resource exploitation and transmission Issues – Complexity – Timeframe – Responsibility – Cost – Blockages
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Research and Development Offshore wind is a nascent industry Considerable R&D needed to commercialise industry This will need government funding Current funding processes – Don’t understand leap needed to commercialise offshore wind – Bureaucratic and slow – Do not encourage the players needed to progress the technology » SME’s and offshore experts – Combining support mechanisms cumbersome
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Commercial and Technical Perceptions Offshore wind – Lots of promise little delivery » Big steps needed to commercialise – Contractors wary » Insufficient activity » Poor return on investment Contract strategy – Sharing of risk » Contractors / owners Technology – Onshore wind in commercial » Technical solutions defined – Offshore technology in infancy » Not simply adapting onshore » Requires specific offshore solutions
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