Commercial Deployment of Ocean Energy Projects
Commercial Deployment of Marine Energy Projects
29th September 2010, Engineers Ireland, Clyde Road
Attendee List
Background
To coincide with the 19th Meeting of the IEA-OES Executive Committee on 30th September/1st October 2010, in Dublin, and to position industry for the challenges and opportunities associated with large-scale utilisation of Ocean Energy, a Workshop on the Commercial Deployment of Marine Energy Projects is being organised. This event is organised by the SEAI with the support of Innovation Norway. Bord Gáis Éireann (the Irish Gas Utility) is providing organisational support for the event.
Workshop Programme
The Workshop is focused on the challenges of building and operating large marine energy projects (+250MW) and will address all aspects of Construction, Logistics and Operations and Maintenance, drawing on the experience of the Offshore Wind and Oil and Gas industries. The attendance will be drawn from the engineering, contracting and marine operations sectors. The emphasis of the day will be on active participation and shared experience.
Programme
09.00 Arrival and Registration
09.30 Welcome and Introduction – Prof. J. Owen Lewis, CEO, SEAI
09.45 The IEA Vision for Ocean Energy - John Huckerby, Chairman, IEA-OES(download pdf - size 2.6 MB)
The Vision of OES-IA is to realise, by 2020, the use of cost-competitive, environmentally sound ocean energy on a sustainable basis to provide a significant contribution to meeting future energy demands. The Mission of OES-IA, which has 18 member countries, is to facilitate and co-ordinate ocean energy research, development and demonstration through international co-operation and information exchange, leading to the deployment and commercialization of sustainable, efficient, reliable, cost-competitive and environmentally sound ocean energy technologies.
10.15 Ireland’s Marine Renewables Strategy in Perspective - Eoin Sweeney, Head, Ocean Energy Development, SEAI(download pdf - size 3.9 MB)
The Ocean Energy Development Unit has been established by the Department of Energy to lead and co-ordinate Ireland’s ambitious strategy to deploy 500MW by 2020 and to establish Ireland as a leading centre for Ocean Energy technology and related industry capabilities.
10.45 Coffee
11.15 Industrial Implications of realising the EOEA Roadmap - Karl Christian Stromsem, Offtek, Norway, representing the European Ocean Energy Association
Karl has worked for more than 20 years with marine related design in the international offshore oil and gas industry with the latest years as Projects Director Europe for Noble Denton Consultants in London. He is now attached to the European Ocean Energy Association in Brussels as Executive Director in addition to running his own consultancy firm focusing on management consulting for the renewable industry, offshore oil and gas and the power industry.
11.45 - A Utility Perspective on the Utilisation of Marine Renewable Energy - Ulf Tisell, Vattenfall(download pdf -size 1.5 MB)
Ulf Tisell is head of Vattenfall’s Ocean Energy Program, which has the stated ambition to generate 30 TWh from wave power annually in 2030. Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest electricity utilities with operations throughout Northern Europe. Vattenfall has more than 40,000 employees and is 100% owned by the Swedish State. The company's long-term goal is to be emission neutral by 2050.
12.15 An OE Developer’s Experience of Deployment Issues – Peter Corcoran, Open Hydro, Ireland(download pdf - size 2.1 MB)
Open Hydro is among the leading companies in development of tidal energy technology. Large-scale prototypes have been deployed in Scotland and Canada and further deployments of larger-scale devices are planned at other locations around the world.
14.00 The Norwegian Experience in the Oil and Gas Sector - Lessons for the Renewables Sector - Leif Røv, AAK, Norway(download pdf - size 1.9 MB)
AAK is a 20 year old international service company in the oil and gas industry based in Norway with the objective and performing its core business within the following areas; inspection services, rig management, specialized engineering, training, inspect & repair workshops within subsea and lifting equipment and maintenance.
14.30 Experience in the Deployment of Offshore Wind Projects - Jochen Bard, Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy Systems Technology IWES(download pdf - size 1.6 MB)
Jochen Bard is Head of Marine Energy Systems in the Fraunhofer IWES. The institute is the contact for all questions around wind energy as well as energy system technology, especially in the area of renewable energies. The Fraunhofer IWES has multiple centres - Kassel is devoted to electric power and control engineering including grid integration, Bremerhaven to development, load test and the integrated simulation of structures and their components as well as the special conditions in the offshore area. The project group in Hanover covers construction engineering and Oldenburg covers numerical wind simulation.
15.00 Design Challenges for Wave Energy Projects - Noel Halloran, Technology from Ideas(download pdf - size 1.3 MB)
Noel will present the plans of TFI, in collaboration with Trelleborg and Dupont, for the development of cost-saving component technologies in OE devices and mooring systems.
15.30- Design for Installation Subsea maintenance, and Recovery of a Tidal Turbine – Hender Blewett, IHC Engineering Business
IHC Engineering Business Ltd specialises in offshore and marine engineering for oil and gas, Telecoms and renewable energy markets. Hender Blewett is a mechanical engineer, and has been focusing on wet renewables projects within the group, notably the Voith Siemens Tidal Turbine prototype project in Korea, and has also worked with Aquamarine power. Hender has worked on the concept development of a turbine installation device and has been overseeing the commisioning phase of the project in Korea.
16.00 US Perspectives on the Deployment of Marine Energy Projects - Greg McMurray, Pacific Energy Ventures, US
McMurray’s experience with the federal regulatory apparatus includes work with the Minerals Management Service under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with hydropower licensing under the Federal Power Act, and related experience with NEPA and ESA. He will present US experience of marine energy projects in the US.
16.30 – Discussion and Conclusions
