hebridean marine energy futures 2011 - 2014

Hebridean Marine Energy Futures2011 - 2014

contact: Arne Vögler, Lews Castle College, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS2 0XR, Tel. 01851 770 325, e-mail arne.vogler@lews.uhi.ac.uk

Industry Led Knowledge Exchange project

Hebridean Marine Energy Futures

Resource Assessment and Consent

5 Work packages

WP1 - Resource modelling & assessment WP2 – Site surveying WP3 – Marine energy effects on power systemWP4 – Pre-Development Consenting ActivitiesWP5 – Project Management and Dissemination

Hebridean Marine Energy Futures

WP1 - Resource modelling & assessmentCore MethodologyGIS and datasetsNumerical wave model development and trainingDeepwater wave resource analysisNear- and onshore wave analysis Device array impacts on resource Knowledge Exchange

Hebridean Marine Energy Futures

WP2 – Site surveyingSite identification and survey requirementsReview and Site Specification Bathymetry SurveyRTK SurveyGeotechnical SurveyEcological surveysADCP and WaveriderResource model calibration and verificationCollationKnowledge Exchange

Hebridean Marine Energy Futures

WP3 – Marine energy effects on power systemLewis West-East CoastGrid infrastructure impacts and solutionsPower quality impacts and solutionsEnergy cost comparisonsKnowledge Exchange

Hebridean Marine Energy Futures

WP4 – Pre-Development Consenting ActivitiesReview and DevelopmentData GatheringAnalysisKnowledge Exchange

Hebridean Marine Energy Futures

WP5 – Project Management and DisseminationProject ManagementDisseminationKnowledge Exchange