hydrographic society 4 december 2007 nick harrington, bsc, mrics

HYDROGRAPHIC SOCIETY4 DECEMBER 2007

NICK HARRINGTON, BSc, MRICS

WHY RENEWABLE ENERGY?

• Reduction of emissions, Kyoto targets• Security of supply• Cost

MARINE ENERGY

• Tidal Barrage • Tidal Stream• Wave Energy

– Shoreline– Seabed– Shallow water– Deep water

WHY IN SOUTH WEST?

• Strong wave and tidal resource• Existing marine sector• Academic base• Opportunities in new industry

WAVE POWER LEVELS

Source: World Energy Council website - based on Claesson, (1987)

TIDAL RESOURCE

WAVE RESOURCE

STRONG EXISTING GRID

COSTS OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION

Source: PB Power “Powering the Nation” March 2006

WAVE HUB – UK ROUTE TO COMMERCIALISATION

R&D

Initial prototype

Refined prototype

Pre- commercial device

Market entry with commercial product

Market penetration

DemonstrationDemonstrationNaREC

Wave Hub

EMEC

WAVE HUB PROVIDES

• Consented sea area• Grid connected 5MW per berth• Monitoring and testing• Power purchase agreement• Opportunities to collaborate• Access to suppliers’ research base

WESTWAVE - PELAMIS

OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES - POWERBUOY

OCEANLINX

FRED OLSEN – FO3 BULDRA

SITE IDENTIFICATION

• Wave resource• Grid connection• Shipping• Wildlife• Fishing• Military• 12 NM limit

SITE SELECTION

Source: Halcrow Wave Hub Technical Feasibility Study – Jan 2005

Fig 5.2 Anatec Navigational Risk Assessment (May 2006)

PLANNING CONSENT

• Electricity Act 1989 – Section 36– declaration to extinguish rights of navigation– deemed consent for works on land

• Food & Environment Protection Act 1985 – Section 5• Coast Protection Act 1949 – Section 34

FURTHER APPLICATIONS

• Safety zones• Device specific FEPA licences

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

• Terrestrial ecology• Intertidal ecology• Subtidal ecology• Ornithology• Marine ecology• Fish and fisheries study• Cetacean survey• Water quality

• Sediment quality• Archaeological

assessment• Landscape and visual

amenity • Underwater video• Impact on surfing beaches• Stakeholder and

community consultation

SOUTH WEST WAVE HUB

• Coastal Processes Study• Marine Traffic Survey• Navigation Risk Assessment

CONSENT

Consent granted 17 September 2007

• First Section 36 marine renewables consent in UK• Consent conditions

LOCATION OF TSS RELATIVE TO THE WAVE HUB DEPLOYMENT AREA

Fig 5.2 Anatec Navigational Risk Assessment (May 2006)

OVERVIEW CHART OF TRACKS RECORDED 7 AUGUST 2005 (BUSIEST DAY)

Fig 4.7 Anatec Marine Traffic Survey (August 2005)

MAIN MERCHANT ROUTES IDENTIFED FROM SURVEY DATA

Fig 5 Page 117 Anatec Navigational Risk Assessment (May 2006)

FISHERIES

• Liaison under FLOWW guidelines• Rights to fish removed by Secretary of State declaration• No statutory entitlement to compensation• Expectation developers to mitigate/compensate• Difficult to assess individual impacts

PRI-MaRE

Universities of Plymouth and Exeter

• Plymouth Marine Laboratory• Marine Biological Association• Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science• The Met Office

PRI-MaRE

• Resource assessment• Coastal processes• Electrical operations• Operations and maintenance• Moorings design• Environmental impacts• Safety of operations• Social and economic

PROGRAMME

• Board approval April 2007• Consents September 2007• Financial close December 2007• Order cable January 2008• Construction Summer 2009• First devices deployed Late summer 2009

CAPTURING THE BENEFITS

• Inward investment• Supply chain• Marine facilities• Support services• Research and knowledge economy• Overseas markets

THE FUTURE

• Marine Spatial Planning• Strategic Environmental Assessment

• Track record of performance from devices• Environmental impacts understood• Applications for commercial projects

FURTHER INFORMATION:

www.wavehub.co.uknick.harrington@southwestrda.org.uk