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National Subsea Research Initiative
Wave & Tidal: Challenges & Opportunities
Simon Cheeseman – ORE Catapult Wave & Tidal Sector Specialist
Norman Morrison – ETP Marine Energy Business Development Manager
16th May 2018
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Definitions
Wave Tidal current
• Not considered here:
• Tidal lagoons
• Tidal barrages
• Salinity gradient
• Ocean thermal energy conversion
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Market
• Small number of deployments to date
• Challenging route to market
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Achievements
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Next steps
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Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult
• 1 of 10 Catapults
• Established by InnovateUK
• Designed to transform the UK's capability for innovation
• Core grant leveraged with industry and other public funding
• £150m of open access labs
• Active in £27m of research projects.
• 151 partnerships with SMEs
• Strong partnerships with leading universities 80+ technical experts
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Test 1: Cost Reduction Pathway
-50
100150200250300
LC
OE
£/M
Wh
(2
01
2) Tidal Stream LCOE reduction
Initial Accelerated Reductions
• Economies of Volume
• Economies of Scale
• Accelerated Learning
Learning by Doing & Innovation
• Optimised processes & manufacturing
• Real life operational & weather data
• Collaborative shared learning
Cost of Capital
• Increase project debt
• Reduce equity risk
LCOE expressed in pre-tax real, 2012
Tidal Stream Cost Reduction Pathway
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Innovation Challenges
• Electrical Power & Distribution:
• subsea hubs; dynamic cables; connectors
• Foundation & Moorings:
• slack tide ops; drill rigs;
• Corrosion:
• foundations; devices; components
• Installation:
• vessels; drill rigs;
• Inspection & Condition Monitoring:
• ROV ops; autonomous systems; reliability.
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Cross sector opportunities
• Cost reduction mechanisms
• Vessels (contracting, smaller, cheaper)
• Offshore operations
• installation
• operations & maintenance
• decommissioning
• Subsea engineering
• asset inspection
• Components (corrosion)
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Who can help? – collaborative research
• An alliance of 13 Scottish Universities engaged
in world-class energy-related RD&D with world-
class facilities
• Access to 100s of academics and researchers
• Access to leading test facilities
• Industry doctorate programme
• Researcher exchange bursaries
• Knowledge Exchange Network
• Industry engagement fund
• Support with funding applications
• Event support
• Collaborations and alliances
www.etp-scotland.ac.uk
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Who can help? – technology development
• A Research, Development and Innovation
programme driving the search for innovative
solutions to the technical challenges facing the
wave energy sector.
• Four innovation programmes currently ongoing:
• Novel wave energy converters
• Power take off systems
• Control systems
• Structural materials and manufacturing
processes
• £25.4m has been awarded to 61 projects, with
171 separate organisations, across 11 different
countries
• Knowledge Library provides access to key
information and documents generated through
this research & development.
www.waveenergyscotland.co.uk
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Who can help? – innovation
• 1 of 10 Catapults
• Established by InnovateUK
• Designed to transform the UK's
capability for innovation
• Core grant leveraged with industry and
other public funding
• £150m of open access labs
• Active in £27m of research projects.
• 151 partnerships with SMEs
• Strong partnerships with leading
universities
ore.catapult.org.uk
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Who can help? – Economic development agencies
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Who can help? – industry specific support agencies
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Summary
• W&T is driving a lobbying campaign to raise awareness of economic value of the sector
• Needs to achieve > 60% cost reduction in next 10 years
• O&G has experience and learning of significant value to W&T
• There are job opportunities in W&T (challenge = salary expectations)
Innovation Challenges
Marine Energy Supply
Chain Gateway
Wave & Tidal
Knowledge Network
Sources of Information