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Introduction
> Why Renewables?
> Why Wave Energy?
> Where & How Much?
> History of wave Energy devices
> A
Aquamarine
i Power
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> Oyster I
> Oyster II
> Wave Power in Ireland
Why Renewable Power Generation
Securing our Energy Future
¾ Combating climate change - global average temperature set to rise by at least 2°C by 2050
¾ Addressing instability of energy market – in 12 months, price of oil has risen from $60 a barrel
to peak of $147 before falling back to around $40
¾ Need for security of supply – political instability in the Middle East likely to lead to oil supply
disruptions
¾ Meeting increased energy demand – 50% global increase in electricity consumption predicted
between now and 2030
Addressing Climate Change
Addressing Climate Change
The Need For Energy Market Stability
The Need For Energy Market Stability
By 2020...
2020
Predictions are...
50% increase
in global
energy
demand
predicted
between now
and 2030
2030.
Why Generate Power From Waves?
Options
Earth sRotationto
Earth's Rotation to 3.7TW
3 7TW
lunarorbit Atmospherictides 0.02TW <0.01 kW/m
Geotides 0.2TW <0.01 kW/m
Marginal seas
Marginalseas 2 6TW
2.6TW 3 0 4.0
3.0 40 kW/m
DeepOceans 0.9TW <0.01 kW/m
Solarenergy 136,563TW
Heat&Light
H t & Li ht 87 000TW
87,000TW 0 1 0.3
0.1 03 kW/
kW/m
Hydrologiccycle 45,000TW
Wind 3,500TW 0.4 0.6 kW/m
Wave 1000TW 2.0 3.0 kW/m
Biosphere 63TW <0.01 kW/m
Geothermal 42TW
Options
> Renewable portfolio must diversify to meet growing domestic demand and allow greater grid
penetration for renewable energy.
IN BRIEF
WHY WAVE POWER?
Waves
Shoaling,
Shoaling
animation deep
water shallow
water,
water
Deep Water & Shallow Water
Near Shore
Advantages
The first wave power patent was filed in 1799 by French engineer,
Pierre-Simon Girard and his son.
As the body rose and fell with the waves, the lever would work
up
p and down, pproducing
g mechanical p power to drive
machinery.
Though the Girard device was never built, it paved the way for
the filing of a further 340 wave power patents between 1855 and
1973.
1973
A Wave of Enthusiasm in the 1970s
The modern scientific pursuit of wave energy gy
is widely credited as beginning in the early
1970s with the work of Professor Stephen
Salter at the University of Edinburgh.
> Track record in building > Track record in offshore oil, gas > 30yrs financial/operational
successful large-scale and wind industry experience in renewables, oil &
renewable businesses > Former general manager for gas, coal and mining sectors
> Founder of Airtricity’s North Shell wind energy projects on a > Proven track record of raising
American operations, sold to global basis fi
finance andd operating
ti ini
E.On in 2007 for $1.2bn > Project managed North Sea developing international markets
> Proven leadership skills Dutch Offshore Windpark > Formerly of Novera Energy Plc, one
of UK’s leading renewable energy
generators
SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
EMEC
2011
Design
refinement
EMEC
NOW
Design
2009
prototype
Conceptt
prototype
>V
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Years off Tank
T k testing
t tii the
thh Oyster
O t 1 design
d i has
h produced
d d the
thh new Oyster
O t III shape
h
180
160
Greenpeace
e Windforce
e 10
0 (1999)
pacity (GW))
140
IEA World Energy Outlook (1998)
120
Global Insstalled Cap
60
40
20
0
1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
KEY REQUIREMENTS OF WAVE ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY
Oyster is...
9 Easy to build
9 Easy to install
9 Easy to operate
9 Easy to maintain
9 Easy to diagnose
DESIGNED SIMPLICITY
EMEC: OYSTER 1
500m
Oyster 1 WEC
pipelines
OYSTER II
IMPROVMENTS
> Moree efficientt – new shape
shape, has given a much higher energy output.
output
> Reliable – Designed for reliability with redundancy.
> Installationn – Less weather dependant, faster, cheaper.
> More tolerance to seabed – Less seabed preparation required.
> Maintenance – Modular systems
y for easyy maintenance.
> Fabrication – Designed with our fabricators to reduce construction costs.
Wave Power – In Ireland
MARINE ENERGY
POSITIVE STEPS IN IRELAND
> Developer support for MRIA (Marine Renewable Industry Association) and
OEDU (Ocean Energy Development Unit)
> Wave power must have at least 500MW of grid capacity allocated to it outside
of the gate process
> Continued commitment to REFIT scheme
> Streamlined approach to licensing and leasing the seabed - clear, consistent
and proactive policies and processes
DR GARTH BRYANS
SENIOR RESOURCE ANALYST
AQUAMARINE POWER
10 ST ANDREW SQUARE
EDINBURGH
EH2 2AF
UNITED KINGDOM