BIMEP & IH Cantabria CONSORTIUM Raúl Guanche – Yago Torre-Enciso - Francisco Royano – Dorleta Marina – Iñigo J. Losada – From TR1 to TRL9: Leveraging Technology Matureness

OUTLINE INTRODUCTION WHO WE ARE? OUR PROPOSAL TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

INTRODUCTION

07 INTRODUCTION Source: EWEA, Current marine renewables developments (mostly wind): North-European countries: North sea, Baltic sea, … Shallow waters European offshore wind average water depth: 22.4m Exceptional conditions: High resource available: wind, waves and currents Shallow waters: ideal geomorphological sites Close to potential energy markets: electricity consumers Already existing synergies between industrial sectors: oil&gas, shipyards, etc… Source: IH Cantabria, 2014.

07 Globally Emerging Markets Floating foundation technology opens the door to very large coastal areas with attractive markets around the world. Bigger, Farther, and Deeper Source: Statoil, West Coast of Europe Northern Europe Mediterranean Sea Asia (Japan, China, Korea) Potential 265 GW, 30 GW, 25 GW Source: Azure International, Garrad Hassan, 2011 Atlantic Coast of America USA Strategy Target 54 GW 2/3 in Deepwater Source: NREL 2010 INTRODUCTION

07 Structures Grid connection Mooring system O&M Installation and decommis sioning Resource assessment EIA New Business models Materials Bigger, Farther, and Deeper: INTRODUCTION

WHO WE ARE?

TRL+ 2 Organizations – 1 scientific and technological project Our target: Enhance technological and scientific solutions for Marine Renewable Energies in deep and very deep waters. A market oriented approach supporting industrial needs. THE CONSORTIUM

07 The consortium Bimep is an open ocean test site specialized on deep and very deep water testing A privileged sea ocean climate with a combination of moderate and severe storms, close to one of the most industrialized and dynamic regions of Europe yields in one of the most attractive sites for wave and offshore wind testing. Key points: 20 MW of power: 4 connection points for WECs… Easy installation, testing and operation: facilities & means. Subsea cable and substation equipped with 2x20 MW 13.2/132 kV of 25 MWA transformers Electrical installation: WEC to Substation: 4 x 13.2kV / 5MW Substation to grid: 1 x 132kV/20MW Monitoring and control system Water depth: 50 – 100 m

Specialization: Physical modeling Numerical modeling Field testing Floating and fixed offshore wind Wave Energy O&M Offshore structures 07 THE CONSORTIUM IH Cantabria is a joint research institution between the University of Cantabria and the Environmental Hydraulics Institute Foundation focused on: Research, Education and Technology Transfer: Offshore Engineering and Marine renewables among other disciplines OUR MISSION: To develop basic and applied research in order to improve the level of competitiveness of our clients through advanced technologies and methodologies for engineering purposes. Fields of expertise: Offshore wind energy Wave energy systems Tidal current concepts Marine structures More than 50 MRE projects since 2009 More than 35 MRE scientific publications since 2009 Idermar project Lidar project Maren project ICTS: National scientific and technolocial singular facility

Basque country bimep Edificio Plaza Bizkaia Alameda de Urquijo, 36 – 1ª planta Bilbao 07 THE CONSORTIUM 2 Organizations – 1 scientific and technological project - LOCATIONS - Cantabria IH Cantabria Calle Isabel Torres 15 Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria - PCTCAN Santander Cantabria Murtriku OWC station Nautilus project Idermar project Bimep test site

Our PROPOSAL

Numerical modeling Laboratory testing Field experience 07 OUR PROPOSAL Idermar project

TRL 1 TRL 2 TRL 3 TRL 4 TRL 5 TRL 6 TRL 7 TRL 8 TRL 9 Technology demonstration in a real environment Commercial stage PHASE 1 PHASE 3 PHASE 2 PHASE 4 PHASE 5 Precommercial evaluation Prototype farms Basic principles observation Analytical and physical experiments Validation of main components and subsystems Validation of main components and subsystems in a real environment Technology demonstration in a real environment Complete verification of the technology in operational conditions Small scale laboratory experiments 1:25 – 1:100 Large scale laboratory tests 1:10 – 1:25 Reduced scale sea trial 1:10 – 1:4 Real scale sea trial 1:1 TECHNOLOGICAL READINESS LEVEL TESTING AND FACILITIES Our proposal: Hybrid modeling Laboratory+numerical modeling+field testing 07 OUR PROPOSAL

TRL 1 - 3TRL 4 - 5TRL 6 - 8TRL 9 07 Our technological offer covers the life cycle of MRE new concepts: Metocean conditions assessment Advanced numerical models Commission and decommission plans Operation and Maintenance Techno-economical feasibility assessment Short and long term metocean condition assessment, Advanced numerical models, Design Engineering, techno economic feasibility Concept validation, Small and large scale testing, numerical model calibration/validation Proof of concept, sea trials, detailed monitoring, advanced engineering Installation plan, O&M strategies, Business model assessment… OUR PROPOSAL

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER

Early stage services: TRL TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER 01 Metocean conditions Long term data bases WindWaveCurrentsSea levelTemperatureRain Prediction Short term (24-96h) Mid term (1- 3 month) Projectio ns Climate change

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER Early stage services: TRL EXPERIMENTAL MODELLING Small scaleLarge scale NUMERICAL MODELLING Calibration / Validation A combination of commercial and “in-house” numerical models give us confidence to face complex problems Cost / Time reduction Seakeaping – Power production – Movements – Mooring loads – Nacelle accelerations – Hydrodynamics – PTO performance – Extreme and op. conditions IISIS project Mermaid project Undienergía project

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER Mature stage services: TRL Wave Sea level Wind Currents Detailed Met- Ocean condition assessment

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER 03 Bimep big data Data assimilation Quality control Data repository Data representation Metocean numerical models Nowcast Hindcast data base: wave, wind, currents, … Forecast: Short-term (24-48h) Mid-term (1-3 month) Instrumental data services Wind conditions Wave and current buoys Other environmental parameters Mature stage services: TRL 6 - 8

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER 03 Metocean based – Decision Support System (DSS) The objectives of the DSS are: Short term and long term site management Testing campaign design and optimization Health and safety Mature stage services: TRL 6 - 8

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER 03 Technical due diligence of new concepts Technical evaluation and Engineering support Independent concept evaluation for potential investors and third parties Certification support Technical Support for certification procedures Virtual met-ocean observation network Worldwide met-ocean data information for marine renewables purposes High resolution met-ocean data at regional and local scale: farm data Virtual farms Virtual offshore wind farms: Integrated farm modelization for training and test purposes Virtual wave energy farms: Integrated farm modeling for training and test purposes Complementary services Mature stage services: TRL 6 - 8

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER Final stage services: TRL O&M strategies – Design support 1.Platform numerical modeling Seakeeping Power production 2.Weather model 3.Access Model 4.Failure model O&M strategies – Design support Martini et al. 2015b Martini et al. 2015a

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER Final stage services: TRL Techno-Economic feasibility assessment Marine renewable concepts are at an incipient stage, therefore economic studies and business models have to be conveniently addressed with a limited amount of information and high uncertainty levels. Wave and wind energy layout optimization 1.Local resource assessment 2.Device-device interaction (power production losses) 3.Power production maximization Power production assessment 1.Short term 2.Mid term 3.Long term Business model uncertainties analysis Financial risk assessment References: -Fundación Iberdrola Guanche et al(2014), del Jesus et al(2014), de Andres et al(2014)

Implementation Plan

End 2014 TRL+ Consortium setting-up Mid 2015 Bimep metocean 2016 Complementary services and R&D projects IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

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