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Ocean Electric Power The Future of Marine Energy The Claverton Group Conference 24 October 2009.

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1 Ocean Electric Power The Future of Marine Energy The Claverton Group Conference 24 October 2009

2 Today’s Discussion A short history of marine energy Current status The path to a commercial future

3 History Various Victorian wave & tidal concepts 1970s wave programme 1990s technology pioneers 2000s DTi resource measurement programme 2007 MRDF and double ROCs 2009 Scotland 3x & 5x ROCs

4 Salter’s Duck

5 UK Marine Resources

6 Global Wave Power Levels

7 Current Status Technology Test and development facilities Government support

8 Wave Technology Photo copyright Pelamiswave

9 Tidal Turbine Technology

10 Wave Hub

11 Path to Commercial Adoption Technology maturity Sites Government support regimes Grid Project development Funding O&M infrastructure

12 Technology Assessment

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14 Project Economics 100MW tidal stream project: 5 year development period 3 year phased construction 14% IRR Capital cost ~ £2.25m/MW 3xROCs Similar load factor to offshore wind ~34% O&M costs: 8% of construction

15 chris.bale@oceanelectricpower.co.uk www.oceanelectricpower.co.uk


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