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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 654444
OPEN SEA OPERATING EXPERIENCE TO REDUCE WAVE ENERGY COSTS
Presentation at the Danish Partnership for Wave Power
Mr. Pablo Ruiz-Minguela
OPERA Project Coordinator
Copenhagen, 09-03-2017
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Very limited EXPERIENCE of real open-sea operation
Key Challenges of Wave Energy
Improve overall PERFORMANCE
Lower RISKS to attract investors
Reduce COST of energy
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Innovation Target LCOE impact
Novel biradial air turbine 50% higher annual efficiency compared to Wells turbine
33%
Advanced control strategies 30% increase in energy production
23%
Elastomeric mooring tether Reduce peak loads by 70% 7-10%
Shared mooring configuration 50% reduction in overall mooring costs in arrays
5-8%
Project Aims
Collect, analyse and share for the first time high-quality open-sea operating data and experience
Reduce the cost of wave energy by 50% in the long term
Validate & de-risk 4 industrial innovations for wave energy
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Methodology
DATA COLLECTION
De-risking path Innovations and
procedures
Mutriku OWC plant
BiMEP test centre Lab test rigs
Baseline configuration Nationally funded
prototype (2.5 M€)
Small power floating OWC
Benchmarking of new configuration Global assessment
2 years
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Consortium • 12 partners / 4 Countries
•Multidisciplinary team
• Covers value chain
Promotors
Service companies
Certification bodies
WEC & farm designers
Suppliers
Field Test facilities
Researchers Advanced control
algorithms
Open-sea test data
Components & sub-systems
Floating WEC & shared mooring
Contribution to standards &
de-risking
Validated operational procedures
Validated cost models
EVE
Iberdrola E&C Global Maritime
DNV GL
Iberdrola E&C OCEANTEC
Kymaner
EVE BiMEP
TECNALIA Univ. Edinburgh Univ. Exeter UCC IST
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Project Work Plan
42 months
5.7 M€ 31%
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Deployment of the baseline prototype – Jun/Dec 2016
Progress and Achievements (I)
BiMEP
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Deployment of process instrumentation – Oct/Dec 2016
Progress and Achievements (II)
Hs=7.5m / Hmax=12m
BiMEP
Mutriku
BiMEP
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Deployment of mooring loads monitoring system – Jul/Oct 2016
Elastomeric tether manufacture and testing – Feb/Mar 2017
Progress and Achievements (III)
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Progress and Achievements (IV) Manufacture of biradial turbine-generator set – May’16/Feb’17
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Progress and Achievements (V) Models, deliverables & dissemination activities
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• Testing of biradial turbine and advanced controls at Mutriku
•Retrieval of prototype and redeployment of novel configuration: - Elastormeric mooring tethers
- Biradial turbine
- Advanced control law
• Preliminary data analysis of the test programme
Forthcoming Activities
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OPERA in figures
42 months 12 partners
8 M€ investment 4 innovations
2 years of data 50% cost reduction
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February 2016 • July 2019
Further information
Website: www.opera-h2020.eu Coordinator: Mr. Pablo Ruiz-Minguela
Disclaimer This Presentation reflects only the author’s views and the Agency is not responsible
for any use that may be made of the information contained therein