B Cahill NNMREC marine forum

Introduction To Marine Renewable Energy In Ireland

Dr. Brendan CahillFulbright - Marine Institute Scholar

Oregon State University/University College [email protected]

Presentation Outline

• Introduction• Fulbright Scholarship at OSU• Ireland and Marine Renewable Energy• Marine Renewable Energy at UCC



About me

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• BEng, Civil and Environmental Engineering (2004-2008)

• PhD, “Characteristics of the Wave Energy Resource at the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site” (2008-2013)

• Research Engineer, Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre (HMRC)

About me



The Fulbright Program• 1946: Bill sponsored by Senator J. William Fulbright

passed by the U.S. Congress to promote peace and understanding through educational exchange

“In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.”

• Over 300,000 participants to date.• Notable alumni: Sylvia Plath, Joseph Heller, Dolph

Lundgren• 1957: The Fulbright Program established in Ireland

Research: Wave Energy Test Sites and Resource Scalability

Galway Bay ¼ Scale

AMETS Galway Bay Full Scale

Galway Bay (Full Scale)Sea State Occurrence (%)

Spectral VariabilityGalway Bay (Full Scale)

Sea State Occurrence (%)

Spectral Variability

AMETS: • 2.5m<Hm0<3m

• 6s<T02<7s

Galway Bay: • 0.625m<Hm0<0.75m

• 3s<T02<3.5s

Scalability of Spectral Shape

Barrett, Holmes & Lewis (2008)

Other Activities• Engagement with MHK industry in Oregon and the

US• Foster further collaboration and exchange between

Beaufort and NNMREC partners• Outreach and community engagement• Cultural experience!

Stay in Touch!• Blog: bgcahill.com• Twitter: @bgcahill



Why Wave Energy?

SEAI, Energy in Ireland: Key Statistics (2012)

EU Target: 16% GFC from Renewables by 2020

Why Wave Energy?

Global annual mean wave power [kW/m]: Cornett (2012)

Ire 1.2% GDP 98.8% GDP

UK 5%Belgium 8%Denmark 11%Norway 20%

“Ireland, a farming nation with her back to the sea” - Why?

Pre - 1850 • Seas brings trouble: Vikings and other foreign invaders• Spanish Armada (1588): “take heed lest you fall upon the Island of

Ireland for fear of the harm that may happen to you upon that coast”

1850 – 1922 “Britannia Rules the Waves”• Golden Era for the Royal Navy and the British Empire• Irish ports built and run by British Engineers

1922 “Birth of the Irish nation”• Neither navy nor naval service• Limited ship-building industry• Treaty ports retained by UK until 1938 (Berehaven, Cobh and Lough

Swilly)

“Ireland, a farming nation with her back to the sea” - Why?

1922-1979 “Era of Sea-blindness” • Token naval service formed in 1946 • 1973 Joining EEC, great deal for Irish farming, less good for maritime

activity

1979-2009 “Era of Politics and Bureaucracy”• 1985 Air India Disaster focused attention on national sea-going

capacities• 1987 Established Department of the Maritime, (now DCENR)• 1991 Maritime Institute in Galway • 2002 SEAI

2009- present “Era of Awakening and Opportunity”• Need to grow GDP • “Our Ocean Wealth” (2012)

“To become a research and commercial cluster of world standing, by realising

Ireland’s potential in the global maritime and energy markets of tomorrow”

IMERC Four Focus Pillars

Ocean Energy Security & Safety

Shipping, Logistics &Transport

Maritime Recreation

Naval Base

IMERC Campus Across the Bridge

IMERC Delivering: Companies & Jobs

• Murray & Associates our first FDI client is moving into NMCI (+5)

• Sky Tec Ireland Ltd. (+3)

• Sea-Tech Ltd. (+2)

• 3 further FDI companies have commenced the incorporation process and will be moving into the IMERC campus during 2013 (+15)

• Plans for modular units to accommodate 20 companies

• Ocean Energy Roadmap: 29GW by 2050• Prototype Development Fund• Development of Test Sites: Galway Bay and

AMETS• International Conference on Ocean Energy

(2012)

Ocean Energy Development

Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site

Full-scale Grid-connected

Galway Bay¼ scale test site& SmartBay

University College CorkNational Ocean Test Facility

Research Infrastructure and Test Sites

The Future...• WestWave: EU-funded NER300 5MW Array• Carnegie Wave Energy: 5MW project at

Spanish Point, Co. Clare• Smart Bay and IBM in Galway Bay• Tidal Energy in Northern Ireland– Fair Head, Co. Antrim: DP Energy (100MW)– Torr Head, Co. Antrim: Bord Gáis & Open Hydro (100MW)

• Ocean Energy Development Plan due shortly



Beaufort Research

• A living laboratory showcasing best practice in energy efficiency

• Enable device development in an emerging industry

• State of the art industry suites

• National Ocean Test Facility

• Multi-disciplinary, industry led approach

• >70 years of centre experience in Maritime & Energy fields

• Collaboration with key national and international academic and industry partners

• Merging 3 internationally acclaimed research centres – HMRC, CMRC, SERG

• Support of 135+ researchers

Marine Renewable Energy Expertise• Physical Modelling• Electrical – Control, Power take off, Simulation,

Generation, Grid Integration - SeaGrid• Resource Characterization• Hydrodynamics • Naval Architecture• Mechanical – PTO, structures, CFD• Aerodynamics - Turbines• Economics – Navitas software tool• Environment & Marine Law – License and Lease, EIS

Beaufort Laboratory

(2014 Completion Date)

• Human Capital (can accommodate 135+ researchers)• Teaching flume• Test Flume – Waves and Current Flow• Basin – Waves, Coastal and Energy, Offshore• Survival Flume – Waves, Offshore• 2 workshops – Mechanical and Electrical• PTO Lab with 2 linear rigs and 2 rotary, 26kW grid test

rig• Energy Storage and smart grid Lab • Industry standard software systems & computational

power• Industry Suites / Incubation Space–200m2

Beaufort Laboratory Infrastructure

New Survival Flume • 35m x 12m x 3m

deep• 12 electric paddle

(Edinburgh Designs)

• Active absorption• Multiple Beach• 1m @2.7s waves• 1 – 4 seconds• Mono and

Panchromatic (long crested)

• Movable floor

OE Buoy Development1/50 Scale

1/15 Scale

¼ scale

•FP-7 project•EU-funded•€ 3.6 million

•New turbine•New controller•Pseudo-grid

•13 EU partners•HMRC co-ordinated

CORES project on OE Buoy

Sunny Island Grid Inverters

Dump Load Controller

Load Resistors

24V Batteries

Fuse Box

CORES - electrical

25 tonne

Deployment

towed ~5 km to test site 5 hrs

3x mooring buoys

Deployment

Operation

MaRINETMarine Renewables Infrastructure Network for Energy Technologies

• Coordinated by HMRC• Consortium of 28 Partners

offering 49 Infrastructures• Wave Tidal and Offshore

Wind• Systems and components

(eg PTO)• All scales of facilities from

model testing to full scale• Infrastructure Access cost is

paid for by EU to the User (eg a developer)

Standards and Technology Development Protocols

Education and Training

• Short training courses are provided in ocean energy, examples of which are courses provided during the EU FP7 WAVETRAIN and MARINET projects.

• Beaufort Research helped to set up the Marine Renewable Energy Masters which will start in UCC in 2014 – the only one of its kind worldwide.

• The Beaufort Research led MaREI centre aims to educate and train the next generation of engineers and scientists for the marine renewable energy industry.– €25m SFI-funded Centre– Partnership between UCC, UCD, NUIG, NUIM, UL, CIT and 47 industry

partners– Currently recruiting PhDs and Post-Docs

• Ireland – US MOU on Ocean Energy• DOE Research Fellows• IMERC – NNMREC MOU

NNMREC and Ireland:Existing Links, Future Possibilities

NNMREC and Ireland:Existing Links, Future Possibilities

Acknowledgements

• UCC and IMERC Colleagues• Dr. Paasch, Dr. Batten & all at OSU/NNMREC• Adam Brown and Joshua Merritt

“Ní thuigimid an fharraige fós,dar leis, a cneastacht ná a racht”

(We still don’t understand the sea,he says, its kindness nor its wrath)

Ó “Iscaire is ea m’athair”, Louis de Paor