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Ray AlcornExecutive Director

Current Commercial Projects in HMRC

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Introduction HMRC Activity and Testing Capabilities Innovation & the Triple Helix Example Sources of Funding Opportunities for Ocean Energy in Ireland HMRC Commercialisation Projects:

SEAGRIDNAVITASMARINANovel Floating OWC

Impact of HMRC’s Commercialisation Projects

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HMRC Activity

Engineering excellence in the marine environment

Research

Commercial

Training

Consultation

Due Diligence

Outreach

30 years experience

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Staff Disciplines (37 Staff)

Electrical – Control, Power take off, Simulation, Generation, Grid Integration.

Hydrodynamics Naval Architecture Mechanical – PTO, structures, CFD Civil/Structural – Concrete, breakwaters, harbours,

Coastal Engineering Aerodynamics - Turbines Economics – Micro, farm, tax, ROCs, NER Environment & Marine Law – License and Lease, EIS Technician – Electronics, Mechanical

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OceanWaveFlume

HMRC Testing Capabilities

Ocean Wave Basin

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Opportunity for Ocean Energy - Ireland

Government Target – 500 MW by 2020 First Commercial machines in 2014 Average machine size – 1.5 MW Total machines – 300 50 constructed per year or 1 per week for 6

years. Maintenance Intervals – 5 to 7 years After 2020 then 1 machine per week to be

maintained

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Path to Commercialisation

Licensing

Start ups

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Triple Helix behind Innovation

All are important - but timing and role is important Inception through development to commercialisation Need to understand each others strengths and

weaknesses

or Funder

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Example Funding Enterprise Ireland

Innovation VouchersInnovation PartnershipsIndustry Led Research ProgrammeCommercialisation Fund

SEAI – Development fund EU Funding

Collaborative ResearchResearch for benefit of SMEsDemonstration projects with R&D element

Private Funding

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HMRC Commercialisation Projects

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SEAGRID

Principle Investigator: Dr. Dara O’Sullivan (Dara.Osullivan@ucc.ie)

Project Objective: Create a dynamic modelling tool for power systems analysis for ocean energy devices to aid developers in acquiring grid connection, improve design approach and reduce overall system costs

Commercialisation Path: Commercial Outcomes:

A spin-out service provider company to the ocean energy sector (including Navitas) Licensing of the dynamic models to power system software companies such as DigSilent GmbH.

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NAVITAS – Techno-Economic Software for Ocean Renewable Energy

Commercialisation Path:

Charles Parson, SFI funded project 3 years in development.Enterprise Ireland commercialisation Grant Nov 2011€350,000 over 2 yearsStage 1, 15 months, with go/no-goStage 2, 9 months end Dec 2013 Principle Investigator: Dr. Gordon Dalton (G.Dalton@ucc.ie)

Project Objective: Develop and commercialise a software platform to become the global standard for evaluating the commercial viability of marine renewable energy projects

Commercial Outcomes:

Demo software, and business planSpin out service provider companyLicensing direct to major utilities such as ESBI and Service providers such as Garrad Hassan

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EU FP7 MARINA PlatformProject Objective:

To produce a number of combined offshore wind and ocean energy concepts The most promising 3 concepts will be designed to 1:10 scale through:

Numerical and physical modeling Economics Risk analysis Available resource Site selection Grid connection PTO Critical components

Lead Partner:  Acciona Energy S.A., SpainIrish Partner:  HMRC, University College Cork

Development Process:

Current Phase (3)

Testing for Phase 3

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Development of a Novel Floating OWC Device

Principle Investigator: Dr. Wanan Sheng (W.Sheng@ucc.ie)

Project Objective:

A Novel floating OWC device which will improve wave energy capture, and wave energy extraction over a large wave period over existing OWC devices, with easy assess for M&O, and good mooring/cabling connections

Commercialisation Path:

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Impact of HMRC’s Commercial ProjectsExample: 15MW Project

SEAGRID NAVITAS MARINA Novel Floating OWC

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Conclusions Extensive experience and testing capabilities at HMRC Four commercialisation projects to aid the progress of

ocean energySEAGRID: Modelling of ocean energy devices to

acquire grid complianceNAVITAS: Investigating the commercial viability of

ocean energy projectsMARINA: Improved combined wind/wave offshore

platformsNovel OWC: Improved wave energy extraction and

M&O

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