Program Of The 4th International Conference on Ocean Energy 2012 In Ireland

09.19.2012 · Posted in Renewable Energy Events

Outline Program

This program is provisional and subject to change

	Wednesday 17th October
07.00 – 09.00	Registration
09.00 – 11.15	ICOE 2012 Conference Opening Session Mr. Pat Rabbitte, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Irish Government Ms. Arlene Foster, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Mr. Fergus Ewing, Minister for Energy, Scotland Mr. Bernard Valcourt, Canadian Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) Ms. Maria Damanaki, EU Commission (tbc) Keynote Addresses – Enabling the Development of Ocean Energy Pat O’Doherty, CEO ESB – Ocean energy, harnessing the potential Eddie O’Connor, CEO Mainstream and Founding Member of Friends of the Supergrid – Offshore Grid: the key enabler for marine renewables Sean Kidney, Carbon Bonds Initiative – Financing pathways for the marine renewable sector
11.15 – 11.45	Coffee Break, Exhibition Hall
11.45 – 13.00	1.1 Wave Energy Convertors Martin McAdam, Aquamarine – The development of Aquamarine Ali Baghaei, Oceanlinx Ltd. – The world’s first 1MW wave energy convertor Jonathan Fievez, Carnegie Wave Energy Ltd – Progress towards the worldwide deployment of the CETO® Wave Energy Technology Erik Friis-Madsen, WaveDragon – The development of a Wave Dragon 1.5 MW North Sea Demonstrator	2.1 Ocean Energy Resource Assessment Ian Ashton, University Of Exeter – Wave resource assessment for the Falmouth Bay wave energy test site (FaBTest) Thomas Adcock, University Of Oxford – On the tidal resource of the Pentland Firth Shiaw-Yih Tzang, National Taiwan Ocean University – Wave Energy Resources on Coastal Waters of Northeast Taiwan Takashi Okamoto, Hiroshima University – Wave Energy Resource in the Western Part of Japan	3.1 Interactions with other sectors Laurent Marquis, Wave Star – Introduction of Wavestar wave energy converters in the Danish wind power plant Horns Rev 2 Alla Weinstein, Principal Power – – WindFloat and WindWaveFloat: A deepwater offshore renewables system James Ryan, Aquavision – Farming fish, waves and wind in the deep blue Eduardo Quevedo, Plocan – Modular multi-purpose offshore platforms: TROPOS’s approach
13.00 – 14.30	Lunch & Exhibition
14.30 – 15.45	1.2 Tidal Stream Technologies James Ives, OpenHydro – Development of a tidal energy business Laurent Terme, EDF – Paimpol-Brehat: Development of the First Tidal Current Array in France Oliver Wragg, Atlantis Resources Corporation – Deployment and testing of the AR1000, a 1MW tidal stream turbine Peter Kracht, Fraunhofer IWES – Implementation of a Vertical Axis Marine Current Plant for Off-grid Village electrification in Indonesia Sian Wilson, Black and Veatch – Understanding the interactions of tidal power projects across the UK Continental Shelf	2.2 Results of Environmental Impact Studies Andrea Copping, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Renewable Ocean Energy and the Marine Environment: Filling Gaps in Knowledge Graham Daborn, Acadia Tidal Energy Institute – Between Scylla and Charybdis : Designing Approaches to Environmental Assessment of In-Stream Tidal Power in High Flow Environments Roland Samimy, University Of Massachusetts-Dartmouth – In situ testing of tidal turbines in Muskeget Channel Cuan Boake, Queen’s University Belfast – The Environmental Monitoring Programme related to Wake Effect of the Seagen Tidal Turbine Mérin Broudic, Swansea University – Long Term Monitoring of Underwater Noise at a Proposed Deployment site of a Tidal Stream Device	3.2 OTEC and Salinity Gradient Franck Rogez, Geocean – Deep large seawater intakes : a common solution for Floating LNG in oil and gas industry and OTEC in marine renewable energy sector Frederic Le Lidec, DCNS – DCNS roadmap on OTEC Michael Papapetrou, WIP GmbH & Co Planungs – Reverse Electrodialysis Power Production – Progress in the development of an innovative system Statkraft – tbc OTEC Foundation – tbc
15.45 – 16.30	Coffee Break & Poster Session 1, Exhibition Hall
16.30 – 18.00	1.3 Ports Vessels and Supply Chain Matthew Shanley, HMRC – Offshore Wind Farm Service Vessel, Hull Design Optimisation Jochen Bard, Fraunhofer IWES Offshore Supply Chain Requirements for Ocean Energy in Europe – Results from the ORECCA Project Cera Slevin, ESB – Supply Chain Needed for 5MW Wave Farm Michael Shaw, RPS Group –tbc Nick Murphy, Searoc – tbc	2.3 Measurement and Monitoring Brandon Strong, University Of Exeter – Wave measurements near the Wave Hub using a 5-Beam ADCP Raymond Alcorn, HMRC – Lessons learned from the Galway Bay Seatrials of the EU FP7 funded CORES project. Harry Kolar, IBM – Real-time acoustic monitoring for the ocean energy industry Jean-Baptiste Richard, Fraunhofer IWES – Assessing the capabilities of acoustic Doppler sensors for quantifying dynamic phenomena in tidal streams Mat Thomson, GL GarradHassan – Comparison of scale model wake data with an energy yield analysis tool for tidal turbine farms	3.3 Hybrid Systems Israel Martinez, Acciona – Methodology for assessing multiple combined wind and ocean energy technologies as part of the EU FP7 MARINA Platform Project Katie Lynch, HMRC – Site Selection Methodology for combined wind and ocean energy technologies in Europe Carlos Pérez, Universidad De Santiago De Compostela – Integration of Wave Energy Convertors and Offshore Windmills Antoine Peiffer, Marine Innovation and Technology – Design of an oscillating wave surge convertor on the Windfloat structure
18.00	Closing Address – First Day of ICOE 2012
18.30	Conference Welcome Reception – Dublin Convention Centre

	Thursday 18th October
07.30 – 09.00	Canadian Networking Breakfast, The Clarion Hotel
09.00 – 10.00	Plenary Session: *Perspectives on the Commercialisation of Ocean Energy* Kai Koelmel, Siemens – Cost down: Solving the challenge of successful commercialisation Alan Mortimer & Roberto Veguillas, Iberdrola – Developing a Business in Marine Renewable Energy Peter Wesslau, Vattenfall – Paper title tbc Additional speakers to be confirmed
10.00 – 11.00	1.4 Wave Energy Convertors Enrique Vidal Sanchez, Wavestar – Early Performance Assessment of the Electrical Output of Wavestar’s prototype Simon Ambuehl, Aalborg University – Reliability Assessment of Wave Energy Devices Keyyong Hong, Kordi – Distinctive Technologies Applied to Yongsoo Pilot Plant of 500kW OWC Wave Energy Converter Clym Stock-Williams, E.On – Lessons from the Pelamis Deployments at EMEC	2.4 Test and Demo Facilities Yago Torre-Enciso, EVE – Mutriku: First year review Eileen Linklater, EMEC – Innovation in action – EMEC update on learning from 11 marine energy convertors in Orkney Yann-Herve De Roeck, Ifremer – France Energies Marines offers a coordinated panel of sea-trial test sites Claire Gibson, Wavehub – title tbc	3.4 Components, Moorings and Materials Peter Davies, Ifremer – Durability of synthetic mooring lines for ocean energy devices Jeffrey Steynor, Edinburgh University – A Design Tool for the Wear Pattern and Thermal Response of Plain Bearings Submersed in Sea Water Paul McEvoy, Technology From Ideas Ltd – Combined Elastomeric & Thermoplastic Mooring Tethers Yukio Kamizuru, Bosch Rexroth AG – Efficient Hydraulic Power Take-Offs for Ocean Energy Devices
11.00 – 11.45	Coffee Break & Poster Session 2, Exhibition Hall
11.45 – 13.00	1.5 International Perspectives on Ocean Energy Henry Jeffrey, University of Edinburgh – European Energy Research Alliance Joint Programme on Ocean Energy Dengwen XIA, State Oceanic Administration (SOA) and Administrative Centre for Marine Renewable Energy (ACMRE), People’s Republic of China – The activities of marine renewable energy in China Chris Campbell, Canada - Turning potential into reality – creating an industry out of an iconic resource Mike Reed, DoE USA – Recent US efforts to advance marine hydrokinetics John Huckerby, OES – Ocean energy activities in Australia and New Zealand	2.5 Test and Demo Facilities Mark Healy, HMRC – MARINET Free access to test facilities: How Europe’s leading research centres have joined forces to accelerate the development of marine renewable energy Javier Marques EVE – Lessons learnt and future steps towards the exploitation of BIMEP Doug Keefe, FORCE – The Importance of Tidal Demonstration facilities in Advancing Technology Development – A Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) Perspective Terence Browne, CEI Collins Engineers Ltd – Overview of the ASCE COPRI Marine Renewable Energy Facilities Guide Document	3.5 Tidal Stream Technologies Glen Marquis, ORPC – Making History: Launching the First Commercial Tidal Energy Project in the United States Luke McEwen, Gurit – Cost-effective tidal turbine blades Cheng-Han Tsai, National Taiwan Ocean University – Tidal power potential and the Development of a Tidal Stream device for the Keelung Sill in the sea north of Taiwan Stephen Salter, University Of Edinburgh – Are nearly all Tidal Stream Turbines Designs Wrong?
13.00 – 14.30	Lunch & Exhibition Elevator Pitch Session**
14.30 – 15.45	1.6 International Roadmaps Nathalie Rousseau, EU-OEA – European Industrial Initiatives for Ocean Energy Soraya Hamawi, Wave Energy Centre – Wave Energy in Portugal, the path towards successful implementation Bruce Cameron, Nova Scotia Department of Energy – Nova Scotia’s Integrated Strategy for Marine Renewable Energy Development Joaquin Hernandez, Canary Islands - Vision for marine renewables in the Canary Islands Kyung Hwa Song, Korea Institute of Marine Science and Technology Promotion – Policy and Roadmap of Ocean Energy R&D in Korea	2.6 Site Investigation Maximo Peviani, RSE – Regional and Downscaling Evaluation of Wave Energy Availability along the Italian Coasts Harold McClenahan, Commissioners Of Irish Lights – Navigational Marking of Offshore Renewable Energy Extraction Sites Brian Polagye, University Of Washington – Multi-scale tidal resource characterisation: A case study for Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound Patricio Monardez, Baird & Associates – Wave energy map in intermediate and shallow water depth in Chile based on a 30 year long validated 2D spectral hindcast of the Pacific Ocean Richard Karsten, Acadia University – Analysis of Tidal Turbine Arrays in Digby Gut and Petit Passage, Nova Scotia	3.6 Evaluation and Standards Neil Rondorf,SAIC & Chairman – IEC TC-114 – Standards: Value added in development and commercialisation Matt Folley, Queens University Belfast – Standardising resource assessment for wave energy converters Frank Fortune, Royal Haskoning – An environmental perspective on project risk management in the wave and tidal sector John Fitzgerald, ESB – Technology Readiness for Wave Energy Projects; ESB and Vattenfall classification system
15.45 – 16.30	Coffee Break & Poster Session 3, Exhibition Hall
16.30 – 18.00	Plenary Session Technology Overview: Peter Fraenkel & Max Carcas Panel Debate – The Next Generation: Reducing Technology Costs
18.00	End of the Second Day of Conference
19.00	Gala Dinner – Trinity College Dublin

	Friday 19th October
08.00 – 09.00	Networking Breakfast
09.00 – 10.00	Plenary Session: Financing Issues Garrett Monaghan, Arthur Cox – Access to project finance for ocean energy projects David Walker, European Investment Bank - paper title tbc David Krohn, Renewables UK – Removing the barriers: making the most of our global resource Miguel Marquez, PWC - paper title tbc
10.00 – 11.00	1.7 Economics of Ocean Energy1 Gordon Dalton, HMRC – Impact of inter-annual resource data variability on techno-economic performance of the WaveStar Mirko Previsic, RE Vision Consulting – Lifecycle Cost and Supply Curves of Marine Technologies in the U.S. Marc Paish, Pulse Tidal – Are 1MW tidal systems big enough? Iain Fairley, Swansea University – A consideration of the deployment of wave energy converters in Welsh waters based on resource and financial considerations	2.7 Power Compliance and Grid Issues Ralf Pfeiffer European Grid Code – tbc Fergus Sharkey, ESB – Voltage Flicker Evaluation for Wave Energy Converters – Assessment Guidelines Andrea Mansoldo, Eirgrid – Wave,Tidal and Grid Connection: Opportunities for an Irish Offshore West Grid Julia F. Chozas – Economic Evaluation of Integrating Wave and Wind Power Productions in Day-Ahead Electricity Markets Additional speakers to be confirmed	*3.7 Session on Arrays* Pierpaolo Ricci, Tecnalia – A methodology for the global evaluation of Wave Energy Array Performance John Callaghan, Crown Estate – Leasing for OE Arrays Donal O’Sullivan, Bord Gais Energy – Consenting and developing the first commercial arrays
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee Break & Poster Session 4, Exhibition Hall
11.30 – 12.45	1.8 Economics of Ocean Energy2 Borja De Miguel, Oceantec Energias Marinas – New perspectives on the long term feasibility of wave energy conversion: a techno-economical approach Alex Raventos, WavEC – Techno-economic tool for WEC design optimization Anne Van Houten, Bluewater – Reducing the cost of ocean energy Ronan Costello, NUI Maynooth – Techno-Economic Optimisation for Wave Energy Converters	2.8 Cables and Connectors Peter Weiss, Powersea – Novel wet-mate connectors for high voltage and power transmissions of ocean renewable energy systems Robin Juge, EDF – Hydrodynamic loads on Paimpol-Bréhat tidal current array export cable Steve Dymond, J&S – paper title tbc	3.8 Permitting and Licensing Rachael Mills, NIRAS Consulting – Lessons Learnt from the Offshore Wind Farm Consenting Process Anne Marie O’Hagan, HMRC – A review of international consenting regimes for marine renewables: are we moving towards better practice? Julie Ascoop, Arup – Stakeholder input into the design of the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site Alice Whittaker, Philip Lee Solicitors – Integrating Marine and Land-Based Planning Regimes – Facilitating and Protecting Offshore Energy and Cable Infrastructure Teresa Simas, Wave Energy Centre – Understanding the role of stakeholders in the wave energy consenting process: engagement and sensitivities
12.45-13.30	Closing Panel Discussion
13.30 – 14.45	Kate Freeman, INORE – INORE: knowledge exchange across borders and amongst young researchers Best Poster Awards & Closing Session (Grab-n-go lunch)
Friday afternoon	optional visit to ESB pumped storage facility in Co. Wicklow

	Saturday 20^th October
	Guided Tour to OpenHydro, Greenore, Co. Louth & MCT SeaGen, Strangford Lough
	Details of Side Events associated with ICOE 2012 will be published on the website shortly

**Elevator Pitch Session

- Highwave Off Shore Energy (HOSE) – Gary Ross, Highwave Inc.

- The WaveCat – Hernan Fernandez, University Of Santiago De Compostela

- CyanWave WEC – Tim Morrissey, Cyan Technologies

- The DUO – Paul Brewster, Pure Marine

- Sea Power Platform – Ben Wrafter, Sea Power Ltd

- Eco Wave Power – David Leb, Eco Wave Power Company

- An active-controlled submerged wave energy device with energy focussing – Umesh Korde,
South Dakota School of Mies and Technology and R. Cengiz Ertekin, University of Hawaii

- The ‘S3’, a standing wave tube electro active polymer wave energy convertor – Philippe Jean, SBM Offshore