INDUSTRIA, BERRIKUNTZA,

MERKATARITZA ETA TURISMO SAILA

DEPARTAMENTO DE INDUSTRIA,

INNOVACIÓN, COMERCIO Y TURISMO

OFFSHORE WIND & MARINE ENERGY WORKSHOP

Opportunities for business & collaboration

Javier MarquésEnte Vasco de la Energía (EVE)

Renewable Energy & InvestmentPromotion Area, Director

February 28th, 2012

Lugar: Tecnalia Energía

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About EVE

Marine Energy: Basque Government-EVE strategy

Marine Energy: Actions taken in the Basque Country

BIMEP (Biscay Marine Energy Platform) Project

Conclusions and final comments

INDEX

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ABOUT EVE

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• EVE (Ente Vasco de la Energía) is the energy agency of the Basque Government. Its

mission is:

to propose energy strategies for the Basque Country, based on criteria of supply

security, cost competitiveness, sustainability and technological development; and

to take active part in developing these strategies and to contribute to delivering

the related targets.

Mission

VO.1 To contribute to energy saving

VO.2 To contribute to the generation of energy from RES

VO.3 To contribute to the security of energy supply

VO.4 To position the Basque Country as a benchmark of

knowledge and an industrial leader in the energy sector

VO.6 To generate values and public opinion in line with defined

strategy

VO.5 To secure funds to ensure the organisation is self-financing

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Process Map

Marine Energy: Basque Government-EVE strategy

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Energy Strategy of the Basque Country 2010 (3E 2010)

5 MW (Waves)

Energy Strategy of the Basque Country 2020 (3E 2020)

60 MW (Waves)

A Demonstration Project (offshore wind in deep waters)

Technological and industrial development (Energibasque)

Bimep Project: Infrastructure for research and demonstration (waves and floating

solutions in offshore wind)

Marine Energy: Basque Country-EVE strategy

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Marine Energy: Actions taken in the Basque Country

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Dissemination activities:

4 international seminars (2005, 2007, 2009 & 2011) in collaboration with third parties

(UK Government, Tecnalia, etc.)

ICOE 2010. Conference and exhibition

SINAVAL 2013.

International projects:

WAVEPLAN (Intelligent Energy - Europe Program). Develop tools, establish

methods and standards and create conditions to speed up the introduction of ocean

energy onto the European renewable energy market.

SOPHIA (Intelligent Energy - Europe Program). Facilitate the development of

European wide coordinated, unified and streamlined environmental and socio-

economic Impact Assessment (IA) tools for offshore wave energy conversion

developments.

MARINET (VII European Framework Program of R&D). Bring together the best

ocean energy research facilities already existing within Europe.

Atlantic Power Cluster (INTERREG). Transnational marine energy strategy in the

Atlantic area (Portugal, Spain, France, ...).

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Collaboration with the Energy Cluster and the Basque Maritime Forum:

Working group on waves and offshore wind

Catalogue of products/ services

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Collaboration with the Energy Cluster and the Basque Maritime Forum:

Working group on waves and offshore wind

Catalogue of products/ services

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Demonstration project: MUTRIKU

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Bimep: Project Biscay Marine Energy Platform

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MISSION:

Infrastructure for research, demonstration and operation of offshore Wave Energy

Converters (WEC), with a view to placing the Basque Country at the forefront of ocean

energy and creating a technological and industrial sector around this energy.

OBJECTIVE:

To provide WEC manufacturers with the opportunity to install their equipment in this

infrastructure either for operational / demonstration purposes (to generate electricity)

or for testing purposes.

Bimep

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Description: Architecture

Main features:

20 MW

4 berths of 5 MW

13 kV (generation)/132 kV (grid)

Bimep

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20 km

Bimep

Description: Location

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Located in the town of Armintza-Lemoiz.

One of the areas of highest energy potential on the Basque coast (21 kW/m).

Near to Bilbao harbour (15 km).

No effect on areas of environmental protection or on nearby beachmorphodynamics.

Nearby open sea area enabling future expansion.

Offshore location

Bimep

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Administrative situation

Environmental permit (granted)

Industrial permit (granted)

Concession as maritime terrestrial public domain (submitted)

Technical situation

Engineering contracted to SENER

Underwater and land cable. Contracted to ELECNOR

Forthcoming tenders (sub-station, buoy marking system, etc.)

Plan

Construction and start-up (2012/2013)

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Naval and mechanical construction

Installing

convertors Logistics

Testing Naval engineering

Equipment for power transmission

2012-14Forecast services

Searching out appropriate sites

Design of marine energy farmsConstruction of convertors

Measurement and marking equipment: buoys

Supervision and

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Construction of

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Construction of

customised boats

2020

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Strategy

Conclusions And

final comments

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Strategic commitment of the Basque Country to marine energy (waves and offshore

wind) and renewable energy forms in general (onshore wind, solar thermal, etc.).

The Basque Country, a focus of technology in renewable energy.

For industry, marine energy is an opportunity similar to the development of other

sectors (wind, etc.) in the Basque Country.

The need for collaboration and cooperation between the government, industry

(energy, naval, etc.) and R&D Centres.

URGENT need in Spain to set up a regulatory framework favouring the development

of marine energy (provided for within Renewable Energies Plan 2020).

The need to eliminate administrative barriers.

Bimep as a driver of sector development.

Conclusions and final comments

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“Bilbao Marine Energy Week” includes:• Ocean Energy Conference

(5th International Marine Energy Seminar)

• Offshore Wind Conference• International workshops and meetings • Brokerage Events• Technical visits• Marine Renewable Energy Exhibition

Save the date 15-19 April 2013

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Thank you for your attention

28/02/2012

Javier Marqués

(jmarques@eve.es)

www.eve.es

Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE)

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