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Exhibition & Conference - 25 & 26 October 2016 - Amsterdam RAI

Entering a new era!

The first Newsflash of 2016 and we are in the third month of the ‘new’ year. The past few months we have been working hard at coordinating OEEC 2016 on the exhibition side as well as finalizing the many topics for our conference program.

Though we cannot reveal to much about conference

you will be able to delve deeper into subsea

The current oil prices and the rise of the renewables

This fits in nicely with our new campaign image which

program, we can let you know that several subjects

processing & infrastructure, decommissioning,

(marine energy and offshore wind) have led us to

you can see below and combines our focus on oil &

have been decided upon, many in agreement with

knowledge Management, asset Integrity, supply

believe 2016 will see the industry entering a new era,

gas, offshore wind and marine energy. What else is

our Conference Advisory Board. During OEEC 2016

chain optimization as well as LNG.

which we have chosen as a theme for OEEC 2016.

new in 2016? Turn the page to find out!

Offshore wind

oil & gas

Save the date Stay in touch!

@NavingoOE #OEEC

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marine energy

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New at OEEC 2016 Offshore Energy has a new home From the start in 2008 Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) has experienced continuous growth and it has the ambition to continue this steady course. In that respect we have exciting news to share: OEEC will have a new home in 2016 and will move to hall 1, 2, 4 and 5 of Amsterdam RAI. The ninth edition will be held on 25 & 26 October 2016.

The move to halls 1, 2, 4 and 5 will provide a new and even better experience for the exhibitors and visitors. The new area is spacious and attractive with more room allocated to showcase the industry’s products, innovations and services. This will lead the way to increased networking opportunities, meetings and discussions.

For those eager to have a look at the new exhibition area, more information is available on www.offshore-energy.biz/newhome, including a 360˚ walk through within the new halls.

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Column

By Eve Sprunt, Honorary Member SPE, 2006 President of SPE

Eve Sprunt

Can you spell oil?

Honorary Member SPE 2006 President of SPE

Column The fact that fossil fuels are such a fundamental part of our economy cannot be denied, nor can the cyclical nature of the industry, which amidst falling oil prices, entails hiccups in attracting and retaining talent within the industry.

nowadays part of a dual career couple.

fossil fuels, yet they will remain a

Which comes with added challenges.

fundamental part of our lives for a long time. Climate issues will mean

The relatively new generation must

we see a rise in renewables. High and

be vocal in that which they want to

stable oil prices would enable the

achieve. Do not let prejudice dictate

transition to occur faster, because

Every time the industry was

arise and acquiring people would halt.

not so many between 40 to 55 years

what career you choose or which

there would be less of a premium

booming, talent was hired like mad

This means there are bimodal age

old. Further to that, I feel there is also

extra curricular activities you partake

for non-fossil fuels.

and the only question would be: Can

differences. The industry has many

a divide between single earners and

in. Since the 70’s we have been led

you spell oil? Then a downturn would

employees over 55 years of age yet

the younger generation who are

to believe we are running out of

Offshore Energy on the road:

Meet us at the following exhibitions

2 - 5 May Offshore Technology Conference OTC, Houston

10 - 13 November - OE 2016 ADIPEC, Abu Dhabi

22 - 25 March OTC Asia, Kuala Lumpur

2 - 3 March SNS 2016: The Sea of Opportunity, Norwich

29 August - 1 September ONS Norway, Stavanger

21- 22 June Global Offshore Wind, Manchester, UK 15 - 17 March Oceanology International, Londen 14 - 16 June Seawork, Southhampton, UK

1-2 June Seanergy, Biarritz, France

Offshore Energy participates as Offshore Energy, Navingo BV or Offshore Wind.

7-9 June Windforce WAB, Bremen, Germany

27 - 30 September WindEnergy Hamburg, Hamburg

6 - 9 September SMM, Hamburg

29 November – 2 December OSEA, Singapore

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Industry News German Researchers Unveil Smart Blades Concepts German researchers gathered around the Research Alliance Wind Energy (FVWE) have completed a three-year Smart Blades project that resulted in new concepts for intelligent rotor blades which can adapt to the wind, thus allowing turbine rotor blades to produce electricity more efficiently, Fraunhofer IWES said in a statement.

It’s official. Premier Oil set to buy E.ON’s UK North Sea fields for $120 million After several reports earlier on Wednesday claimed that the British independent oil company Premier Oil was in talks to acquire a rival company, with Premier Oil’s shares suspended pending an announcement, the announcement is finally here.

What Reuters hinted earlier today, citing sources close to the matter, Premier Oil has now confirmed. In a statement on the London Stock Exchange, Premier Oil said it has agreed to acquire the whole of E.ON’s UK North Sea assets for a net consideration of $120 million plus working capital adjustments.

Premier Oil said that the proposed acquisition, which will be funded from existing cash resources, adds immediate cash generative production, realises tax synergies on Premier’s current c.$3.5bn UK tax loss position and is accretive to lending covenants.

The assets being acquired are located in the Central North Sea, West of Shetlands and the Southern Gas Basin and add stable UK gas revenues to the portfolio rebalancing Premier’s commodity exposure.

Tony Durrant, Chief Executive, commented: “We are pleased to have agreed this value accretive deal as we continue to execute our strategy of focusing the portfolio on our core regions. Having recently completed the sale of our Norwegian assets for $120 million, this transaction allows us to further consolidate our interests in the UK North Sea where any acquisitions are immediately value enhancing as a result of our existing UK tax position.

Premier has historically been able to capture long term value through acquisitions in low oil price environments. The material increase in low cost production and cash flow generation in 2016 and 2017, is materially covenant accretive and strengthens Premier’s financial position in the current environment.”

Acquired asset interests include a 5 percent share Elgin-Franklin field, operated by Total; Huntington oil field, where Premier’s interest will increase to 100%, Babbage field, where Premier will take operatorship with 47% stake, and Tolmount, one of the largest discoveries in the Southern Gas Basin in recent years with estimated gross resources of 200Bcf-1Tcf, with 50% and operatorship.

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Rotor blades are subject to severely fluctuating wind loads due to the difference in wind distribution close to the ground and at the top end of the turbine. The result is high loads for the rotor blade material and an enormous challenge when it comes to the control system. In the case of storm winds in particular, the wind load can be so great that turbine operators are even forced to power the systems down in order to avoid damage. From a costefficiency perspective that is particularly bad, as stronger wind translates to higher energy yields, according to Fraunhofer IWES. The ideal solution would be rotor blades which are able to adapt their geometry to suit the local wind conditions. This is made possible by active and passive technologies which allow individual rotor blades to adjust to the prevailing wind conditions - so-called smart blades. The Smart Blades project was a joint effort between researchers from the FVWE together with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Fraunhofer IWES and ForWind, the Center for Wind Energy Research of the Universities of Oldenburg, Hanover and Bremen aimed at investigating the effect of these technologies.

When a rotor blade subject to high wind turns in such a way that it offers the wind a smaller contact surface, researchers speak about a bending-torsion coupling (BTC). As this bending is initiated by the force of the wind alone, it is described as a “passive” mechanism. The investigation focused on two approaches which produce this effect. On the one hand, a crescent-shaped geometry was examined and, on the other, a particular structure was employed for the material composition of the rotor blade.

In this structural approach, the glass fibers from which the rotor blade is produced are arranged in such a way that it rotates at different wind speeds, thereby the pitch is adapted locally.

“The advantages of the mechanisms are that the blades can be built with a less robust design and are therefore lighter.

Both processes have the potential to improve the energy utilization of wind power systems,” said Alper Sevinc, Smart Blades technology coordinator for the bending-torsion coupled rotor blades at Fraunhofer IWES. The researchers now hope to be able to investigate the mechanisms tested in the simulation on demonstration rotor blades they have already designed in a future project.

Another approach pursued by the scientists is active mechanisms which adapt the trailing edges of a rotor blade and which system operators can use to control the aerodynamic loads on a rotor blade. In this respect, the researchers examined both flexible and rigid trailing edge flaps. The concept was inspired by the aviation industry and is comparable to the flaps on the wings of aircraft.

The investigations revealed that both options effectively reduce the load on the rotor blade. However, the

maintenance efforts required for rigid trailing edge flaps are so high due to the soiling of the moving parts that the advantages of flexible trailing edge flaps outweigh them substantially. The construction of demonstration blades for this concept is also planned at some point.

The researchers also considered whether a flexible leading edge flap on a rotor blade can improve the efficiency of wind turbines subject to heavily fluctuating, turbulent wind conditions. This mechanism enables optimal use of a rotor blade in a large wind speed range, according to the results of the research.

“The advantage in this respect is in the reaction speed of the flexibility of the leading edge flap, which allows rapid influencing of the active aerodynamic forces in turbulent influx conditions,” said Michael Hölling, Smart Blades technology coordinator for rotor blades with flexible leading edge flaps at Forwind.

The concept of the flexible leading edge flap was tested in a wind tunnel during the project and delivered promising results for future developments.

In addition, the researchers also assessed the cost-efficiency of the technological developments. They compared all the mechanisms with a system with an 80- metre- long rotor blade in simulations and came to the conclusion that many of the examined mechanisms could lead to improved rotor blades in the future. In the next step, the researchers hope to be able to test their results on full-scale rotor blades.

Following the completion of the Smart Blades project, the researchers presented their findings in the town of Stade, Germany, on 3-4 February 2016. The project was funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) with EUR 12 million.

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Five vessels to tow largest offshore facility ever built Prelude FLNG Offshore service contractor POSH Terasea has secured a project to provide towage and positioning services for the Shell Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (“FLNG”) platform the world’s largest offshore facility ever constructed.

POSH Terasea is a joint venture between PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd. (“POSH”) and Terasea Pte. Ltd., which is in turn a joint venture between Seabridge Marine Services Ltd. and Ezion Holdings Limited.

gas field in the Browse LNG Basin, 200km off the northwest coast of Australia. POSH Terasea will be in charge of the overall towage project management.

POSH Terasea was awarded the project after a competitive bidding process. As part of the project, POSH Terasea will undertake to tow the Shell Prelude FLNG over 3,000 nautical miles from Samsung Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, where it is being built, to Australia, where it will be deployed. It will then position the FLNG before it begins production at the Prelude

President and Director of POSH Terasea Eric Ng, said: “Towing and positioning a floating facility that is about four times the size of a football field from Korea to a gas field in Australia will be a massive and complex undertaking. We are excited to be entrusted to play such a critical role in this milestone development and look forward to successfully delivering on yet another project.”

Four times the size of a football field

For the project, POSH Terasea will deploy five vessels; Four Large Anchor Handling and Towage Vessels (AHT), the Terasea Osprey, Terasea Falcon, Terasea Hawk, Terasea Eagle; and one 16,000 BHP Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel (AHTS), the POSH Champion.

The Shell Prelude FLNG facility is 488 metres long and 74 metres wide and has a fully loaded displacement capacity of about 600,000 tons. It has around 260,000 tonnes of steel in the facility alone, around five times the amount of steel used to build the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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More rig delays for South Korean shipyard One of South Korea’s major drilling rig builders Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, has informed that it has agreed to delay a delivery of two drillships at the request of a client.

Drilling companies have been negatively impacted by low oil prices, cuts in spending by their clients - the oil companies- and the fact that more rigs are competing for less work, leading to dayrates going down below breakeven prices.

This has lead to the drillers, who had been ordering drilling rigs like crazy while the oil was over $110 per barrel, not anticipating the down-cycle in oil prices would come so quickly, to make arrangements with the shipyards to delay the deliveries, buying time until the oil price and conditions in the drilling market recover.

Second Offshore Wind Farm Decommissioning on the Way

Subsea 7 Scores Long-Term Gig Off UKBlades Concepts

DONG Energy is preparing to decommission world’s first offshore wind farm, located off Danish island of Lolland.

Subsea 7 has been awarded a three-year frame agreement, with four one-year options, for six North Sea clients: Chevron North Sea Limited, Dana Petroleum (E&P) Limited, Hess Denmark APS, Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited, Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited and TAQA Bratani Limited.

After 25 years of operation, Vindeby’s turbines are worn down and therefore the company is preparing to retire the wind farm, said Leif Winther, who is responsible for DONG Energy’s Danish offshore wind farms. In the summer of 1991, the 4.95MW Vindeby Offshore Wind Farm, comprising eleven 450kW wind turbines, fed the first offshore wind energy to the Danish grid.

The same way it allowed for better understanding of offshore wind conditions and turbine design and operation, the wind farm can now again bring a competitive edge to Danish companies, but this time in the dismantling of offshore wind farms, which is still an unexplored field, according to DONG Energy.

The company also said it is interested in a dialogue on the use of the wind farms’s infrastructure before the decommissioning starts.

“There are cables with an associated substation onshore, and it might be interesting for companies interested in renewable energy.

We would like to enter into dialogue with them prior to dismantling the wind farm,” Winther said.

Last month, Vattenfall carried out the first ever decommissioning of an offshore wind farm by taking down its 10MW Yttre Stengrund wind farm in Sweden.

The rig builder did not say who the client was, but it said it was an American customer. The drillships were ordered in 2013, a year before the oil prices would dramatically drop, for a price of $1.25 billion.

Paimpol-Bréhat project: DCNS installs first turbine

DCNS has deployed the first tidal turbine off Brittany, France, as part of the Paimpol-Bréhat tidal project.

Once the barge was stabilized, the turbine was lowered to the seabed using an innovative winch system equipped with hydraulic motors.

To remind, back in October 2015, Transocean, the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, agreed with Shell and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) to delay the operating and delivery contracts of two newbuild drillships. The Deepwater Pontus and the Deepwater Poseidon ultradeepwater drillships will be delayed by 12 months each.

Earlier, in August 2015, Daewoo lost a contract for another drillship, after Vantage Drilling decided to break it off. Also, in April last year, Atwood Oceanics made changes to the delivery schedule for two of its newbuild drillships being built by DSME. Offshore Energy Today Staff

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The operation was performed by 20 DCNS’ and OpenyHydro’s employees.

The first 500 kW tidal turbine has been deployed at its planned location, and the operation took half an hour to complete, the company said on social media.

It was installed using a dedicated barge designed by DCNS/OpenHydro.

The scope of work includes diver and ROV inspection, repair and maintenance, subsea construction and decommissioning services, and dedicated long-term project support.

Project management and engineering work will be managed from Subsea 7’s Aberdeen office.

Phil Simons, vice president UK and Canada, said: “We are pleased to announce the signing of this important long-term agreement.

The continuing relationships we have with each of our DSVi clients is testimony of the shared objectives maintained since the original award, and its success in generating increased value opportunities.

It represents our focused commitment to providing the right and cost-effective engineering solutions.”

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According to the South Korean news agency Yonhap, Daewoo on Wednesday said that the drillships, originally scheduled for delivery for 2015 end, will now be delivered by April 2018 and January 2019, respectively.

Under this frame agreement, Subsea 7 will continue to provide Diving Support Vessel (DSV) services on a year-round basis, as well as associated project management and engineering services to over 40 facilities in the North Sea. This award follows on from the original frame agreement awarded in 2009.

The second turbine, currently being assembled in Brest, is expected to be deployed in the following months.

DCNS will now connect the turbine to the French grid using the subsea converter constructed by GE. It will allow the electricity produced from the turbines to be transported as

continuous electrical current to an onshore substation close to the Arcouest Peninsula in Ploubazlanec that will feed the electricity to the French grid.

benefit from invaluable experience and help prepare for the Normandie Hydro project, which will see seven tidal turbines in the Raz Blanchard by 2018.”

James Ives, OpenHydro’s CEO, said: “The first of two OpenHydro tidal turbines on EDF’s Paimpol-Bréhat site has been successfully deployed.

When both open-centre turbines are connected to the grid, before summer 2016, the project will be among the world’s first grid connected turbine arrays.

The Paimpol-Bréhat demonstration project, jointly developed by DCNS and EDF, involves the installation of two OpenHydro’s tidal turbines with combined capacity of 1 MW, 16 km off the coast of Brittany, France, at the water depths of 35 m.

“The Paimpol-Bréhat development is an essential step in progressing towards commercial scale arrays.

It will allow EDF and OpenHydro to

The project is expected to pave the way for the deployment of pre-commercial tidal farms and the development of a tidal energy industrial sector in France.

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• A range of possible structures for financing tidal lagoons, • Different sizes of projects as the first of a kind, • Whether a competitive framework could be put in place for the delivery of tidal lagoon projects.

UK to review feasibility of tidal lagoon energy The UK government has announced an independent review into the feasibility and practicality of tidal lagoon energy in the UK. Whilst progress has been made to understand the technology behind tidal lagoons, which have the potential to provide the UK with clean and secure energy, more work needs to be done to determine whether they present value for money, according to the UK government.

In recognition of this, the UK government has commissioned a review of the technology to improve the understanding of how tidal lagoons could contribute to the future of the UK’s energy mix in the most cost effective way.

The review will consider: • An assessment of whether, and in what circumstances, tidal lagoons could play a cost effective role as part of the UK energy mix, • The potential scale of opportunity in the UK and internationally, including supply chain opportunities,

Nicholas Bourne, UK Energy Minister, said: “Tidal Lagoons on this scale are an exciting, but as yet an untested technology. I want to better understand whether tidal lagoons can be cost effective, and what their impact on bills will be - both today and in the longer term.”

“This review will help give us that clarity so we can determine what role tidal lagoons could have as part of our plans to provide secure, clean and affordable energy for families and businesses across the country.”

The government has also said it expects Tidal Lagoon Power, the proposed developers of Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, and other industry stakeholders to take part in the review while discussions about Swansea Bay tidal lagoon continue.

To remind, Tidal Lagoon Power delayed the beginning of construction works on the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project for a year due to the stall in negotiations with the government regarding the subsidies for the lagoon.

This review will take place in consultation with the relevant government departments, in particular DECC and HM Treasury for financial aspects.

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We will always have Paris The world’s major leaders who attended COP21, the Paris Climate Summit, represented a meeting of 150 world leaders and some 50,000 participants, including 25,000 official delegates. COP stands for Conference of Parties – the 195 countries that make up the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; 21 because it was the 21st meeting.

Though Mr. Dickson, CEO of EWEA,

terms of the Levelized Cost of Energy,

Standards and regulations

to see that, in Europe, only four to

peer pressure, even naming and

was always optimistic that a deal

while coal is US$105 and gas US$118.

Within the North and Baltic seas,

five members (the Netherlands,

shaming.” EWEA is in Brussels doing

would be achieved, he said that,

“The industry and experts have

governments have implemented

France, Germany, Denmark, the UK

its best to make sure targets can be

arguably, it had even “exceeded

known that the LCOE has come down

their own regulatory frameworks

and possibly Portugal) have clear

reached, says Dickson. “But softly,

expectations”, particularly with the

significantly in recent years, but we

and worked within their borders

commitments to wind energy policies

softly will no longer do. The European

statement that there would be

now have this confirmation.”

to realize projects at sea. However,

beyond 2020. This is a poor level of

Commission has to be bold to get

strenuous efforts to limit the

The offshore wind sector is also

the time has come for regulators

ambition. And this is despite the

countries to meet these targets.”

temperature increase to 1.5 °C above

seeing that costs are coming down

to meet, and compare notes with

President of the European Commission,

For EWEA, the next step is to work

pre-industrial levels. In addition, one of

substantially, he adds. This reduction

a view to contributing to the cost

Jean-Claude Juncker, in his State of

with regulators alongside industry,

the key points in the Paris agreement

in the costs of wind energy is being

reduction process. Assessing the

the Union address saying Europe is

to reduce some of the costs around

is to improve renewable energy

achieved through a variety of reasons,

current status of the offshore wind

No. 1 in renewables just recently.”

offshore wind infrastructure. For

deployment in developing countries,

such as the initiatives like the

energy industry, Mr. Dickson stresses

with USD$100 billion a year being

‘Contracts for Difference’ auctions in

that the sector can no longer consider

Huge opportunities for European

sector would benefit from a single

made available to assist them in their

the UK, and just the sheer scale of

itself a fledgling industry. “With 10GW

wind industry

European Union testing center.

efforts to combat climate change by

wind farms now. Mr. Dickson points to

capacity, this is now a mature industry.

“The many developments outside of

“We would then have a greater

2020. Crucially, the COP21 agreement

new developments like the 400MW

I think we are where we wanted to be

Europe are a wonderful opportunity

level of standardization in offshore

is being defined as “a floor for post-

concession for Horns Rev 3, which

in terms of installed capacity, when

or the European wind energy industry,

components.” And in the longer term,

2020”, Dickson stresses. “At the

Vattenfall was awarded in March 2015.

looking across Europe and regarding

which can export its equipment and

when asked what the offshore market

example, Mr. Dickson says that the

the policy picture. There is strong

knowledge. But to do so it has to

will look like, he stresses, “EWEA is not

agreement is politically realistic and

“These larger-scale initiatives are

support in many countries but certainly

remain cost competitive! Europe needs

in the business of predicting whether

achievable. All the boxes have been

a major reason offshore wind is

less support in others, and this is

to have a strong and vibrant domestic

the ambitions will be met. We are in

ticked.” Separately, the EU pledged

becoming more viable, and there

reflected in the investment levels.”

market, and this lack of ambition

the business of making things happen!”

€475m of ‘climate finance’ to the

has also been substantial progress

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group

on making good connections from a

INDCs

the ambition to see a 40% emissions

Read the full article in Offshore

of countries by 2020, and Germany and

technological point of view. We are

Mr. Dickson praised the commitments

reduction by 2030,” he says. “This is a

WIND magazine 1/2016.

France also increased their allocations.

learning to optimize technology and

that many countries had made to

collective obligation, and the European

EWEA we certainly believe that this

beyond 2020 is worrying. There is

there is more standardization of the

COP21. When looking at the Intended

Commission will have to put pressure

“Wind makes economic sense”

services and infrastructure, which is

Nationally Determined Contributions

on those who are not doing their

But now the benefits are clear,

the key to the future. However, much

(INDCs) of more than 150 countries,

fair share. The Commission will take

economic efficiencies are gained

more can be done! And EWEA is doing

which had been tabled ahead of

measures if we collectively need to

through job creation and knowledge

its best to ensure that the costs keep

COP21, there were very clear

deliver 40%. And it has many levers -

export, and in cheaper electricity bills

going down.”

commitments on wind and other

the use of the Structural Funds and

for the European consumer. Onshore

renewables reaching beyond 2020 and

the Cohesion Funds, the European

wind is now US$83 a megawatt hour in

up to 2030. “It is very disappointing

Investment Bank, financial instruments,

Giles Dickson, EWEA

Waves being made off the coast of Mauritius Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy has started its Mauritius wave and micro- grid design project. The company will receive a Au$800,000 ($560,000) grant through a partnership between the Australian and Mauritian Governments for the Mauritius, and the neighboring island of Rodrigues, project. Carnegie Wave Energy Limited is the inventor, owner and developer of the patented CETO wave energy technology that converts ocean swell into zero-emission renewable power and desalinated freshwater.

Photo: Perth Wave Energy Project. Courtesy of Carnegie.

The total value of the design

Greg Allen, chief operating officer,

energy roadmap. “We will also make

activities is Au$990,000 ($717,000),

recently convened the first project

preparations for the deployment of

and Carnegiewill contribute

steering committee meeting in

a wave data collection buoy in the

Au$190,000 ($130,000) of in-kind

Mauritius. Allen said: “The integration

coming months,” concluded Allen.

and technical support. This year the

of a mix of renewable technologies,

expectation is to deliver three

along with storage and controls, can

Carnegie has three other current

outcomes throughout 2016, including

provide cheaper, clean and secure

projects, including the Australian

the creation of renewable energy

solutions for island nations. It has been

Perth Project which was the first

roadmap for Mauritius, assessment of

pleasing to see the behind the scenes

demonstration of a complete grid-

the Mauritian wave energy resource

work associated with developing this

connected CETO system anywhere

and the identification of a preferred

initiative transform into an active

in the world. This project consists of

site for a commercial CETO wave

project.” He added that Carnegie will

three units operating together in an

energy project, and the design of a

now begin the process of collecting

array and the only wave project to

micro-grid powered desalination plant

and analysing the relevant data that

produce both power and freshwater.

on the Mauritian island of Rodrigues.

will form input into the renewable

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Practical information

OTEC meets OEEC Offshore renewable energy is on the rise with new emerging markets and an increasing number of projects. The many hundreds of gigawatts of capacity to be installed in the coming decades is an opportunity for new industry involvement. One of the offshore renewables is Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) which uses the natural temperature difference in tropical oceans between the surface water and deep water to generate power.

OTEC, best applicable in tropical regions

structures, pipes, mooring and power

latest OTEC technology and market

with population centres near the coast,

cables. This opens up opportunities for

developments, connect with the OTEC

can provide an enormous amount of

industry active in offshore sectors, such

industry, and share best practices to

clean and renewable energy, day and

as offshore wind energy and oil & gas.

accelerate OTEC implementation.

the world’s rapidly growing energy

Kleute: “An OTEC feasibility study,

The OTEC Symposium is an annual

needs. Berend Jan Kleute, co-founder

conducted by Bluerise funded by

meeting that brings together OTEC

and CTO of OTEC developer Bluerise,

Topsector Water, demonstrated a large

industry, researchers and market experts

explains: “The warm surface water is

potential, in combination with an

from all over the world. The symposium

used to evaporate a so-called working

untapped solution to a market need.

will be held in the Netherlands for the

fluid, comparable to the fluid used in a

The market for OTEC is progressing fast,

first time, taking place on 25 and 26

fridge. The vapor drives an electricity

with projects developed or announced

October 2016, partially hosted at OEEC

generating turbine. The cold water

in, amongst others, the Caribbean,

- further strengthening OEECs focus

brought up from the deeper ocean layer

China, Japan, Hawaii, Korea and India.

on marine energy, alongside offshore

night, year-round. OTEC can fully meet

wind and oil & gas. Attendance can be

is then used to condense the vapor so it can be reused. A cycle is therefore

This year the Netherlands will host the

combined with the Marine Energy event

created, one that generates electricity.”

4th International OTEC Symposium, held

in partnership with EWA during OEEC.

partly at Delft University of Technology OTEC is entering the phase of commercial

and in the RAI, Amsterdam during OEEC.

power production, which requires

The conference will offer participants

offshore equipment such as floating

the opportunity to learn about the

Exhibition

Marketing

Ms. Annemieke den Otter Exhibition Manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092606 Email: ao@navingo.com

Mr. Philip Mulder Marketing Manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092674 Email: pmu@navingo.com

Rebecca van den Berge McFedries Editor Tel: +31 (0)10 2092602 Email: rm@navingo.com

Ms. Ashley Hofmann Project Manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092646 Email: ah@navingo.com Ms. Nancy Slob-Corpeleijn Exhibition Coordinator Tel: +31 (0)10 2092651 Email: ns@navingo.com Ms. Cristien Louers Project Coordinator Tel: +31 (0)10 2092662 Email: cl@navingo.com

Conference Ms. Femke Perlot-Hoogeveen Conference Manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092634 Email: fh@navingo.com Ms. Lieke Heijnis Conference Coordinator Tel: +31 (0)10 2092689 Email: lhe@navingo.com Ms. Sarah Otto Conference Program Manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092665 Email: so@navingo.com

Ella Dongstra Marketeer Tel: +31 (0)10 2092688 Mail: ed@navingo.com

Sales Mr. Stephan van Plateringen Sales Manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092604 Email: sp@navingo.com Mr. Cesar James Account Manager UK Tel: +31 (0)10 2092663 Email: cj@navingo.com Ms. Joni Toonen International Account Manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092664 Email: jto@navingo.com

Office Navingo BV Las Palmas Building Wilhelminakade 302 3072 AR Rotterdam The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)10 2092600

25 & 26 October 2016 Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands Europaplein 22, 1078 GZ Amsterdam Halls 1, 2, 4 & 5 25 October 2016 09.30 - 18.00 26 October 2016 09.30 - 18.00

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