Increasing Value From Biomass in the Region. - Regensw
Turning offshore ambition into local opportunities Johnny Gowdy
South West Offshore Renewables
Building a New Industry Low Carbon Economic Area Strategy: Demonstration Research & knowledge Supply Chain Infrastructure Skills and training Home market
Economic opportunities
Reasons to be cheerful Local challenges Government policy changes?
Regen SW in offshore energy
Reasons to be cheerful
Our brilliant universities
Knowledge and technology Marine expertise and engineering
Research and Knowledge
Peninsula Research Institute of Marine Renewable Energy
£25 million project to boost Plymouth’s position as a global leader in science, innovation and marine research
Centres of Consultancy & Technology Development
Centre of excellence for aerospace, composites and high tech The new National Composites Centre, will open in 2011 • open-access facility to deliver world-class innovation • design and manufacture of composites • Lots of potential - wind and tidal turbine blades and other renewable energy applications. Bristol Universities partnership with Vesta’s forms part of the university’s Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS) Plus leading companies: Rolls Royce, Airbus, GKN, GE Independent Composites, DIAB and many more
Manufacturing and Component Supply Blades Other composites
Hydraulics Precision Engineering Electrical Control Systems Gears and bearings
Towers and components Cast components
Vestas have recently moved their Spare Parts & Repairs division to Bristol creating 20 new jobs. They choose Bristol specifically to tap into the pool of skilled workers from the engineering and aerospace sectors.
Offshore installation – Cornish mariners lead the way
Local challenges...... Scale of Projects
Ports are critical Grid Infrastructure Skills and training
Scale of Projects Turbines
Foundations
Installation Vessels
Port Opportunities Bristol Port – Wind farm construction North Devon Ports – Wind Farm O&M
Hayle – Wave energy/wave hub Falmouth – Construction and deployment Plymouth South Yard – Engineering / manufacturing Portland – Wind farm construction and O&M Poole – Wind farm O&M
Plus many other opportunities
New grid infrastructure 25000
The South West and South Wales are set to become a major net exporter of electricity South West capacity planned to step from 4.4 GW to over 15 GW by mid twenties Excludes Severn Tidal and Marine Energy Onshore grid connections and sub-stations Possibly a new offshore grid network
20000
MW
Seabank
Source National Grid
Melksham
Atlantic Array Bramley Hinkley Point Taunton
Bridgwater
Alverdiscot
Nursling Mannington
Axminster
Marchwood Fawley
Exeter
Chickerell
Landulph
Abham Key
Indian Queens
Langage
Substation Substation with generation Onshore reinforcement Offshore reinforcement
2024
South West and South Wales capacity
Margam Aberthaw
Demand
2010
Didcot
Oldbury
10000
0
Pembroke Uskmouth
Generation
5000
Rhigos
Baglan Bay
15000
Alderne y Energy
People - Skills and Training The Offshore renewable sector will require thousands of qualified technicians, engineers, environmental scientists, offshore and sub-sea workers. Design/Consultant Engineers
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers O&M Technicians Environmental Health and Safety Project/Construction Managers Marine and subsea Operations Offshore qualifications Manufacturing – fabrication, composites, hydraulics For example, Bristol based Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has launched an academy to train 18-25 year olds to work offshore in the energy and telecommunications markets, in an attempt to help reduce the "significant gap" in the offshore wind industry.
Government Policy
Commitment .......Yes Money..................Unsure
New Ideas ...........Of course
Government Policy
Unchanged Commitment to 2020 targets Commitment to Offshore Wind, Wave and Tidal Strategic Environment Assessment
Uncertain Future level of Investment ? Market incentives - RO or FIT? Level of industrial activism?
New Emphasis Localism Marine Energy Parks
Regen SW Working in the Offshore Sector
Thank YOU Johnny Gowdy [email protected]
Localism/Marine Energy Parks “We are lucky to have such a uniquely rich wave and tidal resource. We are currently considering in detail how creating a network of marine energy parks can work to push the sector forward. ..... Each marine energy park will be unique and different; building on the strengths of the region in which it is based. They will bring together a whole range of complementary factors, like opportunities for real deployment of marine renewable technologies. But also grid availability, testing facilities. .... We have inherited ambitious targets, which are a good thing. But, we need roadmaps to show us how we will get there, how we will deliver. ....”
Speech by Charles Hendry, Minister for Energy, Chatham House, 8 June 2010
Scope Scale Strategic Industry requirements
South West Offshore Renewables
Building a New Industry Low Carbon Economic Area Strategy: Demonstration Research & knowledge Supply Chain Infrastructure Skills and training Home market
Economic opportunities
Reasons to be cheerful Local challenges Government policy changes?
Regen SW in offshore energy
Reasons to be cheerful
Our brilliant universities
Knowledge and technology Marine expertise and engineering
Research and Knowledge
Peninsula Research Institute of Marine Renewable Energy
£25 million project to boost Plymouth’s position as a global leader in science, innovation and marine research
Centres of Consultancy & Technology Development
Centre of excellence for aerospace, composites and high tech The new National Composites Centre, will open in 2011 • open-access facility to deliver world-class innovation • design and manufacture of composites • Lots of potential - wind and tidal turbine blades and other renewable energy applications. Bristol Universities partnership with Vesta’s forms part of the university’s Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS) Plus leading companies: Rolls Royce, Airbus, GKN, GE Independent Composites, DIAB and many more
Manufacturing and Component Supply Blades Other composites
Hydraulics Precision Engineering Electrical Control Systems Gears and bearings
Towers and components Cast components
Vestas have recently moved their Spare Parts & Repairs division to Bristol creating 20 new jobs. They choose Bristol specifically to tap into the pool of skilled workers from the engineering and aerospace sectors.
Offshore installation – Cornish mariners lead the way
Local challenges...... Scale of Projects
Ports are critical Grid Infrastructure Skills and training
Scale of Projects Turbines
Foundations
Installation Vessels
Port Opportunities Bristol Port – Wind farm construction North Devon Ports – Wind Farm O&M
Hayle – Wave energy/wave hub Falmouth – Construction and deployment Plymouth South Yard – Engineering / manufacturing Portland – Wind farm construction and O&M Poole – Wind farm O&M
Plus many other opportunities
New grid infrastructure 25000
The South West and South Wales are set to become a major net exporter of electricity South West capacity planned to step from 4.4 GW to over 15 GW by mid twenties Excludes Severn Tidal and Marine Energy Onshore grid connections and sub-stations Possibly a new offshore grid network
20000
MW
Seabank
Source National Grid
Melksham
Atlantic Array Bramley Hinkley Point Taunton
Bridgwater
Alverdiscot
Nursling Mannington
Axminster
Marchwood Fawley
Exeter
Chickerell
Landulph
Abham Key
Indian Queens
Langage
Substation Substation with generation Onshore reinforcement Offshore reinforcement
2024
South West and South Wales capacity
Margam Aberthaw
Demand
2010
Didcot
Oldbury
10000
0
Pembroke Uskmouth
Generation
5000
Rhigos
Baglan Bay
15000
Alderne y Energy
People - Skills and Training The Offshore renewable sector will require thousands of qualified technicians, engineers, environmental scientists, offshore and sub-sea workers. Design/Consultant Engineers
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers O&M Technicians Environmental Health and Safety Project/Construction Managers Marine and subsea Operations Offshore qualifications Manufacturing – fabrication, composites, hydraulics For example, Bristol based Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has launched an academy to train 18-25 year olds to work offshore in the energy and telecommunications markets, in an attempt to help reduce the "significant gap" in the offshore wind industry.
Government Policy
Commitment .......Yes Money..................Unsure
New Ideas ...........Of course
Government Policy
Unchanged Commitment to 2020 targets Commitment to Offshore Wind, Wave and Tidal Strategic Environment Assessment
Uncertain Future level of Investment ? Market incentives - RO or FIT? Level of industrial activism?
New Emphasis Localism Marine Energy Parks
Regen SW Working in the Offshore Sector
Thank YOU Johnny Gowdy [email protected]
Localism/Marine Energy Parks “We are lucky to have such a uniquely rich wave and tidal resource. We are currently considering in detail how creating a network of marine energy parks can work to push the sector forward. ..... Each marine energy park will be unique and different; building on the strengths of the region in which it is based. They will bring together a whole range of complementary factors, like opportunities for real deployment of marine renewable technologies. But also grid availability, testing facilities. .... We have inherited ambitious targets, which are a good thing. But, we need roadmaps to show us how we will get there, how we will deliver. ....”
Speech by Charles Hendry, Minister for Energy, Chatham House, 8 June 2010
Scope Scale Strategic Industry requirements
