Colin Warwick (The Crown Estate) - “Harvesting in Harmony”

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SAGB CONFERENCE May 2012

Transcript of Colin Warwick (The Crown Estate) - “Harvesting in Harmony”

Learning To Live Together

Harvesting In Harmony

Driven By Passion Fishing is a way of life not a job

The Crown Estate Is a landowner

Is not a regulator

Is a public body – The Crown Estate Act 1961

Is not part of Government – but works closely with Government, statutory bodies etc.

Annual surplus is passed to the UK Government

Urban Estate

Marine Estate

Rural Estate

Windsor Estate

The Marine Estate

• 850,000 km2

• 22000km of coast line

• A responsibility to enhance the estate’s value

• Subject to good management and stewardship

Energy Business Activities

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Wave and Tidal

Gas Storage CO2 Storage

Offshore Wind

UK Offshore Wind Programme Rounds 1&2 including Extensions and Demo’s

• 1.5 GW operational

• 2.6 GW under construction (7 projects)

• 3 projects consented, pre-construction (up to 0.7 GW )

• 6 projects awaiting consent (up to 2.3 GW)

• 8 projects pre-application (up to 2.9 GW) Scottish Territorial Waters (STW)

• 5 projects active in pre-application (up to 5 GW)

Round 3

• 32 GW in development R3 focus is

• Renewable energy targets

• Jobs

Scale and programme

Floating wind: Practical

resource

Future Potential: wind

Technology Scenario 1 GW

Scenario 2 GW

Scenario 3 GW

Fixed 70 116 116

Floating 2 33 245

UK Wave and Tidal Programme

Future Potential Wave and Tidal

Technology Scenario 1 GW

Scenario 2 GW

Scenario 3 GW

Wave 2 5 14

Tidal stream 2 9 21

Introduction to wave and tidal energy Electricity can be generated from ocean waves and tides in several different ways

Tidal

Wave

Waves acting on the sea surface (kinetic energy)

Tidal stream

Flowing tidal waters (kinetic energy)

Tidal range

Water impounded during tides (potential energy)

Pelamis Wave Power

Marine Current Turbines

EDF (La Rance)

Pentland Firth and Orkney waters We have leased 11 projects with 1,600 MW total potential capacity

• UK flagship portfolio of wave and tidal stream projects

• Located off Caithness, North Sutherland and around Orkney Isles

• 11 projects with 1,600 MW total potential capacity

• Developer plans to install entire capacity by 2020, contingent on range of factors

• The Crown Estate is investing £5.7m in enabling actions work to accelerate and de-risk development

Pentland Firth and Orkney waters commercial project sites

Troubled Waters?

Storm force 10

Trawling Single net rig

Single Mid-water

Twin Rig

Beam Trawl

Siene Netting

Scalloping

Crabbing

Long Lining

Gill & Trammel Netting

How much seabed do we use?

First Impression of a Fishermans plotter data

How Fishermen See the Seabed

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