Dr Paul Ellsmore

Academic/Cross-Catapult Manager

November 2013

SuperGen Marine Annual Assembly

Catapults:

A new force for innovation & growth

• Being established and overseen

by the Technology Strategy Board

• Part of a world-leading network of

technology and innovation centres

• Bridge the gap between business,

academia, research and

government.

• Long-term investment to transform

the UK’s ability to create new

products and services

• Open up global opportunities for

the UK and generate sustained

economic growth for the future

9 Catapults

£1bn private and

public sector

investment

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Catapults up

and running in

2013

Offshore Renewable Energy

High Value Manufacturing

Connected Digital Economy

Satellite Applications

Transport Systems

Future Cities

Cell Therapy

Energy Systems

Stratified Medicine

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Extending the Technology Reach

Science (understanding the physics)

Technology

(development and furthering of new ideas)

Engineering (test and manufacture)

Current Innovation &

Testing in UK

Catapult expertise

extends UK’s

innovation deeper

into early stage

technology and

research

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Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Vision

“The ORE Catapult will be a leading international institution recognised for the identification, development and rapid commercialisation of innovative technology solutions, maintaining the UK’s position at the forefront of a vibrant and growing offshore renewable energy sector”

Mission

“In 5 years we will be the recognised “go to” institution for the delivery of interconnected technology innovation services. We will provide market access for new technologies while driving greater efficiency and will draw upon the strengths of the UK’s innovation services to create sustainable offshore wind and wave and tidal industries.”

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Catapult Management Team 5

CEO

Andrew Jamieson

Innovation & Technical

Director

TBC

Innovation Programmes

Director

Chris Hill

Strategic Development

Director

Steve Wyatt

Head of Communications

Charles Thompson

Business Services Director

David Currie

Growing to meet ambitious programme

41 engineering and business support heads by March 2014

120-150 by 2016

The Catapult’s interconnections simplify the

innovation landscape

Catapult

NAREC Carbon Trust

ETI

EMEC Wavehub

Hunterston

Testing

Hunterston

Testing

Methil

Testing

Methil

Testing Deep Sea

Testing

Deep Sea

Testing EOWDC EOWDC

Utilities / Supply Chain / SMEs

Academia

BIS

DECC

Scot

Gov

EU

etc

Funders

Crown

Estate

Consultants

TSB

Fraunhofers

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UK’s economic opportunity

Renewables

Installed

Capacity

UK Economic Value

Vision:

Maximum Capacity

Maximum economic value

Risk of

underachievement

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Value Opportunities Ready to be Captured

Rapid capacity growth expected • 18,000 MW by 2020 and more beyond

£50 billion programme UK in pole position of technology development and deployment Replicating UK oil & gas historic growth of capacity & skills Opportunities in

• turbine components, foundations, electricals, installation, testing, servicing…..

• Wave & tidal IP development and manufacturing……

Significant first mover innovation value opportunities

40-60% of investment value

is non turbine related

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Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

We will:

• Provide leadership to transform the Offshore Renewable Energy industry’s approach to innovation

• Integrate the key players across industry, academia and the public sector

• Accelerate technology readiness and procurement

• Ensure the UK maximises the benefits of its economic opportunity

• Return Government investment many times over

A world leading centre of excellence with deep technical knowledge

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Challenges are our Opportunities

Offshore Renewable Energy has cost reduction challenges e.g 30-40%

in offshore wind

ORE Catapult presents opportunities by

• Working with developers, manufacturers and test agencies to enable and prove larger

turbines (lower p/kWh) and their deployment

• Providing new data analysis services to improve project design and installation

efficiencies

• Integrating developers with supply chain to standardise projects, thus enabling new

entrants and allowing innovation to flow

• Continually acting to derisk new technologies, leading to cheaper finance opportunities

• Enabling greater knowledge / lessons learned sharing, with reach into other sectors

e.g aerospace, oil & gas and the wider Catapult portfolio

An informed and interconnected ORE Catapult

can resolve many sector challenges

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Wave & Tidal Innovation Balance of Catapult activity – 20%

High UK prospects of IP and manufacturing

Success of single unit trials promising

Tidal technologies relatively advanced

- array deployment needed for commercial proving

Wave power has leaders but sector generally less

well developed

Credentials improving

- increasing interest from major industrials

Tremendous scope to provide leadership and to

resolve common issues, share learning and enable

deployment at scale

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Wave & Tidal Innovation Opportunities

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Scale Testing Full Scale Testing Demonstration Array Commercial Project

Single Device

(kW scale)

Single device

(50kW to 2MW)

3 to 10 devices

(500kW to 10MW)

10 to 200 devices

(10MW to 400MW)

ORE Catapult

Opportunities

Yield Analysis

Site Characterisation

Installation Methods

Substructures

Moorings

Standards

O&M

Electrical Systems

Insurance

Cable Protection

Manufacturing

Reliability

Condition Monitoring

Lifetime Analysis

Materials

Performance

Sensors

Modelling

Industry Collaboration

Research Collaboration

Marine Farm Accelerator

The Marine Farm Accelerator is the first ORE Catapult project

in the marine sector. Other projects will be developed to cover

other areas of technology innovation and cost reduction.

Project

Development

Stages

Marine Farm Accelerator Technology for First Wave and Tidal Arrays

ORE Catapult programme delivered by the Carbon Trust

Modelled on the successful Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA)

Steering Group of project developers (SPR, SSE, Vattenfall, Meygen, DP Energy)

Liaison Group of technology developers

Phase 1 has identified six workstreams:

• O&M

• Yield Optimisation

• Site Characterisation

• Electrical Systems

• Installation Methods

• Insurance

Phase 1 will drive scope for R&D projects and be completed by end 2013

Phase 2 will implement the identified R&D projects

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Marine Farm Accelerator Other Marine Project Development

Supporting collaboration between test sites and the resulting knowledge

transfer with industry.

Helping industry to respond to funding calls – identifying potential

partnerships between industry and academia.

Maximising the impact of ongoing funding programmes and ensuring that

industry is able to benefit.

Working with other Catapults to identify new approaches and innovation

that could be applied in the marine sector. e.g. satellite monitoring of

sites, improved sensors for site characterisation, component testing and

advanced manufacturing techniques

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Extending the Technology Reach

Partnerships and inputs underway

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Cranfield Imperial

Queens Sheffield

Loughborough

Strathclyde Oxford

Exeter

Swansea

Edinburgh Research Advisory

Group Established

Chair Edinburgh University

Industry Advisory

Group

Chair SSE

Collaborative

Working Group

and other linkages

e.g. to SMEs

Utilities

OEMs

Supply Chain

Marine OEMs

Progress Key themes – Technology Advancement & Collaboration

Standardisation

• Process (BSI)

• Good Practice

• Technology leads from Pilot

Cable Reliability

• Condition Monitoring

• HVDC

• Self repair

• Leads from Pilot

Measurement & Analysis

• Lidar:

• Fixed

• Floating

• Certification

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Progress Key themes – Technology Advancement & Collaboration

SMEs

• EIC

• RETA

• Regional engagement

Marine Farms Accelerator

• Steering group

• Industry Partners

• Arrays

• Collaboration

Reliability

• SPARTA

• Operational certification

Testing

• Identifying UK Capability

• Use of facilities

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