アクアマリンパワー Aquamarine Powerのオイスター Oyster 2とマリンカレントタービン Marine Current Turbinesのシーゲン SeaGen 潮流発電機がスコットランドで2013年の運用開始を目指して動きだしました: ソフトエネルギー

アクアマリンパワー Aquamarine Powerのオイスター Oyster 2とマリンカレントタービン Marine Current Turbinesのシーゲン SeaGen 潮流発電機がスコットランドで2013年の運用開始を目指して動きだしました

　アクアマリンパワー Aquamarine Powerのオイスター Oyster 2とマリンカレントタービン Marine Current Turbinesのシーゲン SeaGen 潮流発電機がスコットランドで2013年の運用開始を目指して動きだしました。スコットランド政府は、風力発電や海洋エネルギーの開発に非常に熱心に動いています。今回の2社の動きもバックアップしています。2011年には両社の実際の運用モデルに近い形のものがつくられ、スコットランドのオークニーのEuropean Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)での実証実験がはじまるということです。

・スコットランドは、再生可能エネルギーに熱心ですね!　North Sea Grid計画-----ソフトエネルギー、2010/03/10

　スコットランドは、再生可能エネルギーの導入に本当に熱心です。今年もスコットランドの海洋エネルギー関連の情報を当ブログでたくさん扱うことができましたが、来年もまた盛んになりそうです。

プレスリリース / Aquamarine Power,2 Dec 2010
・AQUAMARINE POWER AWARDS ￡4 MILLION OYSTER 2 CONTRACT TO BIFAB

-----image(”Aquamarine Power's Oyster 2 wave energy converter”) : 同リリースより

" Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power today announced its next-generation Oyster wave energy device is to be built in Scotland by leading fabrication contractor Burntisland Fabrications Ltd (“BiFab”).

The news follows last week’s announcement of ￡11 million new investment in Aquamarine Power by multi-national power company ABB and existing shareholders including SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy).

The ￡4 million contract will see the first next-generation Oyster device ? known as Oyster 2 ? fabricated over the next six months at BiFab’s manufacturing plant at Methil on the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Installation of the device will then begin at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) near Stromness in Orkney in summer 2011.

The project is also being supported through grant funding awarded by Scottish Enterprise and the Carbon Trust Marine Renewables Proving Fund.
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Aquamarine Power’s Oyster 2 demonstration project will consist of three flaps, each measuring 26 metres wide. Although it is only 50 per cent wider it will deliver 250 per cent more power than the original Oyster 1 which was successfully deployed at EMEC last summer.

The three devices will be linked to a single onshore 2.4 MW hydro-electric power station. The new devices incorporate a number of design improvements, which means they will produce more energy, be simpler to install and easier to maintain. A small farm of 20 Oyster devices would provide enough energy for more than 12,000 homes.
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関連
・Fife firm BiFab secures ￡4m Oyster contract-----The Courier,03.12.10

プレスリリース / Marine Current Turbines,2 December 2010
・Marine Current Turbines aiming for first tidal energy farm in Scotland by 2013

-----image : 同リリースより

" UK tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines, is targeting 2013 to install Scotland’s first tidal energy farm. The company, which designed and deployed the world’s first commercial scale offshore tidal stream energy system in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough, is investigating the feasibility of a tidal farm in Kyle Rhea, a strait of water between the Isle of Skye and the Scottish mainland.

The project will have the capacity to generate electricity for up to 4,000 homes in the Highlands & Islands by harnessing the power of the fast tidal currents that pass through Kyle Rhea 14 hours a day. It will also give a multi-million pound boost to the Highlands & Islands economy as local businesses can expect to participate in the tidal farm’s installation, operation and maintenance.

The development of the project is subject to securing a lease agreement from The Crown Estate, securing planning approval from Marine Scotland (part of the Scottish Government) and raising the finance for the project. Marine Current Turbines (MCT) estimates that the cost of the 5MW Kyle Rhea scheme, consisting of four SeaGen tidal units, will be ￡35million.

For the past nine months, MCT has undertaken a series of environmental and technical studies and consulted a range of local and national organisations. The work to date has confirmed the suitability of the site and subject to further studies being carried out and further consultations, MCT aims to submit a planning application towards the end of next year (2011).
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About Marine Current Turbines:

1. Marine Current Turbines (www.marineturbines.com) is based in Bristol, England. The company was established in 2000 and its principal corporate shareholders include BankInvest, Carbon Trust Investments, EDF Energy, ESB International, Guernsey Electricity, High Tide and Siemens Energy.

2. In 2009, MCT was ranked the world’s top tidal energy company in The Guardian/Clean Tech Global 100 Survey and won Renewable Energy Developer of the Year in the UK Renewable Energy Association Annual Awards.

3. MCT’s 1.2MW SeaGen was deployed in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough in April 2008; it has the capacity to generate power for the equivalent of about 1500 homes. It works in principle much like an “underwater windmill” with the rotors driven by the power of the tidal currents rather than the wind. The SeaGen turbine is subject to a rigorous monitoring programme imposed under its licensing conditions to ensure it does not threaten the marine life of Strangford Lough where it is located.

4. SeaGen is accredited by OFGEM as a UK power station and so is a recipient of Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs).

5. Since February 2008, MCT has partnered RWE npower renewables on plans to develop a 10MW tidal farm in waters off Anglesey, north Wales and is working with Minas Basin Pulp & Power to deploy a single SeaGen system in Canada’s Bay of Fundy. In September 2010, the company announced that it would partner ESB International in taking forward plans to develop a tidal energy farm of up to 100MW off the Antrim (Northern Ireland) coast.

6. In March 2010, MCT secured approval for a lease from The Crown Estate to deploy its SeaGen tidal current technology off Brough Ness, on the southern most tip of the Orkney Islands (South Ronaldsay) and north east of John O’Groats. The company plans to have its first phase of SeaGen tidal turbines deployed there during 2017 with the whole scheme operational by 2020.
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関連2
・MARINE CURRENT TURBINES AIMING FOR FIRST TIDAL ENERGY FARM IN SCOTLAND BY 2013-----Process and Control Today,03/12/2010

・Next wave of Scottish marine energy projects on the horizon-----businessgreen.com,03 Dec 2010

関連エントリー
+アクアマリンパワー Aquamarine Powerのオイスター Oyster関連

・Aquamarine Powerのオイスター Oyster 2　 / YouTubeから-----自然エネルギー、2010/12/07

・オイスター潮流発電装置の搬入のようす..イギリスの自然エネルギーへの取組み / YouTubeから-----自然エネルギー、2010/05/11

・オイスター潮流発電装置 Aquamarine Power社OYSTERAR(R)hydro-electric wave energy converter、実証運転を開始-----ソフトエネルギー、2009/12/02

・イギリス、スコットランドのオイスター潮流発電装置が秋から実地試験へ-----ソフトエネルギー、2009/08/03

+マリンカレントタービン Marine Current Turbinesのシーゲン SeaGen関連

・リンカレントタービン Marine Current Turbinesのシーゲン SeaGen　/ YouTubeから-----自然エネルギー、2010/12/08

・ヨーロッパのトップ10、クリーン・テクノロジー企業とは？-----ソフトエネルギー、2008/10/06

・潮汐発電用の「風車」が設置される北アイルランド-----GreenPost -Heuristic Life -Alternative Technology,2008/4/12

・世界初の英潮流発電機、北アイルランドで設置工事開始-----ソフトエネルギー、2008/04/10

・イギリスで、世界初の商業潮力発電所、建設中！-----ソフトエネルギー、2007/07/09

[ カテゴリー : 潮汐力・海流など海洋エネルギー ]

コメント続き

　スコットランドは、イギリスのグレートブリテン島の三分の一程度の面積に3百万人程度の人口を抱える軍事、外交以外では国並の自治と政治体制を備えている地域です。スコットランド政府は、2020年に50-80％の電力を再生可能エネルギーで賄うことを宣言し、実際に準備を進めています。もともと、北海など油田関連の産業が多く、再生可能エネルギー産業の意味と具体化には大きな力をもっていると言われています。スコットランドに注目しましょう。(t_t)

プレスリリース / Scottish Government,23/09/2010
・Target for renewable energy now 80 per cent

" Scotland's renewable electricity target for the next decade is being raised from 50 per cent to 80 per cent, First Minister Alex Salmond announced today.

The FM confirmed the Scottish Government's increased national target - now 80 per cent of Scottish electricity consumption to come from renewables by 2020 - ahead of a major international conference in Edinburgh next week to help accelerate investment in the growing low carbon economy.

Scotland's existing target was established in 2007 and, aided by a rapid expansion in wind power, the country is on course to exceed its interim target of 31 per cent in 2011.

The Scottish Government has now calculated that significantly higher levels of renewables could be deployed by 2020 with little change to the current policy, planning or regulation framework in Scotland. A separate study for industry body Scottish Renewables, published today, reports similar conclusions.
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参考
-----Google GreenPostサイト横断検索 : スコットランド-----

・Wikipedia : スコットランド

Mitsubishi invest ￡100m in green energy

(scottishgovernment2010年12月03日 )