The Ocean Energy Report : Tidal Wave - Ocean Thermal - Marine Current (Edition 3 - 2007)

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

• Market Development
  • Ocean Energy
  • Tidal Energy
  • Wave Energy
  • Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
  • Marine Current Energy
  • Benefits and Disadvantages of Different Energy Technologies
  • Manufacturing

2. Ocean Energy Overview

• Tidal Energy
• Wave Energy
• Ocean Thermal Energy
• Marine Current Energy

3. Tidal Energy

• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Technical Concepts for Exploiting Tidal Energy - Tidal Barrages
• Secondary Water Storage
  • Current Development of Tidal Barrage Schemes
• Technical Status and Experience from Operating Systems
  • France - La Rance 240 MW Tidal Barrage
  • Canada - Annapolis 20 MW Tidal Barrage
  • China - 11 MW of Small Tidal Plants
  • Tidal Barrage Plant Under Construction in Korea
  • China Yalu River Tidal Barrage
• Experimental Tidal Barrages
  • Russian Federation - Kislogubsk 400 kW
  • United Kingdom - Severn Estuary, Mersey Estuary
• Other Tidal Flow Devices
  • TidEL, SMD Hydrovision
  • Australia - Derby
  • United States
  • Argentina
  • Canada
  • China
  • India
  • Korea (Republic)
  • Mexico
• Economic Considerations
• Environmental Aspects

4. Wave Energy

• Wave Resources
• Wave Energy Conversion Technology
  • Oscillating Water Column (OWC)
  • Floats or Buoys
  • Tapchan
• Oscillating Water Column (OWC)
• Floats and Buoys
  • AquaEnergy Buoy
  • Ocean Power Technologies
  • SPERBOY
  • The Pendulor
  • Pelamis, Ocean Power Delivery (OPD)
  • Energetech
  • Denmark Has Introduced Several Innovations
  • Japan
• Tapchan
  • The Wave Dragon
  • Wavegen
• Wave Propulsion
• Synergies with the Offshore Industry
• The Road to Commercial Wave Power
• Current Status for Wave Energy Development - Country Developments
  • Australia
  • China
  • Denmark
  • Greece
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Japan
  • Maldives
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

5. Ocean Thermal Energy

• Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
• Additional Benefits of OTEC Technology - DOWA
• Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
• Status of Development and Funding Support
• Support Organisations
  • The International OTEC/DOWA Association (IOA)
  • EU and Maritime Industries Forum
  • Japan Association of Deep Ocean Water Applications
• Future Global OTEC Capacity
• Markets for OTEC
  • Country Developments
  • Cˆte d' Ivoire
  • Cuba
  • Fiji
  • French Polynesia
  • Guadeloupe
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
  • Nauru
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • New Caledonia
  • Puerto Rico
  • Sri Lanka
  • St. Lucia
  • Taiwan, China
  • United States
  • Virgin Islands

6. Marine Current Energy

• The Seaflow Project, Marine Current Turbines (MCT) - The World' s First Marine Current
• Turbine
• Stingray and the EB Frond, The Engineering Business (EB)
• The Marine Current Resource
• Status of Marine Current Technology
  • Horizontal Axis Turbines (axial flow turbine)
  • Vertical Axis Turbines (cross flow turbine)
• Technical Problems for Research
  • Experimental Marine Plant, Korea
• Future of Marine Current Energy

7. Ocean Energy Conversion Costs

8. Benefits of Different Forms of Energy

9. Manufacturing Base

Figures

• Figure 2-1: Global Distribution of Tidal Energy Projects by Type of Project
• Figure 2-2: Global Distribution of Tidal Energy Projects by Type of Project
• Figure 2-4: Global Distribution of Wave Projects by Type of Project
• Figure 2-5: Global Distribution of Wave Projects by Type of Project
• Figure 3-1: The Global Tidal Resource
• Figure 3-2: Tidal Current Power
• Figure 3-3: Base Data for the Severn Barrage
• Figure 3-4: Proposed Severn Barrage
• Figure 3-5: TidEL Tidal Energy Device
• Figure 4-1: Wave Power Resources of the World
• Figure 4-2: The Mighty Whale
• Figure 4-3: AquaEnergy Buoys
• Figure 4-4:Floating Buoy Energy Converters
• Figure 4-5: SPERBOY Oscillating Water Column Device
• Figure 4-6: Ocean Power Delivery Pelamis
• Figure 4-7: Wave Dragon Floating Tapchan
• Figure 4-8: Limpet Shoreline Energy Module
• Figure 4-9: The Orcelle, Sustainably Powered Ship
• Figure 4-10: Pelamis Wave Farm in Portugal
• Figure 4-11: The UK Wave Power Resource
• Figure 5-1: OTEC Resource Map
• Figure 5-2: The OTEC Device
• Figure 6-1: The Seaflow Marine Current Turbine
• Figure 6-2: Stingray and EB Frind Wave Energy Devices
• Figure 6-3: Marine Current Resource in the UK
• Figure 7-1: Wave Power Installed Cost Curve Versus Other Renewables
• Figure 7-2: Generation Costs from Ocean Energy Conversion Estimated Experience

Tables

• Table 1-1: Benefits and Disadvantages of Different Energy Technologies
• Table 2-1: Leading Wave and Tidal Stream Device Developers that have Progressed to the Fullscale Prototype Stage
• Table 2-2: Universities Engaged in Ocean Energy Conversion Research
• Table 3-1: Prospective Sites for Tidal Energy Projects
• Table 3-2: Comparison of World Tidal Schemes in Existence or Proposed
• Table 3-3: Identified for Possible Tidal Barrage Plants
• Table 8-1: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Energy Technologies