The Ocean Energy Report Ed 3 2007

Content

• 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
  • Cte 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
• List Of 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
• List Of 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