TNEI works with Aquamarine to identify marine energy sites |
Energy consultancy TNEI is pleased to be working with Aquamarine Power (“Aquamarine”) to identify the most viable marine energy sites around the UK and Irish coastlines for deployment of Aquamarine’s market leading Oyster wave energy converter.
Aquamarine is aiming to develop sites capable of hosting 1,000 MW of marine energy by 2020.
TNEI’s expertise in grid connection analysis is helping Aquamarine to assess potential sites for its market leading Oyster wave energy converter, up to and over 100 MW. To help make informed decisions on the sites, TNEI has been conducting grid connection analysis on locations and the network. Nothing of this scale exists at present and the team is investigating the grid’s current capacity and capabilities and making projections on how it will look in the future.
The work has centred on collating public domain data, undertaking spreadsheet analysis on current grid capabilities and identifying capacity locations on a geographic basis. The team has also made projections on the future profile of the National Grid System identifying where capacity is likely to be, based on the grid’s proposed development work.
From its analysis, TNEI has already submitted two reports to Aquamarine identifying existing and future grid capacities on a geographic basis. The team has also made recommendations on methods which may be used to maximise local grid capacity to enable generation to be installed in advance of grid reinforcements.
Steve Ingram, Principal Consultant at TNEI explained:
“TNEI started working with Aquamarine on this project at the beginning of the year. We are hopeful that the relationship will develop in line with the growth of the offshore wave industry. There is considerable potential for such generation but this brings new and exciting challenges in terms of grid connections.”
Martin McAdam, Aquamarine’s Chief Executive Officer, commented “We are pleased to be working with TNEI to meet the challenging grid connection demands the marine renewable energy industry is facing. Coupled with TNEI’s considerable expertise and analysis, Aquamarine is looking forward to delivering grid connected sites and making marine renewable energy mainstream."
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