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The Ocean Energy Resource and Economics, Public Policies and Economy courses

The Ocean Energy Resource and Economics, Public Policies and Economy courses. The EUREC Master in RE - Specialisation Modulus in Ocean Energy António Sarmento. Summary. Presentation of the teaching staff Motivation The WavEC – Offshore Renewables center

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The Ocean Energy Resource and Economics, Public Policies and Economy courses

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  1. The Ocean Energy Resource and Economics, Public Policies and Economy courses The EUREC Master in RE - Specialisation Modulus in Ocean Energy António Sarmento

  2. Summary • Presentation of the teaching staff • Motivation • The WavEC – Offshore Renewables center • Presentation of the Ocean Energy Resource (OER) course. • Presentation of the Economics, Public Policy and Environment (EPE) course. • OER 1 and EPE 1 & 2 assignment

  3. Presentation of the teaching staff • Prof. António Sarmento (IST & WavEC): Responsible of EOR and EPE • OER • Dr. José Cândido (WavEC) • Dr. Teresa Simas (WavEC) • EPE • Mr. Nuno Matos • Mr. Alex Raventós • Dr. Teresa Simas

  4. OER and EPE Teaching Staff • António Sarmento • Retired Associate Professor, Mech. Eng. Dept., IST • Founder and President of the Board of WavEC Offshore Renewables • Cofounder and Member of the Board of the European Association of Ocean Energy • Member of the Board of the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering (2007-2011) • Member of the Techn. Adv. Committee of the Saltire Prize (Scotland Gov.) for marine renewable energy (2008). • Member of the Independent Technical Assessment committee of the Energy Technologies Institute (UK) for the marine renewable energy program (2008 and 2009). • Coordinator of 3 EU funded projects in ocean energy. • Associated Editor Int. Journal Offshore and Polar Engineering. • Associated Editor Journal of Ocean and Wind Energy. • Member of the Scientific Board of EWTEC and ISOPE conferences. • International consultancy work for companies in ocean energy. • Supervision of 8 PhD thesis in ocean energy and related topics • Author of more than 100 papers in journals and conferences in ocean energy.

  5. OER and EPE Teaching Staff José Cândido (WavEC) Degree in Oceanography/Meteorology at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL) and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). José started his research activity initially focused on wave climate and wave energy resource assessment and afterwards on modeling of wave energy devices. At WavEC he is researcher and manager of offshore renewable energy projects, in particular TROPOS (Development of Multi-Purpose Offshore Platforms). Teresa Simas (WavEC) Coordinator of the Environmental Department Degree in Marine Biology and Fisheries at the Universidade do Algarve and masters and PhD in Environmental Sciences at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Teresa is the coordinator of the environmental team and research projects on marine environmental assessment.

  6. OER and EPE Teaching Staff • Nuno Matos (WavEC) • CoordinatorofthePublic Policies and DisseminationGroup • Degree in Telecommunication and Electronics at Instituto Superior Técnico. HestartedhisPhdrecently in thefieldofpublic policies at ISCPT, LisbonTechn. University. • Nuno Matos has many years of experience as a team leader with commercial background. He created the Public Policies and Dissemination Department at WavEC which he coordinates. He developed extensive experience in public administration interaction with ocean energy. Alex Raventos Degree in Industrial Engineering at the UniverstitatPolitecnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain). Post-graduate diploma in Sustainable Energy Systems by the MIT-Portugal program. Alex Raventos is responsible for the socio-economic research area at the Public Policies and Dissemination Department of WavEC. He has extensive experience in strategic and economic studies for energy companies and governmental bodies.

  7. Summary • Presentation of the teaching staff • Motivation • The WavEC – Offshore Renewables center • Presentation of the Ocean Energy Resource (OER) course. • Presentation of the Economics, Public Policy and Environment (EPE) course. • OER 1 and EPE 1 & 2 assignment

  8. Motivation • Why did you choose EUREC RE Master? • Why did you choose Ocean Energy specialization? • How do you foresee your future career? • How motivated are you for the Ocean Energy Resource course? What do you expect from it? • How motivated are you for the Economics, Public Policies and Environment course? What do you expect from it?

  9. Summary • Presentation of the teaching staff • Motivation • The WavEC – Offshore Renewables center • Presentation of the Ocean Energy Resource (OER) course. • Presentation of the Economics, Public Policy and Environment (EPE) course. • OER 1 and EPE 1 & 2 assignment

  10. Summary • Presentation of the teaching staff • Motivation • The WavEC – Offshore Renewables center • Presentation of the Ocean Energy Resource (OER) course. • Presentation of the Economics, Public Policy and Environment (EPE) course. • OER 1 and EPE 1 & 2 assignment

  11. OER - Objectives • Put the student in contact with: • Ocean environment and habitat • Wave and Tidal resources characterization and measurement; • OTEC and Salinity gradient resources and technology; • Site selection for wave and tidal farms and GIS tools.

  12. OER - Outcomes • Understand the relevance of main physical mechanisms in the ocean • Understand the main biological processes that may affect or be affected by ocean energy devices. • Be familiar to the concept of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) and Salinity Gradient Conversion (SG); • Be familiar with the statistic description of waves and currents • Use the statistical information to make evaluation of the energy resource • Use of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) in site selection characterization

  13. OER - Content • Ocean Energy Resource 1 (OER1) • Introduction to the ocean environment (ocean water, geology, circulation, stratification, habitat, economy) • Ocean Energy Resource 2 (OER2) • Ocean surface waves • Ocean tidal currents • Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) • Ocean salinity gradient energy resource (SG) • Site selection and characterization for ocean energy systems

  14. OER - Assessment • 2 tests (OER 1 and OER 2) or 1 exam – 60% • 2 assignment – 40% • OER 1 assignment together with EPE 1 & 2 • Dates: • OER1 test: 31/3 at 9:00 • Presentation assignment OER1 28/4 at 10:30 • OER2 test: 26/5 at 9:00 (Waves) and 10:30 (Tidal) • Exam: 3/6 at 109:00 • Presentation assignment OER 2 at 27/5 at 10:30.

  15. OER - Planning All this information available at the Fenix page in a document under section “Info on OER”

  16. Summary • Presentation of the teaching staff • Motivation • The WavEC – Offshore Renewables center • Presentation of the Ocean Energy Resource (OER) course. • Presentation of the Economics, Public Policy and Environment (EPE) course. • OER 1 and EPE 1 & 2 assignment

  17. EPE - Objectives • Put the student in contact with: • The economics of ocean energy (costs, project financing, market development); • The role and processes of public policies and their relevance for market development • Environmental concerns, constraints and processes.

  18. EPE - Outcomes • Be familiar with basic economic analysis of ocean energy systems and project finance. • Get basic knowledge on policy processes. • Understand the licensing and permitting procedures. • Be able to perform simple environmental impact studies for OE systems.

  19. EPE - Content • Economics, Public Policies and Environment 1 (EPE1): Economics • Costs of ocean energy: Key concepts and definitions (CAPEX, OPEX, LCOE) • Introduction to project feasibility assessment • Towards the market: Electricity Market, support mechanisms and future scenarios

  20. EPE - Content • Economics, Public Policies and Environment 2 (EPE2): Public Policies • Public issues • Licensing and Permitting • Technology and market development tools • Economics, Public Policies and Environment 3 (EPE3): Environment • EIA objectives, processes and requirements • Public consultation and conflict of uses • Environmental monitoring

  21. EPE - Assessment • 2 tests (EPE 1&2 and EPE 3) or 1 exam – 60% • 2 assignment – 40% • OER 1 assignment together with EPE 1 & 2 • Dates: • EPE2 test: 10/3 at 14:00 • Presentation assignment EPE1&2: 28/4 at 10:30 • EPE1 test: 7/4 at 14:00 • EPE3 test: 12/5 at 14:00 • Exam: 9/6 at 14:00 • Presentation assignment EPE 3 at 4/6 at 10:30.

  22. EPE - Planning All this information available at the Fenix page in a document under section “Info on EPE”

  23. Summary • Presentation of the teaching staff • Motivation • The WavEC – Offshore Renewables center • Presentation of the Ocean Energy Resource (OER) course. • Presentation of the Economics, Public Policy and Environment (EPE) course. • OER 1 and EPE 1 & 2 assignment

  24. OER 1 and EPE 1 &2 assignments • For a given island data will be given on • Wave, wind and tidal current resources • Bathimetry and type of ocean bottom soil • Economic activities (fishing effort, leisure, etc.) • Infrastructures (electrical grid, ports and harbours, roads, towns) • Maritime traffic and routes • Protected areas

  25. OER 1 and EPE 1 &2 assignments • You will be requested to: • Characterize a number of ocean habitats; • Undertake an Maritime Spatial Planning exercise; • Undertake an Economic and Environmental Planning exercise under some constraints that allow to maximize the socio-economic benefit for the island; • Advise on the feed-in tariff to be offered by the Public Authorities to offshore renewable energy projects in the island.

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