1. INDUSTRIA, BERRIKUNTZA,
MERKATARITZA ETA TURISMO SAILA
DEPARTAMENTO DE INDUSTRIA,
INNOVACIÓN, COMERCIO Y TURISMO
OFFSHORE WIND & MARINE ENERGY WORKSHOP
Opportunities for business & collaboration
Javier Marqués
Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE)
Renewable Energy & Investment
Promotion Area, Director
Lugar: Tecnalia Energía
February 28th, 2012
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2. INDEX
 About EVE
 Marine Energy: Basque Government-EVE strategy
 Marine Energy: Actions taken in the Basque Country
 BIMEP (Biscay Marine Energy Platform) Project
 Conclusions and final comments
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3. ABOUT EVE
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4. Mission
• EVE (Ente Vasco de la Energía) is the energy agency of the Basque Government. Its
mission is:
to propose energy strategies for the Basque Country, based on criteria of supply
security, cost competitiveness, sustainability and technological development; and
to take active part in developing these strategies and to contribute to delivering
the related targets.
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5. Objectives
VO.0 To deliver the expectations of the Basque
Government Department of Industry,
VO.1 To contribute to energy saving
Energy
VO.2 To contribute to the generation of energy from RES
VO.3 To contribute to the security of energy supply
Technological
development
Innovation, Trade and Tourism
VO.4 To position the Basque Country as a benchmark of
knowledge and an industrial leader in the energy sector
resources
Financial
VO.5 To secure funds to ensure the organisation is self-financing
Society
VO.6 To generate values and public opinion in line with defined
strategy
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6. Process Map
DEPARTMENT ENERGY INTERNATIONAL LOCAL
OF SECTOR COUNCILS SOCIETY
PARTNERS
INDUSTRY COMPANIES
AID PROGRAMMES
INVESTMENT PROMOTION
3E 2020
ENERGY PLANNING & INFRASTRUCTURE
HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL ORGANISATION HUMAN TENDERING/ EXTERNAL
MANAGEMENT & SYSTEMS RESOURCES CONTRACTING COMMUNICATION
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7. Marine Energy:
Basque Government-EVE strategy
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8. Marine Energy: Basque Country-EVE strategy
 Energy Strategy of the Basque Country 2010 (3E 2010)
 5 MW (Waves)
 Energy Strategy of the Basque Country 2020 (3E 2020)
 60 MW (Waves)
 A Demonstration Project (offshore wind in deep waters)
 Technological and industrial development (Energibasque)
 Bimep Project: Infrastructure for research and demonstration (waves and floating
solutions in offshore wind)
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9. Marine Energy:
Actions taken in the Basque Country
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10.  Dissemination activities:
 4 international seminars (2005, 2007, 2009 & 2011) in collaboration with third parties
(UK Government, Tecnalia, etc.)
 ICOE 2010. Conference and exhibition
 SINAVAL 2013.
 International projects:
 WAVEPLAN (Intelligent Energy - Europe Program). Develop tools, establish
methods and standards and create conditions to speed up the introduction of ocean
energy onto the European renewable energy market.
 SOPHIA (Intelligent Energy - Europe Program). Facilitate the development of
European wide coordinated, unified and streamlined environmental and socio-
economic Impact Assessment (IA) tools for offshore wave energy conversion
developments.
 MARINET (VII European Framework Program of R&D). Bring together the best
ocean energy research facilities already existing within Europe.
 Atlantic Power Cluster (INTERREG). Transnational marine energy strategy in the
Atlantic area (Portugal, Spain, France, ...).
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11.  Collaboration with the Energy Cluster and the Basque Maritime Forum:
 Working group on waves and offshore wind
 Catalogue of products/ services
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12.  Collaboration with the Energy Cluster and the Basque Maritime Forum:
 Working group on waves and offshore wind
 Catalogue of products/ services
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13.  Demonstration project: MUTRIKU
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14. Bimep:
Project Biscay Marine Energy Platform
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15. Bimep
MISSION:
Infrastructure for research, demonstration and operation of offshore Wave Energy
Converters (WEC), with a view to placing the Basque Country at the forefront of ocean
energy and creating a technological and industrial sector around this energy.
OBJECTIVE:
To provide WEC manufacturers with the opportunity to install their equipment in this
infrastructure either for operational / demonstration purposes (to generate electricity)
or for testing purposes.
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16. Bimep
 Description: Architecture
 Main features:
 20 MW
 4 berths of 5 MW
 13 kV (generation)/132 kV (grid)
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17. Bimep
 Description: Location
20 km
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18. Bimep
Offshore location
 Located in the town of Armintza-Lemoiz.
 One of the areas of highest energy potential on the Basque coast (21 kW/m).
 Near to Bilbao harbour (15 km).
 No effect on areas of environmental protection or on nearby beach
morphodynamics.
 Nearby open sea area enabling future expansion.
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19. Bimep
 Administrative situation
 Environmental permit (granted)
 Industrial permit (granted)
 Concession as maritime terrestrial public domain (submitted)
 Technical situation
 Engineering contracted to SENER
 Underwater and land cable. Contracted to ELECNOR
 Forthcoming tenders (sub-station, buoy marking system, etc.)
 Plan
 Construction and start-up (2012/2013)
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20.  Strategy 2020
Measurement and marking equipment: buoys
Supervision and
Forecast services 2012-14 maintenance of energy
farms
Naval and mechanical construction
2010-12
Engineering
Connection
Construction of Cable Construction of
marine energy Installing customised boats
farms Bimep Logistics
convertors
Installation
Testing Naval engineering
Equipment for power transmission
Construction of convertors Design of marine energy farms bimep
Searching out appropriate sites
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21. Conclusions
And
final comments
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22. Conclusions and final comments
 Strategic commitment of the Basque Country to marine energy (waves and offshore
wind) and renewable energy forms in general (onshore wind, solar thermal, etc.).
The Basque Country, a focus of technology in renewable energy.
 For industry, marine energy is an opportunity similar to the development of other
sectors (wind, etc.) in the Basque Country.
 The need for collaboration and cooperation between the government, industry
(energy, naval, etc.) and R&D Centres.
 URGENT need in Spain to set up a regulatory framework favouring the development
of marine energy (provided for within Renewable Energies Plan 2020).
 The need to eliminate administrative barriers.
 Bimep as a driver of sector development.
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23. “Bilbao Marine Energy Week” includes:
• Ocean Energy Conference
(5th International Marine Energy Seminar)
• Offshore Wind Conference
• International workshops and meetings
• Brokerage Events
• Technical visits
• Marine Renewable Energy Exhibition
Save the date
15-19 April 2013
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24. Thank you for your attention
28/02/2012
Javier Marqués
(jmarques@eve.es)
www.eve.es
Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE)
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