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1. Voith Hydro Wavegen
Matthew Seed - CEO
Offshore Wind & Marine Energy Workshop, Bilbao, País Vasco, 2012-02-28
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4. Voith Group
Sales and Employees by Division
Voith GmbH (fiscal year 2010 / 2011)
Voith Industrial
Group Divisions Voith Hydro Voith Paper Voith Turbo * Group
Services
Sales (Mio. €) 1,228 1,006 1,827 1,520 5,594
Orders received (Mio. €) 1,762 1,006 2,005 1,572 6,358
Employees 5,345 18,464 9,937 5,965 40,691
* incl. Voith Others
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5. Voith Group
Worldwide presence for customers
• Production facilities and sales
centres in more than 50
countries – covering all key
regions of the world.
• Worldwide research and
development network.
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6. Voith is innovative
• Voith – where smart people like
to work.
• 11,000 active patents.
• 400 new patents every year.
• Preference based on
innovation.
• Investments for Research &
Development lie above industry
average, with 5.1% of sales.
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7. Voith Hydro Wavegen
Inverness
• Headquarters
• Wave tank
• Turbine test rig
Islay
• Limpet Test
Facility
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8. Voith Hydro Wavegen
Wave Energy Pioneer
• Formed 1990
• Based in Inverness
• Over 11 years operating
experience of first
commercial scale grid
connected wave energy
plant
• A Voith Hydro company
Limpet, Islay since 2005
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11. Wells turbine
Intrinsically simple and reliable
• Only one direction of rotation.
• Minimum moving parts.
• Wide operating range.
• Extensive testing.
• No moving parts in contact with
water.
• Easy access for maintenance.
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16. Why Mutriku?
• New outer breakwater planned.
• Opportunity for synergy.
• Incremental costs for civil works.
• Demonstration project.
• Grid connection available.
• Good access.
• First multiple OWC project.
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17. Mutriku Project
• Client: Ente Vasco de la Energía
(EVE)
• Power plant integrated into
breakwater
• 300kW (16 x 18.5kW turbines)
• First grid-connected marine
energy plant in Spain
• Handed over November 2011
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19. Mutriku
Inside the plant room
“Smoothest commissioning we’ve seen”
– local delivery partner
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20. Mutriku
Guarantees
Commercial contract with guarantees:
• Delivery
• Quality
• Energy conversion performance All achieved
• Plant availability
Guarantees demonstrate that this is mature technology.
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21. Mutriku
Customer comment
“The installation and commission phase of the plant has been
successfully ended and the starting up phase is showing better
results on performance and availability than expected. The
commercial phase seems to be promising.”
EVE’s Project Manager, Yago Torre-Enciso
2011-11-18
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23. Mutriku
Opening on 8 July 2011
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24. Summary
• First grid connected marine
renewable plant in Spain.
• First full-life (20years) multiple
unit wave energy plant.
• Complete project from
opportunity identification to
operating plant for customer.
• Excellent commissioning and
first months of operation.
• Achieves DOE Technology
Readiness Level - TR9.
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26. Siadar Wave Energy Project
• On the isle of Lewis off the
west coast of Scotland.
• 4MW, 180m long active
breakwater.
• 30 turbines @ 132kW
• One of the most aggressive
wave energy resources in
Europe.
• Fully consented.
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27. What’s next – global project opportunities
Korea Alaska Oregon Spain Portugal UK
Australia New Zealand Polynesia Chile
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28. Step by Step to Reliability and Efficiency –
Options for deployment
Siadar project,
consented and grid
connected
Reliability based on
testing, and
unrivalled real
experience
Ongoing
development of
offshore platforms
by Wavegen and
with partners.
Mutriku – 16 unit
project with EVE
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29. Contact:
Adam Young Matthew Seed
Business Development Engineer CEO
adam.young@wavegen.com matthew.seed@wavegen.com
Tel. + 44 1463 238094
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