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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
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New England Aqua Ventus I
Project Overview
Clarifying Questions
Nov. 12, 2013
12 MW Demonstration
Offshore WindFarm
Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Project Objectives
1. Construct “New England Aqua Ventus I”, a 12 MW pilot floating farm with two 6 MW direct-drive, permanent magnet turbines, to be completed by 2017.
2. Demonstrate and de-risk VoluturnUS, a 6 MW semisubmersible floating turbine consisting of a unique concrete hull and an advanced composites tower.
3. Develop a potential Aqua Ventus II project 20+ miles offshore, which contemplates a 500 MW commercial farm.
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Same Roadmap Since 2010
• UMaine Offshore Wind Technology Development Roadmap
– Floating Design Competition (2010-2011)
– 1:50 Scale Testing (April-May 2011)
– 1:8 Scale Testing (Summer 2013)
– 12 MW Pilot Farm (2017)
– 500 MW project (2020s)
• Integrated Deepwater Offshore Wind Labs:
– UMaine Offshore Wind Laboratory at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center
– UMaine Deepwater Offshore Wind Test Site off Monhegan
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
1:50-scale Tank Testing (2011, 2013)
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Semi-Submersible Spar TLP VolturnUS 1:50
Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
VolturnUS: Why It Is Meaningfully Unique
• Capable of accessing high wind areas in deep waters off limits to traditional offshore wind installations.
• Utilizes commonly-available:• Materials and processes.
• Port infrastructure.
• Deployment Vessels.
• Ultra-lightweight composite tower with existing turbine designs reduces significantly hull weight.
• Designed for mass production and 100-year life-cycles.• Repowering in 20-year cycles by towing
platform to shore, replacing turbine, and redeploying the unit.
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Preparing VolturnUS 1:8 for Deployment, June 2
Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
New Paradigm: Use Concrete Bridge Construction
Industry to Construct Offshore Wind Farms
New England Geographic Considerations
• Limited cost-effective heavy steel fabrication capabilities.
– $3000-5000/mt in China, does not include transportation costs.
– $8000/mt in GoM and $13,500/mt in New England.
• Limited or no access to large vessels/ floating cranes (required for a spar).
• Limited access to deep draft port facilities (required for a spar).
• Significant experience constructing prestressed concrete for heavy bridge construction.
Jamestown Bridge, RI
• Segmented Post Tensioned Girders
• 72ft wide deck• 4,980 ft.-long• T.Y. LIN Int.
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
VolturnUS 1:8 Launched at Cianbro in
Brewer, May 31, 2013
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
VolturnUS 1:8 Tow Down Penobscot River,
June 2
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
VolturnUS 1:8 Passing Fort Knox,
June 2
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
VolturnUS 1:8 Heading into Castine Harbor,
June 2
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
1:50, 1:8, & Full-Scale VolturnUS
Size Comparison
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
VolturnUS 1:8 vs. VolturnUS 6 MW
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
12 MW Build-out Timeline
Date Description
November 14, 2013 50% Design completed
December 31, 2013 MPUC decision deadline
February 15, 2014 50% Design report due to DOE
Spring 2014 Down-selection presentation in D.C.
May 2014 DOE selects 3 of 7 proposals to go from 50 to 100% design
April 2015 100% design complete
May 2015 Begin construction of 12 MW farm, coordinated with fishing season
Mid 2016 First 6 MW turbine installed, coordinated with fishing season
September 2017 Complete construction of 12 MW farm, coordinated with fishing season
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Environmental Monitoring and Outreach Started for Site
UMaine Deepwater Offshore Wind Test Site at Monhegan Island in the Gulf of
Maine.
• Outreach with fishermen, other important stakeholder groups, especially re: cable route.
• Established by Maine Public Law 270 to allow accelerated permitting of hardware (60-days review period).
• Bottom characterization/coresampling.
• Fish, bird, bat, benthic invertebrate and marine mammal pre-deployment monitoring accomplished.
• FONSI received for similar but smaller project in 2011.
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Test Site Statute
• Est. 2009
• Limit on Devices – each requires a permit
– Total 6 – wind or wave
• Limit on cable size 25 MW
• There is no “Restricted” zone in in test site
• DMR, Coast Guard, other agencies regulate
• Limited time permit – requires renewal
– First 5 years, subsequent every 3 years
– Environmental Monitoring Requirements
– Decommissioning Requirments
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Responding to Concerns from Fisheries
• No effect on fixed gear.
• Geophysical surveys are being conducted to void hanging cable.
• Mobile gear types will have to lift their tows over the cableway.
• Team is conducting outreach to fishermen regarding tow routes.
• The “No fishing zone” on similar cables (e.g., Vinalhavencable) is 50 m on either side.
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Providing Power to Monhegan
• A goal of this project is to provide 300 kW capacity to interconnect with the Monhegan Plantation Power District.
• We will make our best effort to coordinate through the Maine Public Utilities Commission and the utilities to provide the supply of energy to the island at no generation cost. T&D costs would be determined by the MPPD.
– All cable and connection equipment
– Supply power from turbines
– Supply power from mainland
• No fuel used to generate this power = avoid cost of diesel fuel and related transportation risks.
• Provide fiber optic cable for internet and telecommunication as necessary
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
METF
• Weekly Conference Calls
– METF
– UMaine & MAV
– Island Institute
• Reading Room
– Studies and Result
• In Progress
– Tourism Working Group with UMaine faculty and researchers
– Additional visualization work (Damian Brady)
– Additional noise work (Damian Brady)
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Potential Cable Landing Site on Monhegan
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Noise Difference Between PMDD Turbines
and Gear Box Turbines
• Quieter.
• “I can hear a lobster boat 3 miles from shore, so why won’t I hear your turbines?”
– You can hear a lobster boat on a clear day. The wind turbines won’t be spinning on a clear day.
– On a blustery day, you would not be able to hear the lobster boat. Similarly, you would not be able to hear the turbines spinning.
– A PMDD turbine would be quieter than, for example, the Fox Island turbines.
– When the turbines are spinning offshore, the diesel generators onshore won’t be running => noise reduction.
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Visualization #1
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Visualization #2
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Visualization #3
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
NOAA Chart for Vinalhaven Cable
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Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, Brazers$38,100/year
Maintenance and Repair Workers$36,260/year
Captains, Water Vessel Pilots$53,550/year
Environmental Engineers$67,550/year 27
12 MW Project
Surveyors$56,020/year
Fisheries liaison$60,000/year
2013-2014: $30/hr at 10 hrs/week = $15k/yr
Construction Laborers$28,390/year
Scientific Technician$41,380/year
Crane and Tower Operators$47,260/year
Composites Technician$39,000/year
Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
K-12 Outreach
• In 2013 alone, over 1,500 K-12 students participated in our research, through in-classroom activities and tours of our facility.
• Over 1,300 6-12 students have participated in our STEM challenges, Wind Blade Challenge and DeepCwind’s Windstorm Challenge.
• Students who compete and win are offered a paid internship at UMaine Composites Center upon enrollment at UMaine valued at over $20,000.
Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Undergraduate Education
• Over 120 students have worked directly for the offshore wind program.
• Since 2011, the DeepCwindConsortium Internship Program has funded nearly 20 full-time student employees each summer.
• Internship placements included UMaine Composites Center, SGC Engineering, Bath Iron Works, Emera Maine, Central Maine Power, Ashland, and more.
• In 2013, UMaine Composites Center had 157 undergraduate student employees during the academic year from diverse majors, and has employed over 1,000 students since opening.
Eulan Patterson (pictured) worked at the UMaine Composites Center throughout his undergraduate career and now works as an
electrical engineer with SGC Engineering, Inc.
Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Graduate Education
• Recent student theses:– Kyle Warren, 2013:
“Resistence Welding of Thermoplastic Composites for Industrial Scale Wind Turbine Blades”
– Heather Martin, 2011: “Development of a Scale Model Wind Turbine for Testing of Offshore Floating Wind Turbine Systems.”
• Recent student posters:– Alex Coulling, 2013:
Validation of a Fast Floating Wind Turbine Model Using Data from the DeepCwind Semi-Submerisble Model.”
Alper Kiziltas (pictured), PhD Candidate at the UMaine Composites Center, is working
with Ford Motor Company to expand nanocomposite applications in the
automobile industry.
Jake Ward, VP of Innovation
University of Maine
jsward@maine.edu
composites.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2201
Economic Benefits to Maine
• MAV specifically commits to use commercially reasonable efforts to:
1. Capital Expenditure Benefits. Contract with Maine-based Entities for the design, development and manufacturing of components and materials comprising a majority (greater than 50%) of the total capital expenditures for the Project.
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2. Construction Period Benefits. Require that the majority (greater than 50%) of contract expenditures for the Project’s construction period activities be performed by Maine-based Entities. Create and/or retain jobs in Maine generating no less than $10 million in annual labor income during the Project’s full construction period. For the purpose of this provision, Construction Period Benefits shall be provided for a period of not less than three years.
3. O&M Benefits. Contract with Maine-based Entities for all, or substantially all, operations and maintenance of the Project. For the purpose of this provision, substantially all means that not less than 50% of the project’s annual operations and maintenance expenditures will be with Maine-based Entities. MAV commits to use all reasonable commercial efforts to maximize the use of Maine-based Entities for Project O & M.
Several others in term sheet – Workforce Development, Supply Chain, Local Content, UMaine R&D
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