Michael HagoodRobert BreckenridgeKurt Myers

Idaho National Laboratory

Ocean Energy and Regional Integration PerspectiveOcean Energy and Regional Integration Perspective

Washington State Ocean Energy Conference: Deep Water Wind and An Ocean Energy Economy

November, 2011Bremerton, WA

Pacific Northwest Energy CorridorPacific Northwest Energy Corridor

• The Puget Sound area is engaged in acquiring “clean” energy resources, reducing dependency on oil, emissions and CO2 footprint, and helping lead in adoption of electrification of vehicles and ports

• The area hosts DoD bases and major ports with progressive energy security goals

• Advancing ocean energy in the area will require a sophisticated assessment of regional energy resources, including optimizing energy infrastructure investments (North-South trends; East-West trends)

• Significant energy and mineral resource development will occur along the PNW coastline, extending into the Arctic Region

• The PNW Coast will increasingly be integrated with Asian markets and investments, with significant exports of energy and minerals from the PNW

Plans exist to further develop energy infrastructure to help integrate “clean” energy supplies from NW coast and to supply Asia with N. American energy resources (modified; courtesy of Sea

Breeze Power Corporation)

Ocean energy opportunities will emerge in nested bi-national regional context

fuel

Steam Turbine- Generator

Auxiliary Heat

Generation

steam

heat

Carbon Source(e.g., natural gas)

Time-varying Grid Demand

carbon

heat

Primary Thermal Source(e.g., nuclear, fossil)

Domestic Synthetic Fuel

Renewable Energy(e.g., wind, solar)

Energy Storage (e.g., battery)

Intermediate Heat Exchanger

Hybrid Energy System

Chemical Synthesis(e.g., H2 or methanol)

Renewable Energy System

Regional Renewable Energy will be integrated into Greater Regional Energy SystemsRegional Renewable Energy will be integrated into Greater Regional Energy Systems

Strategic Planning is Critical in Introducing Ocean Energy Options

• Identify candidate end states in the context of being “nested” within a greater bi-national regional energy corridor

• Identify associated requirements and develop a set of integrated roadmaps to generate possible pathways, i.e., for policy, technology, investment, environment, etc.

• Utilize energy framework as platform for moving up the energy value chain, creating industrial enterprises

• Create bi-national regional leadership groups to support endeavor

Existing, Proposed, and In Construction Transmission

Existing, Proposed, and in Construction Oil

Pipelines

INL is a Regional Stakeholder Addressing PNW Energy Opportunities

INL and EV Project is providing electrification infrastructure

foundation for Puget Sound & I-5 Green Highway

avt.inl.gov

INL Wind Projects

INL- Mountain Home AFB Geothermal Project

Virtual Renewable Energy Prospectorhttp://hydropower.inl.gov/prospector/

PNW Economic Region Transmission Study

(fig. from TransCanada)