Renewable energy and water treatment: emerging opportunities

Quentin Tannock, Chairman and Co-founderIlian Iliev, CEO and Co-founderHelena van der Merwe, Senior Associate

CambridgeIP

Renewable energy and water treatment: emerging opportunities

24 February 2011

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Context: water treatment – key renewable energy options

Wind

Water

Solar

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To state the obvious: many water treatment needs are near prime wind, water and solar generation resources

e.g. North Sea - offshore wind & wave/tidal

Australia and Middle East PV zones (or deserts) are near key desalination markets)


Context: UK water challenges

Challenges facing the water sector include: – Flooding and erosion

– Water course pollution

– Adapting to climate change

– New business models

– Tighter environmental standards

– Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

– New technology adoption as relatively little in-house R&D capacity

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Renewable energy solutions may be relevant to all of these challenges


Questions our clients ask us

• Water treatment value chain and technology system considerations?

• What relevant and viable renewable energy options exist?

• Who owns them? E.g., wind

• What are the UK‟s strengths/weaknesses in these technology areas? E.g., marine and tidal

• What next?

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Roles in commercial scale water treatment value chain

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Non-Renewable Sources

Renewable Sources

Coal, diesel, direct or from grid, Geothermal

Wind, WaveSolar PV, SolarCST, Activated Sludge

Energy

Water Treatment Technology

Material

Water Treatment Plant

Water Treatment Plant Owner

Construction Contractor

Plant Design Engineer/Consultant

Inte

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tors

Plant Operator

Suppliers


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able

Energ

y

Geothermal

PV

Wind

Solar

Wave

Concentrated Solar Thermal

Thermal Energy

Electricity

Thermal Energy

Electricity

Thermal waste heat

Electricity

Electricity

Thermal Driven

Technologies

Electrically Driven

Technologies

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Renewable energy can be integrated directly to drive water treatment processes, or indirectly via electricity generation.

Renewable energy and water treatmenttechnology

Pressure Pressure Driven

TechnologiesEN

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GY S

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GE?


Photovoltaic Solar EnergyConcentrated Solar Thermal

Wind EnergyGeothermal

No commercial solutions, but R&D

pipeline

UK has strong wind presence

Integrated technology has been successfully

piloted

Wave Energy

Renewable energy and water treatment technology

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This is where most renewable integration research is focussed at present

• Many water scarce regions have high solar energy potential

• Water treatment technologies are focussed around desalination

UK has some of the highest marine and

tidal energy potential in the world

Many technologies are now maturing

Water Treatment and

Renewable Energy

Integration







• What next?


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Wind energy: a detailed look

Wind turbines are complex technology systems


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Wind Energy: Composition by Technology Components

and Application Areas

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Wind energy: key components & applications

Components or application level analysis can help us identify core areas of innovation, or where new activities are emerging

There are significant overlaps between some of these sub-spaces: revealing patents with multiple or

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• What next?


Top patent owners: marine & tidal

By number of patents filed in Marine & Tidal energy: 4 UK companies appear in the top 20 globally

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Top UK marine and tidal energy companies

Below we list the top 5 UK-based Wave and Tidal energy companies based on patent data.

The UK‟s interest in marine and tidal energy goes back to Salter‟s Duck developed in Edinburgh by Steven Salter during the oil crisis in the 1970‟s. There has been continued UK research since in this space.

The UK‟s geography makes the surrounding coastline, with a variety of different flow environments/currents, a natural test-bed for exploration of many such devices.

1974: Diagram of the first Salter‟s Duck.

1974: Duck inventor Stephen Salter (right), co-founder of Wave Energy Group David Jeffrey (left)







• What next?


What next?

Renewable energy & Water treatment integration options exist

• Which are the most appropriate options for you?

• What are the adoption challenges?

– Regulatory

– Business models & financing

– Technical/scientific

• Where is the most appropriate „entry point‟ (i.e. where in the value chain)?

This is already underway outside the UK…


Worldwide desalination capabilities


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…and finally…

Feel free to discuss your specific technology intelligence requirements with Quentin, Ilian or Helena

Visit CambridgeIP‟s www.boliven.com for free patent searches

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Selected team members

Quentin TannockChairman & co-founder

Ilian IlievCEO & co-founder

Arthur LallementSenior Associate

Ralph PooleBoston

Representative

Mark MeyerBusiness Development

Manager North America

Helena van der MerweSenior Associate

Vladimir YossifovGeneva Representative

Dr Phil ColdrickAssociate Consultant

Dr Robert BradyNon-Exec Director

Sarah HelmSenior Associate

Yanjun ZhaoSenior Associate


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