Marine Current Energy
Initiatives in the Philippines
East Asian Seas Congress 2009
Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia
(PEMSEA)
24 November 2009
Philippine International Convention Center (PICC)
Nonilo A. Peña
Albert G. Mariño
Philippine Council for industry & Energy Research & Development
Department of Science & Technology
Presentation Outline
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Marine Current Potential Areas
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Resource Assessment
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Technology Selection
Marine
Current
Potential
Areas
SOUTH
CHINA SEA
PACIFIC
OCEAN
Marine
Current
Potential
Areas
MAIN ENTRY
POINTS
VERDE PASSAGE
SAN BERNARDINO
STRAIT
MINDORO/TABLAS
STRAIT
BALABAC STRAIT
HINATUAN
PASSAGE
BASILAN STRAIT
Marine
Current
Potential
Areas
IDENTIFIED
POTENTIAL AREAS
SAN BERNARDINO
STRAIT
ILOILO STRAIT
CEBU HARBOR
SAN JUANICO
STRAIT
HINATUAN
PASSAGE
BASILAN STRAIT
Current Site Predictions
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z
NAMRIA Tide
Stations
Occasional basis
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z
1 lunar cylce
Calculated
Predictions
Resource Assessment
Site Location for
Detailed Assessment
In late 1990’s, site
assessments conducted:
- Basiao Channel, Bohol
- Hinatuan Passage, Surigao
- San Bernardino, N. Samar
Using ADCP
- Lunar Cycle
San
Bernardino
Strait
Basiao
Channel
Hinatuan
Passage
Resource Assessment
Basiao Channel, Bohol
- 10 meters depth
- Ave. current speed
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@ 4 meter depth = 65cm/sec
@ 2.8 meter 34 cm/sec
Resource Assessment
Hinatuan Passage, Surigaol
- Ave. current speed
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@ 9 meter depth = 110 cm/sec
@ 18 meter = 101 cm/sec
Resource Assessment
San Bernardino Strait, N. Samar
- 35 to 75 meters deep
- Ave. current peak range full/new moon
= 1.2 – 1.33 m/s
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Ave. current speed 0.93 m/s
Max. speed = 2.9 m/s
Resource Assessment
z
Detailed Site
Assessment conducted
this year
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z
z
z
z
Acoustic Doppler Current
Profiler
Bathymetry
Sea Bed Profiling
Community Profile
Site Selected
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z
Tanon Strait, Cebu
San Bernardino Strait, N.
Samar
Criteria Selection
Technical and Economic
Seawater
Depth
17-50 meters
Marine
Current
Speed
At least 3m/sec
Distance
from the
Coastline
z500
Seabed Type
zSand
meters-1st priority
z>500m-1000 meters-2nd priority
or rock foundation
zSmooth slope
Environmental and Social
Marine
Protected
Areas
No energy exploitation
Marine
Structure
No energy exploitation
Maritime
Traffic
No energy exploitation
Approach and Method
Literature
Review
Data
Acquisition
ASTER
Data Integration
into GIS
Image &Data
Processing
Suitability Map
Working Group:
Multi-disciplinary
Team of experts
Multi-criteria Evaluation
Resource Assessment
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Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
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z
Current flow meter @ multi-beam function
Wave height
Results
Resource Assessment
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Liloan, Cebu
ENU Velocity Plot Summary
250
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220
Resource Assessment
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200
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180
170
Velocity (cm/s)
160
Max Velocity
z
site – 215 cm/s
2nd site - 216 cm/s
3rd site – 169 cm/s
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100
90
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z
150
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JULY
AUGUST
Timeline
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N
U
250
Current Velocity July 15 - Aug 23 ‘08
200
velocity
150
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N
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50
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Current velocity 2nd Site Oct 4 - Nov 9 ‘08
date
Resource Assessment
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Capul Island,
N. Samar
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Two (2) sites
monitored
MATNOG,
SORSOGON
ALLEN,
NORTHERN
SAMAR
Resource Assessment
z
1st Site
Resource Assessment
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2nd Site
Resource Assessment
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Sea bed profile
Technology Selection/Demonstration
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Tyson turbine – Australia
Technology Selection/Demonstration
Kobold Turbine Marine Current
Italian Technology Provider
z Ponte di Archimedes (PDA)
z Naples University Federico II
z Horcinus Orca Foundation
Technology Selection/Demonstration
Kobold Marine Current Technology
z Prototype Specification
z 55
kWe
z Current Flow Requirement = 2 m/s
z Grid-connected
z 3 – Bladed Turbine
Technology Selection/Demonstration
Kobold Marine Current Technology
z Pilot plant located in Messina Strait
z Operating since 2001
Project Brief
Project Background
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Italian Government – UNIDO Marine Current
Exploitation in South East Asia and China
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China, Indonesia & Philippines
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Study Site Visits
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Capacity Building
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Joint Venture Agreement
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Ponte di Archimedes & Colorado
Shipyard, Cebu
Project Brief
Expected Output
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Marine Current Power Generation Plant
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50-100 kWe Capacity
Detailed Marine Current Resource
Assessment
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Tañon Strait, Santander, Cebu
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San Bernardino Strait, Northern Samar
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GIS-Based Suitability Current Mapping
Marine Flora & Fauna Impact Assessment
Thank You!