The main objective of this project is to investigate how key off-shore RET’s (wind, wave, macro-algue, OTEC) and low carbon options (CCS/EOR/EGR) and infrastructure (including key flexibility and energy storage options) can develop over time in terms of improvement, scale-up and implementation.
Expected Results are:
- A review of state-of-the-art literature combined with recent industry data on techno-economic performance on current, short, medium and longer term of key renewable energy, key flexibility and energy storage options and low carbon technologies relevant for the North Sea: wind power, wave (and tidal) energy, CCS + enhanced oil & gas recovery schemes and macro-algae production systems.
- Bottom-up description of the learning curves of selected technologies with emphasis on options that are poorly studied to date: macro-algae production systems and wave energy options.
- Methodological findings, full cost analysis of development pathways.
- Based on insights of step 1-3, clear, detailed quantified roadmaps and development and deployment pathways for mentioned technologies in the North Sea region; as well as detailed recommendations for RDD&D strategies.
Planned secondments: Offshore Renewable Energies Catapult (Scotland), the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association, Shell (Netherlands), and to Aalborg University (Denmark).
Main supervisor: prof. dr. André Faaij.