Feasibility of investment in Blue Growth multiple-use of space and multi-use platform projects; results of a novel assessment approach and case studies

Dalton, Gordon; Bardócz, Tamás; Blanch, Mike; Campbell, Daniel E.; Johnson, Kate R.; Lawrence, G.; Lilas, Theodore; Friis-Madsen, Erik; Neumann, Frank; Nikitas, Nikitakos; Torres-Ortega, Saúl; Pletsas, Dimitrios; Díaz-Simal, Pedro; Sørensen, Henrik Kragh; Stefanakou, A. A.; Masters, Ian

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2019.01.060

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“…The project concluded that co-location is crucial for smarter, more sustainable and less disruptive sea use and developed cross-sectoral projects and sectoral combinations with synergistic potential, working with stakeholders to encourage partnerships and cooperative action plans. It promoted MUS with a view to strengthening the new and emerging Blue Growth Industries, also targeting job creation [15].…”

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“…The "multi-use concept" is encountered in different forms in the literature. The prevailing ones are a: the well-known multi-use platforms (MUP) [3,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] and b: the multi-use of space (MUS) [15,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31], meant as the combination of a series of marine industry sectors aiming to produce complementarities resulting in mutual benefits and surplus, through co-location and common infrastructure but without a common platform.…”

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Discussing and Analyzing “Maritime Cohesion” in MSP, to Achieve Sustainability in the Marine Realm

Kyvelou

Ierapetritis

2019

Sustainability

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Whilst the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 promotes the conservation and sustainable use of the seas, oceans and marine resources for sustainable development, decisions in ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) follow annoying and costly trade-offs and this may negatively impact its acceptance. To address conflicts and cumulative impacts and favor, as much as possible, interfering of marine activities, positive coordination and win-win options, it is necessary to develop integrated and cohesive planning approaches and new management tools. In this article, a conceptual framework of “maritime cohesion” is being developed mostly applicable to peopled and crowded seas and a set of relevant indicators to assess it, is proposed. It is based on the triple-model of interdependent components such as “maritime spatial efficiency”, “maritime spatial quality” and “maritime spatial identity”, taking into account the “territorial cohesion” equivalent, promoted by the Cohesion Policy. Then, in order to broadly analyze the “spatial efficiency” component, the “multi-use” concept and management tools, recently given particular emphasis by EU Blue Growth Strategy, are examined thoroughly, using the relevant literature. This article highlights constructive use of “maritime cohesion” with the multi-use MSP paradigm as key part of “maritime cohesion” narrative and posits that its huge and extensive potential can stimulate dynamic, collaborative, cohesive and assemblage thinking in the MSP process and be the “spearhead” to balance economic, social, environmental and cultural aspirations in maritime planning to achieve sustainability in the marine realm.

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Section: The Focus On the "Spatial Efficiency" Component In Msp Procementioning

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Discussing and Analyzing “Maritime Cohesion” in MSP, to Achieve Sustainability in the Marine Realm

Kyvelou

Ierapetritis

2019

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“…However, in some specific cases, such as in the MERMAID project (see http://www.vliz.be/projects/mermaidproject/), assessing a combination of options for the development of Multi-Use Platforms at Sea (MUPS) is the main deliverable, and some case studies within MERMAID have considered co-location of wind and wave conversion devices [13], for example. Some companies are exploring whether combining these technologies is financially robust (see http://www.floatingpowerplant.com/), but most studies conclude that such combinations are financially sound for co-location of multiple users, such as marine renewable energy, aquaculture and platform related transport, rather than co-location of different renewable energy technologies [14,15].…”

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In-Stream Energy by Tidal and Wind-Driven Currents: An Analysis for the Gulf of California

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We analyzed the peak spring tidal current speeds, annual mean tidal power densities ( T P D ) and annual energy production ( A E P ) obtained from experiment 06.1, referred as the “HYCOM model” throughout, of the three dimensional (3D), global model HYCOM in an area covering the Baja California Pacific and the Gulf of California. The HYCOM model is forced with astronomical tides and surface winds alone, and therefore is particularly suitable to assess the tidal current and wind-driven current contribution to in-stream energy resources. We find two areas within the Gulf of California, one in the Great Island Region and one in the Upper Gulf of California, where peak spring tidal flows reach speeds of 1.1 m per second. Second to fifth-generation tidal stream devices would be suitable for deployment in these two areas, which are very similar in terms of tidal in-stream energy resources. However, they are also very different in terms of sediment type and range in water depth, posing different challenges for in-stream technologies. The highest mean T P D value when excluding TPDs equal or less than 50 W m−2 (corresponding to the minimum velocity threshold for energy production) is of 172.8 W m−2, and is found near the town of San Felipe, at (lat lon) = (31.006–114.64); here energy would be produced during 39.00% of the time. Finally, wind-driven currents contribute very little to the mean T P D and the total A E P . Therefore, the device, the grid, and any energy storage plans need to take into account the periodic tidal current fluctuations, for optimal exploitation of the resources.

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“…The system was carried on a platform which used sunlight to generate the solar fuel and produce electricity that was sent to durable membraneless electrolyzers that split water into oxygen and hydrogen. The Ydriada MUP platform located in Greece is the perfect prototype of a small unconventional concept of an offshore FPD unit driven by wind turbine-delivered desalination water to a grid via a pipe at a 70 m 3 /day maximum capacity [19]. The plant contains small vertical cylinder pontoons connected to each other, and the center pontoon supports small desalination unit and wind turbine with 35 kW.…”

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Conceptual Design and Numerical Analysis of a Novel Floating Desalination Plant Powered by Marine Renewable Energy for Egypt

Amin

Ali

Bayoumi

et al. 2020

JMSE

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The supply of freshwater has become a worldwide interest, due to serious water shortages in many countries. Due to rapid increases in the population, poor water management, and limitations of freshwater resources, Egypt is currently below the water scarcity limit. Since Egypt has approximately 3000 km of coastlines on both the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, seawater desalination powered by marine renewable energy could be a sustainable alternative solution, especially for remote coastal cities which are located far from the national water grid. The objective of this research work is to evaluate the feasibility of a floating desalination plant (FDP) concept powered by marine renewable energy for Egypt. A novel design of the FDP concept is developed as an innovative solution to overcome the freshwater shortage of remote coastal cities in Egypt. A mobile floating platform supported by reverse osmosis (RO) membrane powered by marine renewable power technology is proposed. Based on the abundant solar irradiation and sufficient wind density, Ras Ghareb was selected to be the base site location for the proposed FDP concept. According to the collected data from the selected location, a hybrid solar–wind system was designed to power the FDP concept under a maximum power load condition. A numerical tool, the DNV-GL Sesam software package, was used for static stability, hydrodynamic performance, and dynamic response evaluation. Moreover, WAVE software was used to design and simulate the operation of the RO desalination system and calculate the power consumption for the proposed FDP concept. The results show that the proposed mobile FDP concept is highly suitable for being implemented in remote coastal areas in Egypt, without the need for infrastructure or connection to the national grid for both water and power.

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Feasibility of investment in Blue Growth multiple-use of space and multi-use platform projects; results of a novel assessment approach and case studies

Cited by 61 publications

References 29 publications

Discussing and Analyzing “Maritime Cohesion” in MSP, to Achieve Sustainability in the Marine Realm

Discussing and Analyzing “Maritime Cohesion” in MSP, to Achieve Sustainability in the Marine Realm

In-Stream Energy by Tidal and Wind-Driven Currents: An Analysis for the Gulf of California

Conceptual Design and Numerical Analysis of a Novel Floating Desalination Plant Powered by Marine Renewable Energy for Egypt

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