Wave and Floating Wind Energy – Shared Infrastructure, Supply Chains and Services Cost Benefit Analysis

Description

WES invites suitably qualified and experienced suppliers to provide a proposal to address the following requirements during the study, whilst offering best value in the expenditure of public funds. The challenge is to identify and analyse opportunities for sharing of physical infrastructure, supply chains and services between wave energy and floating wind energy technologies and developments. These opportunities could range from supply chain cost benefits through to fully integrated, hybrid wind and wave platforms. This study should take a structured path through the analysis of the various levels of sharing, evaluating the impact using, at a minimum, the key parameters presented below. WES aims to better understand the potential cost savings and long-term commercial prospects of wave energy due to the rapid development of floating offshore wind. This includes the impact on levelised cost of energy (LCOE) alongside wider benefits of wind and wave combined in relation to other key Evaluation Areas as defined in the IEA-OES Evaluation and Guidance Framework for Ocean Energy Technologies. Among the opportunities listed below, a core area of interest is to understand the potential to find technoeconomically attractive routes to combining numerous wave energy devices on a shared platform based on the likely ScotWind supply chain. Platforms considered should primarily focus on use of modular floating wind substructures, in particular but not limited to, concrete structures which are perceived to present greater opportunities for the growth of a Scottish supply chain. It is expected these services will be required from September 2022 for a period of 5 months. The maximum budget currently available to deliver this service is GBP95,000 (excluding VAT) The delivery of this project is divided into three distinct parts, and the successful bidder will be required to deliver all parts. Part 1 is expected to last up to 3 weeks during which time the provider will carry out an initial elaboration and evaluation of the scenarios and any other options available to provide the cost reductions, and the methodology to further define these options. An interim meeting will be held with WES to agree the methodology before proceeding with Part 2. Part 2 will last between 6-9 weeks and will deliver the baseline scenario and the generic ‘Key opportunities for sharing between wind and wave’ scenarios study. The evaluation will utilise at the minimum the parameter list in this scope document, plus any other relevant parameters. Part 3 will last for the remainder of the contract and complete the detailed specific analysis of the Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean Energy concepts, with required input information to be provided by WES. Projects should include the following mandatory deliverables as a minimum: - Detailed study plan, including an outline of the final report and presentation to support a scope discussion with WES in the early part of the project. This discussion should include agreement of the input data the contractor will require in order to carry out the final study of Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean Energy-specific scenarios. (approx. week 3) - Mid-project review presentation including a review of baseline study findings and status of study on generic scenarios (approx. week 8) - Draft final report should be delivered to WES (approx. week 13) - Final report detailing all scenarios investigated, including an assessment of the cost benefits relative to a common baseline, an assessment of their wider benefits and an assessment of their practical implications and feasibility. This report should include generic findings, conclusions and recommendations. (approx. week 16) - Separate annex presenting results from the evaluation of specific Mocean Energy and AWS Ocean Energy conceptual designs. This report should include specific findings, conclusions and recommendations. - Final presentation to WES summarising findings, conclusions and recommendations of both the generic and specific studies. Technoeconomic model and instructions to make updates as required for continued WES analysis (between week 12-16) - Ongoing ability for WES to examine new scenarios using the technoeconomic model, beyond the timescales of the tendered project (up to one calendar year)