Workshop on identification of future emerging technologies in the ocean energy sector: JRC Conference and Workshop Reports

Davide Magagna, Lucia Margheritini, Andrea Alessi, Elva Bannon, Elisa Boelman, Dave Bould, Vicky Coy, Eliana De Marchi, Peter Bak Frigaard, Carlos Guedes Soares, Chris Golightly, Jørgen Hals Todalshaug, Myles Heward, Matthias Hofmann, Brian Holmes, Cameron Johnstone, Yukio Kamizuru, Tony Lewis, Laura-Mae Macadre, Christophe MaisondieuMichele Martini, Alberto Moro, Kim Nielsen, Vera Reis, Simon Robertson, Philippe Schild, Matthijs Soede, Nigel Taylor, Ignazio Viola, Nicholas Wallet, Xavier Wadbled, Ben Yeats

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Abstract

As part of the Commission's internal Low Carbon Energy Observatory (LCEO) project, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) is developing an inventory of Future Emerging Technologies (FET) relevant to energy supply. A key part of the LCEO initiative is the consultation of external experts, addressing both those with in-depth experience in specific fields and those with a broad perspective on relevant science and engineering aspects. In this context, on March 27, 2018 the JRC organised a Workshop on Identification of Future Emerging Technologies for Ocean Enery, on it premises in Ispra.

The workshop was organized on the idea of a colloquium between international experts to discuss about future emerging technologies considering different aspects such as their technology readiness level (TRL) , the potential advantages and challenges affecting their development, and evaluating the possible speed of development . A number of different technological solutions were discussed, identified directly by the invited experts on the condition that they respected the following criteria:

• To be a technology for energy supply/conversion in the field of ocean energy.
• To be a radically new technology/concept, not achievable by incremental research on mainstream technologies (this should match the concept of the Future Emerging Technology in the Horizon 2020 work program http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/future-and-emerging-technologies).
• To be in an early stage of development: their Technology Readiness Level should not be more than 3. Questionnaires were sent to experts for the identification of ocean energy FETs.

The templates can be found in Appendix B. The structure of the workshop was builtupon the inputs received from the experts and on in-house analysis undertaken by the JRC. The aim of this document is to gather, organize and highlight all the knowledge and information, provided by the external and internal experts, which were discussed during the workshop.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherEuropean Commission * Office for Official Publications of the European Union
Number of pages81
ISBN (Print)978-92-79-92586-3
ISBN (Electronic)978-92-79-92587-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
EventJRC Conference and Workshop: Workshop on identification of future emerging technologies in the ocean energy sector - Ispra, Italy
Duration: 27 Mar 201827 Mar 2018
SeriesE U R
NumberJRC112635
ISSN1018-5593

Workshop

WorkshopJRC Conference and Workshop
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityIspra
Period27/03/201827/03/2018

Bibliographical note

Editors: Davide Magagna and Lucia Margheritini

Keywords

  • Ocean energy sector
  • Emerging technologies

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