IEC Overview - Global Marine Renewables

TC-114 Overview
GMREC
April 17, 2014
STANDARDS – Some basic facts IEC is an International Standards Development/Certification “Clearinghouse”
Similar to ISO w/specific focus on electrical equipment
TC-114 established in 2008
“Marine energy - Wave, tidal and other water current converters”
22 Member Countries
14 participating (P) countries
8 observer (O) countries
All Member countries participate though their National Committees
ANSI is the US National Committee
ANSI authorizes the establishment of “Shadow Committees”
Currently ≈55 people participating in the US Shadow Committees
Currently - 12 active standards development initiatives (“PTs” and AHGs”)
2 PTs issued Technical Specifications (TS)
2 new PTs have been proposed
Average time to issuance of first Technical Specification - 4.6 years
TC-­‐114 and US TAG Leadership INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP Chairman: Mr. Neil Rondorf of the United States (SAIC) Secretariat: Na<onal Commi=ee of the United Kingdom Secretary: Mr. Danny Peacock (Bri<sh Standards Ins<tute) Technical Officer: Mr. Charles Jacquemart (IEC -­‐ Geneva) US TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP (TAG) Technical Advisor (TA) – Bill Staby (Resolute Marine Energy) Deputy Technical Advisor – Roger Bagbey (Cardinal Engineering) Secretary – Walt Musial (NREL) TAG Administrator – Arielle Cardinal (NREL) TA-­‐in-­‐wai<ng – Jonathan Colby (Verdant Power) 22 Member Countries (14 ParKcipant + 8 Observer) TC – 114 Project Teams (PT) & Ad-­‐Hoc Groups (AHG) Project Team
Title
Convener
PT62600-1
Terminology - Phil Beauchamp (GE)
Mr. Ghanashyam Ranjitkar (CA)
PT62600-2
Design requirements for marine energy systems - Eric Green (Eric Green Associates) & Rick Williams Dr. Robert Paasch (US)
(Leidos)
PT62600-10
Assessment of mooring systems – John Shelton (Delmar Systems)
Mr. Mann-Eung Kim (KR)
PT62600-20
Guidelines for design assessment of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) systems
Pat Grandelli (Makai Ocean Engineering)
Mr. Mann-Eung Kim (KR)
PT62600-30
Electrical power quality requirements for wave, tidal and other water current energy converters - John Mr. Mohamed E. El-Hawary (CA)
Schaad (Bonneville Power)
AHG -3
Power performance assessment of electricity producing wave energy converters
Mr. David Tietje (US)
PT62600-101
Wave energy resource assessment and characterization – Pukha Lenee Bluhm (CPT)
Dr. Matt Folley (GB)
PT62600-102
Wave energy converter power performance assessment at a second location – Dave Tietje (Leidos)
Mr. Kim Nielsen (DK)
PT62600-103
Guidelines for early stage development of WECs: Best practices & recommended procedures for
testing pre-protoype scale devices - Arnie Fontaine (PSU)
Dr. Brian Holmes (IR)
AHG-4
Power performance assessment of electricity producing tidal energy converters
Mr. Jonathan Colby (US)
PT62600-201
Tidal energy resource assessment - Kevin Haas (Georgia Tech)
Mr. Andy Baldock (GB)
New Project Teams and Ad-­‐Hoc Groups PT 62600-301: “River Energy Resource Assessment & Characterization”
AHG-2: “Power performance assessment of electricity producing river
current energy converters”
NWIP:
“Acoustic Characterization of Marine Energy Converters”
Why Standards Are Important Impact: Standards guide ≈80% of world trade worth ≈$14 trillion/year Removes barriers/promotes globaliza<on Provides “<cket to entry” into new markets Promotes inter-­‐operability-­‐ “Made in one country, sold and used in another” Reduces costs: -­‐ enables economies of scale -­‐ streamlines supply chain -­‐ improves factory flexibility -­‐ improves quality/minimizes Errors and… ENABLES CERTIFICATION!