EnergyOcean Pacific 2010/ Ocean Renewable Energy Conference V

Technical Program

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

(All events are taking place at the Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center)

Time

Session

Speakers

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Keynote Welcome

Pacific NW Ballroom

OWET and EnergyOcean Pacific Welcome

Chairs:

David Gibson, Renewable Energy Program Manager, Oregon Iron Works, Inc./ President of the Board, OWET

Rick Williams, Director, Columbia Region, SAIC Ocean Technology/ Board Member, OWET

Keynote Speaker: Mayor Sam Adams, City of Portland

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Opening Plenary: Balancing the Driving Forces of Ocean Energy

Pacific NW Ballroom

This panel will discuss the forces affecting the progress of ocean energy, with a special emphasis on economic, regulatory, and social dynamics and the synergy between these forces.

Session Topics Include:

·        Technology Push

·        Policy Pull

·        Market Demand

·        Regulatory Procedures

·        Stakeholder Input

Chair: Rick Williams, Director, Columbia Region, SAIC Ocean Technology/ Board Member, OWET

Speakers:

Technology Push

Chris Campbell, Executive Director, Ocean Renewable Energy Group- Canada

Policy Pull

Ryan Deckert, President, Oregon Business Association

Market Demand

John Prescott, President/CEO, PNGC Power/ Founding Board Member, OWET

Regulatory Procedures

Michael O’Connell, Partner, Stoel Rives LLP

Coastal Stakeholder & Existing Users’ Input

Bob Eder, Commercial Fisherman, Board Member, OWET

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Conference Session: OWET Toolkit

Pacific NW Ballroom

As part of the OWET mandate to promote the responsible development of ocean energy, the organization has developed a variety of tools that help reduce the barriers to entry into the market place.  This panel will focus on three such tools in the OWET Toolkit.

Session Topics Include:

·        Cumulative Effects

·        Utility Market Initiative

·        Ocean Energy Curriculum

Chair: Jason Busch, Executive Director, OWET

Speakers:

OWET’S Cumulative Effects Program – Latest Update

Gareth Davies, Managing Director

Aquatera Ltd

UMI Update

Justin Klure, Partner, Pacific Energy Ventures

Ocean Energy Curriculum

Joe Stuart, Professor, Oregon Institute of Technology

Roger Bedard, Private Consultant, EPRI, Retired

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Conference Session: Testing & Demonstration Centers

Pacific NW Ballroom

Testing centers for ocean energy have proven critical to the advancement of the technologies necessary to a successful ocean energy industry.  This panel will include updates and plans for the future from three of the world's leading ocean energy test centers. 

·        Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center- Oregon State University,& University of Washington

·        National Marine Renewable Energy Center- University of Hawaii

·        European Marine Energy Centre

Chair: Dr. Robert Paasch, Director, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center

Speakers:

Meleah Ashford, Program Manager

Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center

Dr. Luis Vega, Manager, National Marine Renewable Energy Center, University of Hawaii

Richard Morris, Commercial Director, The European Marine Energy Centre Limited

Jim Thomson, PhD, Oceanographer & Assistant Professor, University of Washington

12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Luncheon with Guest Speakers

Multnomah Room

POET

Kevin Banister, Renewable Energy Consultant/ President, POET

OREC

Sean O’Neill, President, OREC

1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Afternoon Breakout Session: Pacific Region Projects in Planning

Oregon Room

The Pacific Northwest will be the home of many ocean energy projects in the future.  In this panel, we will hear from some of the companies that are leading the way.

Chair: Kevin Banister, Renewable Energy Consultant/ President, POET

Speakers:

Ian Caliendo, Pacific Gas & Electric

Craig Collar, Senior Manager, Energy Resource Development, SnoPud

John Fedorko, Director- North America, Aquamarine Power USA, LLC

Alla Weinstein, President & CEO, Principle Power Inc.

1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Afternoon Breakout Session: BOEM Environmental Studies Program

Idaho/Alaska Room

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM), part of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), is the Federal agency helping secure America’s energy future through effective oversight of energy production on Federal offshore lands.  The BOEM’s renewable energy responsibilities extend from issuing leases, rights-of-way, and rights-of-use and easement for the purpose of researching, producing, and/or supporting renewable energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to approving plans for these activities, particularly for wind and solar.  The BOEM is a partner with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the management of marine hydrokinetic projects on the OCS, with BOEM issuing leases and FERC issuing licenses for construction and operation of these projects.

Consideration of renewable energy projects in the marine environment requires an assessment of the potential environmental impacts.  The BOEM’s responsibilities include determining and evaluating the effects of these activities on natural, historical and human resources and the appropriate monitoring and mitigation of those effects.  Through the Environmental Studies Program, BOEM collects information to be used in these assessments and monitoring. In FY 2010, the BOEM national budget for OCS renewable energy is $ $9.5 million. Of that total, $3.9 million has been contracted for renewable energy studies in the Pacific Region.

Chair: Elizabeth Burkhard, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM)

Speakers:

Mary Elaine Helix, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM)

John Mason, Senior Associate, Environment International Ltd.

George Boehlert, Director, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University

3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Breakout Session: What is the Grid and How Do You Connect Ocean Energy to the Grid?

Oregon Room

Two of the most important aspects of a successful energy project, and perhaps the least considered, are the grid requirements and how to connect to the grid.  This panel will discuss the key issues related to connecting an ocean energy project to the grid,

Session Topics Include:

Utility Perspective:

·        Outputs

·        Required grid standards

·        What does power connection mean?

·        How do you connect together?

Ocean Engineering Perspective:

·        Subsea cables

·        Directional drilling

·        Cable installation and burial

Chairs:

Dan James, Vice President of Public Affairs & Marketing, PNGC Power

Jennifer Snyder, Science Applications International Corporation

Panelists:

Utility Perspective Panelists:

John Schaad, Electrical Engineer, Customer Service Engineering, Bonneville Power Administration – Transmission Services

Ty Bettis, Manager, Merchant Transmission & Resource Integration, Portland General Electric Merchant

Kevin Watkins, Vice President of Engineering, PNGC Power

Mike Wilson, Central Lincoln PUD

Ocean Engineering Panelists:

Jack Howanski, Business Development Manager, JDR Cable Systems, Inc.

Greg Charney, CFO and Business Development Lead, Environmental Crossing, Inc.

Cliff Center, Center Marine

Dr. George Taylor, Executive Chairman, Ocean Power Technologies

3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Breakout Session: Marine Spatial Planning

Idaho/Alaska Room

Marine Spatial Planning has become an important tool for responsibly developing ocean resources.  It is all the more important when uses compete for limited space.  This panel will introduce the topic and  examine the processes occurring at the federal, regional, state and local levels.

Session Topics Include:

·        Federal Perspective

·        Regional Perspective – OR, WA, CA

Chair: Kris Wall, Pacific Northwest Regional Coastal Management Specialist, NOAA

Speakers:

Chad Marriott, Attorney, Stoel Rives LLP

Jack Sterne, Esq., Principal, Rising Tide Strategies LLC

Jaron Ming, Esq., Lead Leasing Specialist, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

Jessica Keys, Natural Resources Policy Advisor, Governor Ted Kulongoski

Bob Bailey, Manager Ocean and Coastal Services Division, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development

Thursday, September 30, 2010

(All events are taking place at the Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center)

Time

Session

Speakers

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Multnomah Room

Speakers:

David Gibson, Renewable Energy Program Manager, Oregon Iron Works, Inc./ President of the Board, OWET

Rick Williams, Director, Columbia Region, SAIC Ocean Technology/ Board Member, OWET

8:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Conference Session: Federal Regulatory Panel

Multnomah Room

In this panel, we will hear from some of the key personnel from the major ocean energy regulatory bodies to discuss the many issues and opportunities facing ocean energy.

Chair: Steve Kopf, Partner, Pacific Energy Ventures

Panelists:

Ellen Aronson, Regional Director, Pacific OCS Region, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

Jocelyn Brown-Saracino, U.S. Department of Energy

Alicia Bishop, Marine Biologist, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Ann Miles, Director Hydro Power Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Stefanie Stavrakas, Alternative Energy Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Conference Session: Business Finance & Access to Capital

Multnomah Room

Access to capital is a key enabler for ocean energy development. The panel will address this issues and opportunities and discuss ways to position ocean energy for future financing. 

Chair: Kirby Dyess, Principal, Austin Capital Management

Panelists:

Jennifer Martin, Partner, Stoel Rives LLC

Sandra Ringelstetter Ennis, Vice President, National Economic Research Associates, Inc.

Mark T. Waller, Chairman of the Board, PrimeStar/GE Solar, President, BridgeWorks Capital

Ted Wheeler, Oregon State Treasurer

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Keynote Luncheon

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Conference Session: How to Create the “Blue Tag” Marketplace

Multnomah Room

Who will be the customer for Ocean Energy? In addition to the policies and initiatives to promote ocean energy, market incentives will be needed to drive demand while ocean energy prices are at a premium.  This panel will discuss how the voluntary marketplace (Blue Tags?) might help create market demand to help ocean energy progress to commercialization.

Session Topics Include:

·        Technology Push

·        Policy Pull

·        Market Demand

Chair: Betsy Kauffman, Senior Program Manager, Energy Trust of Oregon

Speakers:

Tobias Read, Oregon State Representative

Thor Hinckley, Portland General Electric

Rob Harmon, Chief Innovation Officer &

Senior Vice President, Bonneville Environmental Foundation

2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Conference Session: Reedsport Case Study Roundtable

Multnomah Room

The Reedsport Project was the first mover in Oregon.  The Settlement Agreement was a key component of the project.  This panel will include some of the key participants from that agreement, and they will discuss the process, what problems they encountered, and the alternatives for future projects.

Session Topics Include:

·        Lessons learned from settlement agreement

·        Important issues from environmental studies

·        Viability of settlement agreements in the future

Chair: Keith Tymchuk, Mayor of Reedsport Oregon, Board Member of OWET

Speakers:

Robert Lurie, Ocean Power Technologies

Mary Grainey, Hydroelectric Program Coordinator, Water Resources Department

Nick Furman, Executive Director, Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission

Bridgette Lohrman, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Multnomah Room

David Gibson, Renewable Energy Program Manager, Oregon Iron Works, Inc./ President of the Board, OWET

Rick Williams, Director, Columbia Region, SAIC Ocean Technology/ Board Member, OWET

Poster Sessions

Wednesday, September 29- 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.; 12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.; 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 30- 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.; 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Hydrokinetic Energy Projects And Recreation: A Guide To Assessing Impacts

Susan Rosebrough, National Park Service

Rich Bowers, Hydropower Reform Coalition

Environmental Effects of Ocean Energy – What are the Real Risks?

Andrea Copping, PNNL

State Policies to Promote Ocean Energy Projects

Michael Grainey, Renewable Energy Advisor, Oregon Business Development Department

Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) Studies at Marine Renewable Sites – Interpretation, Costs, Benefits and Alternatives

Dom Tollit, Senior Research Scientist, Sea Mammal Research Unit Ltd

Offshore Network Approach In Grid Connection Of Offshore Wind Parks

Mehrdad Boloorchi, P.Eng., Manager, Transmission & Distribution, Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company

A Scenario-based Assessment of Siting Issues

Scott Terrill, H. T. Harvey & Associates

OWET Project Posters, Invited

Economic Assessment of Wave Energy Development in Oregon

Steve Grover, ECONorthwest

Mobile Ocean Test Berth Site Characterization

Sarah Henkel, NNMREC

Crab Tagging

Kaety Hildenbrand, Oregon Sea Grant

Planning & Assessment Frameworks

Steve Kopf, Pacific Energy Ventures

Utility Market Initiative Roadshow

Justin Klure, Pacific Energy Ventures

Acoustic Measurement Methods

Roberto Racca, JASCO Applied Sciences

Bird Radar Baseline Study

Ross Rasmussen, Geo Marine Inc

Dungeness Crab & Fish Baseline Study

Scott Terrill, H.T. Harvey & Associates

Reedsport Wavepark

George Wolff, Ocean Power Technologies

Douglas County Wave & Tidal Energy

Ronald Yokim, Douglas County