Ocean-Fuel - Ocean Renewable Energy FuelsRE
Abstract
The Ocean-REFuel project brings together a multidisciplinary, world-leading team of researchers to consider at a fundamental level a whole-energy system to maximise ocean renewable energy (Offshore wind and Marine Renewable Energy) potential for conversion to zero carbon fuels. The project has transformative ambition addressing a number of big questions concerning our Energy future:
How to maximise ocean energy potential in a safe, affordable, sustainable and environmentally sensitive manner?
How to alleviate the intermittency of the ocean renewable energy resource?
How ocean renewable energy can support renewable heat, industrial and transport demands through vectors other than electricity?
How ocean renewable energy can support local, national and international whole energy systems?
Ocean-REFuel is a large project integrating upstream, transportation and storage to end use cases which will over an extended period of time address these questions in an innovative manner developing an understanding of the multiple criteria involved and their interactions.
How to maximise ocean energy potential in a safe, affordable, sustainable and environmentally sensitive manner?
How to alleviate the intermittency of the ocean renewable energy resource?
How ocean renewable energy can support renewable heat, industrial and transport demands through vectors other than electricity?
How ocean renewable energy can support local, national and international whole energy systems?
Ocean-REFuel is a large project integrating upstream, transportation and storage to end use cases which will over an extended period of time address these questions in an innovative manner developing an understanding of the multiple criteria involved and their interactions.
Organisations
- University of Strathclyde (Lead Research Organisation)
- CARDIFF UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- University of Nottingham (Collaboration)
- Imperial College London (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- MABE (Project Partner)
- UK Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd (Project Partner)
- Eneus Energy (Project Partner)
- EDF Renewables UK (Project Partner)
- Det Norske Veritas DNV GL UK Limited (Project Partner)
- BP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Project Partner)
- Peel Ports Group (Project Partner)
- Energy Institute (Project Partner)
- Hydrogen Power Generation Solutions Ltd (Project Partner)
- Orion Energy Hub (Project Partner)
- TFP Hydrogen Products Limited (Project Partner)
- Equinor (Project Partner)
- ITM POWER PLC (Project Partner)
- Scottish Power Retail (Project Partner)
- National Grid ESO (Project Partner)
- OGTC (formerly Oil and Gas Tech Centre) (Project Partner)
- Orsted (UK) (Project Partner)
- ENI energy company (Project Partner)
- OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT (Project Partner)
- Evolve Hydrogen (Project Partner)
- D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership (Project Partner)
- Siemens Gamesa (Project Partner)
- Health and Safety Executive (Project Partner)
- Opportunity North East (Project Partner)
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Project Partner)
- Scottish Association For Marine Science (Project Partner)
- TechnipFMC plc (UK) (Project Partner)
Publications
Alabi O
(2022)
Proposition for an additional input output multiplier metric to access the value contribution of regional cluster industries
in Papers in Regional Science
Li S
(2024)
Digital twin enabled structural integrity management: Critical review and framework development
in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
Li S
(2024)
Implementation of digital twin-enabled virtually monitored data in inspection planning
in Applied Ocean Research
Niblett D
(2023)
Water cluster characteristics of fuel cell gas diffusion layers with artificial microporous layer crack dilation
in Journal of Power Sources
Niblett D
(2024)
Review of next generation hydrogen production from offshore wind using water electrolysis
in Journal of Power Sources
Ramakrishnan S
(2024)
An efficient cathode electrocatalyst for anion exchange membrane water electrolyzer
in Carbon
RodrÃguez Castillo C
(2024)
A critical review of challenges and opportunities for the design and operation of offshore structures supporting renewable hydrogen production, storage, and transport
in Wind Energy Science
RodrÃguez Castillo C
(2024)
Design considerations and preliminary hydrodynamic analysis of an offshore decentralised floating wind-hydrogen system
in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
| Description | Cardiff University |
| Organisation | Cardiff University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Cardiff University is a partner organisation in the Ocean REFuel project working alongside Strathclyde to deliver the project outcomes. The two organisations are sharing expertise and data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cardiff University is a partner organisation in the Ocean REFuel project working alongside Strathclyde to deliver the project outcomes. The two organisations are sharing expertise and data. |
| Impact | None |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Imperial College |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Imperial College London is a partner organisation in the Ocean REFuel project working alongside Strathclyde to deliver the project outcomes. The two organisations are sharing expertise and data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Imperial College London is a partner organisation in the Ocean REFuel project working alongside Strathclyde to deliver the project outcomes. The two organisations are sharing expertise and data. |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Newcastle University |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| PI Contribution | Newcastle University is a partner organisation in the Ocean REFuel project working alongside Strathclyde to deliver the project outcomes. The two organisations are sharing expertise and data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Newcastle University is a partner organisation in the Ocean REFuel project working alongside Strathclyde to deliver the project outcomes. The two organisations are sharing expertise and data. |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | University of Nottingham |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | University of Nottingham is a partner organisation in the Ocean REFuel project working alongside Strathclyde to deliver the project outcomes. The two organisations are sharing expertise and data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | University of Nottingham is a partner organisation in the Ocean REFuel project working alongside Strathclyde to deliver the project outcomes. The two organisations are sharing expertise and data. |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Title | Porous Microstructure Generator |
| Description | Porous Microstructure Generator (PMG) is a GUI software that can generate computational 3D structures of porous materials using a set of customised algorithms. The surfaces can be exported as .tiff or .stl for use in other simulation software.NOTE: The time-limited app in PMG 1.5 has been updated to use a license file. If the app asks for license, download the 'license.csv' and select this file. PMG 2.0 will not ask for this file again, as long as its path/name is not changed. If you do not give a valid license, it will shutdown.Download file for installer of the PMG - Porous Microstructure Generator. This requires Matlab Runtime, which will be downloaded from the web automatically once you open the installer file (.app for macOS and .exe for windows).You do not need matlab installed to run the tool. This download contains both mac and windows versions. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | over 3000 downloads since posting. |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/software/Porous_Microstructure_Generator/20448471 |
| Description | CEP Arven workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A workshop with representatives of the Arven windfarm development to discuss economic modelling/input to the Shetland Islands economic modelling and public perception work scope |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Interaction of bubble dynamics and manufactured porous electrodes in flow through membraneless water electrolysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A conference paper presented at InterPore 2023 - 15th Annual International Conference on Porous Media |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://events.interpore.org/event/41/ |
| Description | March 2023 - Stakeholder update event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | March 2023 Stakeholder update event. providing updates and progress reporting of the programs work scopes and plans to the stakeholder community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | http://www.oceanrefuel.ac.uk |
| Description | March 2024 - Stakeholder update event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | March 2024 Stakeholder update event. Providing updates and progress reporting of the programs work scopes and plans to the stakeholder community Advisory Board meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | http://www.oceanrefuel.ac.uk |
| Description | March 2025 Stakeholder update event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Providing program stakeholders and interested parties with updates and progress reporting of the programs' work scopes and plans Also an Advisory Board meeting to the industry/academic board who help to shape and guide the programs' research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Offshore platforms for green hydrogen production from oceanic renewable energy. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Conference presentation at the XIV Seminar on Naval Engineering, Dissemination, Innovation and Scientific Research - SINDIC , to an international audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.cip.org.pe/events/xiv-seminario-de-ingenieria-naval-divulgacion-innovacion-e-investigaci... |
| Description | Ongoing meetings and agreement with ERM Dolphyn project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Ongoing collaboration with ERM Dolphyn, who are trialing offshore hydrogen production direct from wind farms and working with the Ocean Refuel team to share data and validate models of the behavior of such a system. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://www.dolphynhydrogen.com/ |
| Description | Ongoing meetings with DESNZ International Hydrogen Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A series of meetings with representatives of Department for Energy Security (DESNZ) International Hydrogen Team discussing economic modelling and Public perception associated with introduction of new clean fuel industries (wind, Hydrogen etc) and the effect on national economics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Ongoing meetings with Enquest/Veri |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A workshop with representatives from Enquest/Veri (Sullom Voe operators) to discuss economic modelling/input to the Shetland Islands economic modelling and public perception work scope |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Ongoing meetings with Lerwick Port Authority |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A series of meetings with representatives of the Lerwick Port Authority to discuss economic modelling/input to the Shetland Islands economic modelling and public perception work scope |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Ongoing meetings with Scottish Government Hydrogen Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A series of meetings with representatives of The Scottish Government's Hydrogen Team discussing economic modelling and policy impacts associated with introduction of new clean fuel industries (Wind, Wave, Tidal, Hydrogen etc) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Ongoing meetings with Scottish Renewables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A series of meetings with representatives of Scottish Renewables (Renewables Industry trade body) discussing economic modelling associated with introduction of renewables and the effect on national economics and government policies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Ongoing meetings with Shetlands Island Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A series of meetings with representatives of Shetland Islands Council discussing economic modelling/input to the Shetland Islands economic modelling and public perception work scope |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Ongoing meetings with Statkraft |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A series of meetings with representatives from Statkraft (Hydrogen and Ammonia producer) discussing economic modelling and public perception impacts in relation to Shetland Islands Case study (and wider) associated with introduction of new clean fuel industries (wind, Hydrogen etc) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Sept 2022 - Stakeholder update event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Inaugural Stakeholder update event to provide Industry stakeholders/sponsors with an update on the project progress, how the project is being run and plans for next period and to gather input from the stakeholder group. 1st of a number of such events planned 2/year throughout the 5 year program in March and September each year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.oceanrefuel.ac.uk |
| Description | Sept 2023 - Stakeholder update event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | September 2023 Stakeholder update event. Providing updates and progress reporting of the programs work scopes and plans to the stakeholder community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | http://www.oceanrefuel.ac.uk |
| Description | September 2024 Stakeholder update event. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | September 2024 Stakeholder update event. Providing updates and progress reporting of the programs work scopes and plans to the stakeholder community Advisory Board meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | http://www.oceanrefuel.ac.uk |