29th Executive Committee Meeting, 11-12 November 2015

Brief review of the 29th Executive Committee Meeting held in Cancun, Mexico, on 11-12 November 2015.

The Executive Committee (ExCo) of Ocean Energy Systems (OES), within the International Energy Agency (IEA), announces the outcomes of its 29th meeting, held in Cancun, Mexico, on 11-12 November 2015, hosted by Mexico's Ministry of Energy (SENER).
Comprehensive overviews of international activities and achievements on ocean energy were shared during the ExCo meeting, and are presented below.

Major outcomes of the OES projects:

Visit the Interactive web-based GIS mapping application with detailed global information related to ocean energy.

Visit the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) repository website and access all papers from previous conferences since 2006.

Access the Tethys Knowledge Database which contains hundreds of journal articles, technical reports, presentations and research studies on the environmental effects of marine energy developments;

Final Report on the state of scientific understanding of environmental issue areas relevant to ocean energy technologies around the world will be soon released.

A thorough investigation of the Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) for wave, tidal and OTEC technologies has been published by the OES.

An updated document on consenting processes in the OES member countries will be published in 2016 identifying the main regulatory and administrative barriers for the licencing process, some important lessons and success stories.

A Vision Statement for 2020-2050 has been developed by OES and will be soon published in 2016 along with the Technology Roadmap with focus on two key areas: Reliability improvement and Performance Improvement.

Japan is leading the preparation of a detailed work program for investigation and evaluation of OTEC resource to be approved by the ExCo and conducted by a group of interested countries in the topic.

Under Task 5 “The Exchange and Assessment of Ocean Energy Device Project Information and Experience” a serious of workshops with key experts have been organized by NREL on behalf of US Department of Energy covering topics such as open water testing, computational modeling tools and reliability issues. The final workshop to be held in 2016 is expected to cover “Ocean Energy Policies: Lessons Learnt”. The outcomes of previous workshops are public available.