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RENEWABLES 2014 GLOBAL STATUS REPORT

162 to a Vibrant Electricity Market in Central America?” IAEE Energy Forum (International Association for Energy Economics), Fourth Quarter 2013, http://www.iaee.org/en/publications/newsletterdl. aspx?id=211. 42 Michael Harris, “Northern Exposure: Canadian Hydro in the Spotlight,” Hydro Review, December 2013. 43 World Bank, Toward a Sustainable Energy Future for All: Directions for the World Bank Group’s Energy Sector (Washington, DC: 9 July 2013), http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/ en/2013/07/18016002/toward-sustainable-energy-future-all- directions-world-bank-group%C2%92s-energy-sector. 44 International Water Power and Dam Construction, “Statkraft starts new R&D programme on climate change,” 21 November 2013, http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/ newsstatkraft-starts-new-rd-programme-on-climate-change. 45 Taylor, op. cit. note 15. 46 Andritz, Annual Report 2013 (Graz, Austria: 2013), p. 5. 47 Voith Hydro, op. cit. note 35, p. 79. 48 Ibid., p. 82. 49 Alstom, Annual Results – Fiscal Year 2012/13 (Levallois-Perret Cedex: 7 May 2013), http://www.alstom.com/Global/Group/ Resources/Documents/Investors%20document/Financial%20 results/2012-2013/Annual%20results/analyst%20presen%20 FY%20may%2013_final-%20screen.pdf. 50 Alstom, “Alstom inaugurates its largest hydropower industrial site in Tianjin, China,” press release (Levallois-Perret Cedex: 11 October 2013), http://www.alstom.com/press-centre/2013/9/ alstom-inaugurates-its-largest-hydropower-industrial-site-in- tianjin-china/. 51 Alstom, “Alstom inaugurates its new global hydropower technology centre in Grenoble,” press release (Levallois-Perret Cedex: 1 February 2013), http://www.alstom.com/press- centre/2013/2/alstom-inaugurates-its-new-global-hydropower- technology-centre-in-grenoble. 52 Harbin Electric Company Limited, Interim Report 2013 (Harbin, China: August 2013). 53 Taylor, op. cit. note 15. 54 Ibid. OCEAN ENERGY 1 Ocean Energy Systems (OES), also known as the Ocean Energy Systems Implementing Agreement, is an inter-governmental collaboration among countries that operates under a framework established by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, at http://www.ocean-energy-systems.org/ocean_energy/. The definition of ocean energy used in this report does not include offshore wind power or marine biomass energy. 2 Global installed capacity based on OES, Annual Report 2012 (Lisbon: 2012), Table 6.1, http://www.ocean-energy-systems.org/ oes_reports/annual_reports/2012_annual_report/; OES, Annual Report 2013 (Lisbon: 2013), Table 6.2, http://www.ocean-energy- systems.org/documents/82577_oes_annual_report_2013. pdf/; IEA, Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2013 (Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)/IEA, 2013), p. 179; and sources for 2013 capacity installations as noted elsewhere in this section. 3 Capacity values from OES, “Ocean Energy in the World,” http:// www.ocean-energy-systems.org/ocean_energy_in_the_world/; OES, Annual Report 2012, op. cit. note 1; Électricité de France (EDF), “Usine marémotrice de La Rance,” http://energie.edf.com/ hydraulique/energies-marines/carte-des-implantations-marines/ usine-maremotrice-de-la-rance/presentation-51516.html. 4 Alstom, “Alstom’s tidal turbine reaches 1MW in offshore conditions,” press release (Levallois-Perret, France: 31 July 2013), http://www.alstom.com/press-centre/2013/7/ alstoms-tidal-turbine-reaches-1mw-in-offshore-conditions. 5 Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies is a joint venture of Voith Hydro and RWE Innogy. Voith, “Tidal Current Power Stations,” http://voith.com/en/products-services/hydro-power/ocean- energies/tidal-current-power-stations--591.html; SAL Heavy Lift GmbH, “MV Lone installed Tidal Turbine,” September 2013, http:// sal-heavylift.com/news-press/latest-news. 6 MeyGen Ltd, “MeyGen secures consent for 86MW tidal energy project,” 16 September 2013, http://www.meygen.com/ the-project/meygen-news 7 Aquamarine Power, “Aquamarine Power secures full consent for 40MW Lewis wave energy farm,” press release (Edinburgh: 22 May 2013), http://www.aquamarinepower.com/news/aquamarine- power-secures-full-consent-for-40mw-lewis-wave-energy-farm. 8 U.K. Planning Inspectorate, “Swansea Tidal Lagoon application accepted for examination,” press release (Bristol, U.K.: 7 March 2014), http://www.gov.uk/government/news/ swansea-tidal-lagoon-application-accepted-for-examination. 9 Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay, “Timeline,” http://www. tidallagoonswanseabay.com/timeline.aspx, viewed April 2014. 10 “Severn Barrage: Environment and economy benefits ‘unproven’,” BBC News, 10 June 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/ uk-wales-politics-22812911. 11 K. Steiner-Dicks, “FERC approves Turnagain Arm permit,” Tidal Today, 26 February 2014, http://social.tidaltoday.com/ environmental-permitting/ferc-approves-turnagain-arm-permit. 12 European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), “EMEC to support development of marine energy test site in Singapore,” press release (Orkney, Scotland: 7 November 2013), http://www.emec. org.uk/press-release-emec-to-support-development-of-marine- energy-test-site-in-singapore/. 13 OES, “Ireland’s 1 Million Square Kilometers of Potential Ocean Energy,” press release (Lisbon: February 2014), http://www. ocean-energy-systems.org/documents/70749_press_release_ february_2014.pdf. The plan commits USD 35.8 million (EUR 26 million) for the period 2013–2016 to develop test facilities, as well as USD 26.2 million (EUR 19 million) for R&D, and a FIT tariff of USD 358/MWh (EUR 260/MWh) for the first 30 MW of ocean energy capacity. 14 Alstom, “Alstom completes the acquisition of Tidal Generation Limited (TGL) from Rolls-Royce plc,” press release (Levallois- Perret, France: 30 January 2013), http://www.alstom.com/ press-centre/2013/1/alstom-completes-the-acquisition-of-tidal- generation-limited-tgl-from-rolls-royce-plc. 15 Alstom, “Memorandum of Understanding signed between Alstom and Scottish Power Renewables for tidal power devices,” press release (Levallois-Perret, France: 17 September 2013), http://www.alstom.com/press-centre/2013/9/memorandum- of-understanding-signed-between-alstom-and-scottish-power- renewables-for-tidal-power-devices. ENDNOTES 02 MARKET AND INDUSTRY TRENDS – HYDROPOWER

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