Clean Energy in the Socotra Archipelago 1

Clean Energy in the Socotra Archipelago

Submitted by Dillon Kelly, Lilian Martin, William Millgate, Jeovanni Reyna, Colton Silimon

Salt Lake Community College

COMM 1010

January 4, 2021
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Table of Contents

Executive Summary 3

Project Description 4

Methods 5

Conclusion 18

Work Cited 19

Appendices 20
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Executive Summary

We as the Foo Fighters are fighting to conserve the health of the biodiversity in Socotra,

Yemen. “How can we protect the biodiversity of Socotra?”

The process for accomplishing our purpose, which is to conserve the health of

biodiversity, is to research the characteristics of the island and find a solution to help prevent the

possible extinction of many of the unique fauna and flora.

The purpose of our criteria was to make sure we achieve a cost-benefit analysis. We

needed to create criteria that would be practical (i.e. cost, government help, etc.) and see the

overall effectiveness of the solutions (i.e. does wildlife benefit, does it have other effects, etc.).

Then we brainstormed solutions independently and presented our solutions to each other. We

scored the solutions based on our criteria, giving the highest marks for solutions that met the

criteria.

We came up with the solution to implement a tidal power plant. Point Absorber Buoys

implemented on the North coast of Socotra with an onshore facility to process the generated

power to usable electricity. We have found that currently fuel-wood is the biggest form of energy

used on the islands. So, we designed our plan to help contribute more clean energy. Our solution

has no carbon dioxide emissions, which is helping to prevent further warming and desertification

on the island. Doing this will also help prevent excessive deforestation from other forms of

energy generators in Yemen. We would start by contacting non profit organizations like Saudi

Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen as well as the Ministry of Planning,

Development to obtain avenues for funding and UNESCO.

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Project Description

For this project, our team needed to use the skills we learned throughout the semester to

effectively communicate, with the goal of finding a realistic solution to a problem faced by the

Archipelago of Yemen. We assigned team roles and held meetings to go over information. We

then needed to work together through multiple virtual meetings to compile our information in our

final report and create a presentation. While researching the Archipelago of Yemen, we found

that the main island, Socotra, was facing many threats to its biodiversity. From habitat loss and

deforestation to droughts and climate change, the endemic species,which the islands inhabitants

rely on, are under threat.

We set out to find a cost effective solution that could significantly address the problem

without much upkeep. It’s important that we find a solution to the problem because if not, the

already struggling people of Socotra won’t have many of the resources that they rely on. Not

only will the loss of biodiversity affect the island's inhabitants, but its implications will also

negatively affect the economy of Yemen and the natural processes that connect with other parts

of the Earth. Our solution that we chose would be to implement tidal energy on the island's coast

through point absorber buoys, which would cause a domino effect on the island. First, it would

provide clean energy and help reduce the use of fossil fuels. This would help many of the issues

faced on the island, but most importantly it would reduce the amount of deforestation. The

reduction in deforestation would then continue to slow a multitude of other problems. So with

only one system, our solution would help diminish countless problems that threaten the island's

biodiversity.
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Methods

To find the best solution to our problem, we used the Reflective Thinking Process. The

reason behind using this process was to make sure our team fully analyzed and reflected upon the

problem and to stop our problem before it becomes a thing, thus altering any further damage to

the island and its inhabitants. To clarify this process, we will describe each step our group took

in accomplishing our purpose. We will also provide a brief description of our end-product.

I. Part I: Problem

What is the best way we can help protect the biodiversity of Socotra, Archipelago?

II. Part II: Analyze the problem

A. Characteristics

1. Socotra is known worldwide for its alien-like landscape and rich

biodiversity, particularly its endemic species of birds and trees. The island

is home to 825 plant species, 37% of which aren’t found anywhere else in

the world according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization. One of the most famous being the islands Dragon

Blood Tree, which got its name after its extremely valuable red sap.

Socotra is also home to around 60,000 people, some of which have

remained nomadic or semi-nomadic.

2. What makes this island so special is its unique wildlife and that is why

there needs to be a sense of urgency when it comes to saving this country

before it can be destroyed. With the implementation of the point absorber

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buoy we would be able to give clean tidal energy to the people of socotra

and not only boost their way of life by giving them an energy source like

they’ve never had, but also protecting the wildlife on the island and

keeping it’s beautiful plants and animals where they belong.

B. Stakeholders

1. Socotra as a society relies heavily on the natural resources provided by the

island's ecosystem. Only some are nomadic/semi-nomadic. "A part of the

population stayed nomadic and semi nomadic due to the transhumance

grazing system. The rest of the population are fishermen, farmers or

depend on tourism." (UNESCO, 2018) . They don’t use currency except

for one city on the island and they are a third world country. Socotra as a

society for the most part, is lacking modern day technologies and bringing

tidal energy will help boost their economy, society and bring them out of

being a third world country, possibly, opening new doorways to buy and

trade goods to and from other countries. Bringing clean renewable energy

to Socotra will do way more than just provide them with energy. Giving

the country an ongoing supply of energy is important , but just think of all

the amazing things they can do once they get that energy and put it to

good use.

C. History

1. Socotra has no written history and what we know about the island has

been gathered from references. The islands are first known to be colonized
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by the Greeks in about 330 BCE. Socotra has since been known for its

supply of myrrh, ladanum, and other aromatic plants.

2. Most of the inhabitants on the island were converted to Christianity in 52

CE (New World Encyclopedia 2019). Marco Polo described the island as

having an archbishop with no connection to the Pope in Rome. Portuguese

forces landed on the island in 1507 to liberate the island of Arab Islamic

rule but left four years later. In 1876, England would become the

protectorate of the island. In October 1967 the Mahra sultanate was

abolished and South Yemen was independent from Great Britain

(Britannica 2020). In most historical remarks to Socotra there were

notions made about the landscape and the unique environment and

biodiversity.

3. In the past, Socotra has received significant support from the Saudi

Arabian government from the Saudi Development and Reconstruction

Program for Yemen (SDRPY). The SDRPY has helped with the funding

and implementation of water management systems which have led to

positive outcomes for agriculture and livability on Socotra. They have also

helped implement the 3.75MW Hadibu power station and generators

across the island. Another sector that the SDRPY has helped in is the

health sector by providing modern equipment and resources. The SDRPY

has, in addition, helped with funding and development in sectors such as

transportation, education, fisheries, and emergency services. (SDRPY

2020).
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D. Policies

1. There is a major lack of environmental policies in the island of Socotra

due to the instability of their government and owners. Therefore the

biggest regulations that we would need to follow are with respect to the

ongoing war between Yemen and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Currently the UAE has control of the seaports, airport, and sea amid

reports according to Jonathan Fenton-Harvey a reporter for Inside Arabia.

Our biggest political consideration would be to first get permission from

both the UAE and Yemen due to their shared ownership over the island as

to make sure that we dont break any treaties or laws they might have.

2. We would also need to consider the ethical problems that could arise due

to building our buoy system in the ocean. Not only would we need to be

respectful of shipping routes, but we would also need to contact a marine

biologist to ensure that we don’t build in an area that could possibly harm

the marine life. Although there is no current policy regarding marine life

off the coast of Socotra, it would be an ethical problem that we would like

to keep in mind.

E. Resources

1. In order to carry out the project, our team first needed to identify what

resources are available in terms of connections, capital, and time. After

our calculations, we’ve found that we could raise 100-200 million dollars.

Although the environmental division of the Yemeni government doesn’t

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have much money to spare, there are many organizations our team would

be able to contact in order to receive funds. Considering the island of

Socotra is already recognised by the United Nations as a World Heritage

Center, we would like to work with some of the UN environmental

protection programs that are already in place. Programs such as the United

Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the United

Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) have already funded and

helped carry out projects in multiple different countries. Notably, they

built a small hydro-power plant (SHP) in Zambia, which provided clean

energy for over 25,000 people. Also, the Saudi Development and

Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) has helped financially with

a lot of power projects for Yemen. Recently, they donated 500 million

dollars to help the economy of Yemen. So they would be another amazing

source of funding for us to reach out to. If we are low on funding, there are

also many global and local environmental nonprofits that we could

propose our project to.

2. Another huge resource available to us is the use of technology and social

media. In order to further supplement our project, we would start a social

media campaign. Our campaign would consist of different posts and ads

on multiple platforms (e.g. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok,

GoFundMe) in order to inspire monetary donations.

3. For the construction of the point absorber buoys, Ocean Power

Technologies would be a very promising renewable energy company that

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we could work with. Not only have they implemented multiple power

buoy systems around the world, but working with this company would

ensure that our team wouldn’t need to spend the time and money to travel

to socotra.

4. The time we have to get this project done is also a very important resource

that we considered. Since our team consists of full time students, we

wouldn’t be able to commit many hours of the day to the management of

the project. So working with the connections through the United Nations

World Heritage Center or another environmental agency would be an

integral asset for the project. It would allow us to hand most of the

management of the project over, so that we have time for school.

III. Part III: Criteria

Some goals we wanted to accomplish was: practicality, efficiency, and benefits.

● Could the government help?

● Will it protect wildlife?

● Will it benefit the people of Socotra/stakeholders?

● Will it be cost effective?

● Will it be too expensive?

● Does it apply to more than just our specific problem?

IV. Part IV: Brainstorm

Main focus: protect biodiversity in Socotra

● Non-profit pollution cleaning

● Limiting new construction

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● Limiting tourism

● Switch to a clean energy source

V. Part V: Organize

A. We narrowed down this option from the others due to its efficiency and cost. Our

other options were good but unlike building a power buoy they would end up

either taking a lot of the precious land away since their needs to be a set building

for these ideas like a nuclear power plant or a not for profit organization. A

nuclear power plant requires a square mile or 640 acres for a building while

power buoys only require a small building with monitors and some databases, but

this building isn’t going to take 640 acres, it will take up no more than half the

size of the school. The other options were windmill power which requires 1.5

acres to make 2 megawatts an hour but typically there isn’t only 1 windmill in a

field there is typically 15-30 windmills so, in the end, this would end up taking up

many acres of land which will totally end up ruining our whole purpose of this

task which was to help the biodiversity of Socotra and developing buildings will

end up harming them in the short and long term even with the clean energy.

B. The chart we used for these criteria in finding which solution we choose was

based on many things like could the government help out, will it protect wildlife,

will it protect wildlife, will it be cost-effective, will it be too expensive, and does

it apply to more than just our specific problem. We chose these criteria to make

sure that the solution would end up not screwing up one or the other we didn't

want to choose one thing over the other like banning tourism would protect the

biodiversity, it would be cost-effective but then it would totally hurt the people of
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Socotra due to a lot of their economy is based off tourism and cutting that would

drastically hurt them. So we chose things that balance each other out and the pros

help balance out the cons.

C. The solution we chose was to build and maintain a power buoy to help prevent the

overuse of fossil fuels that could drastically hurt the environment, biodiversity,

the people, and the atmosphere some of which help lead to global warming which

is also a problem in Socotra. Our solution that got second was building a

nonprofit organization that would help the government crackdown on illegal

activities that end up affecting the biodiversity of the island like the US has in the

national parks. They would do that as well as they would also be gathering funds

to help prevent illegal trading and smuggling of animals and plants on the island.

This was good since it was able to help the government which is fairly weak and

their rules and regulations are basically suggestions since the government isn’t the

most stable. The biggest issue with this plan is that we would need volunteers,

employees, funds, buildings, land, materials, and a continuous income which is

really hard to get for a nonprofit organization as seen in many that are more

recognized like American Red Cross, Yemen Aid, Yemen Relief and

Reconstruction. If we made another one for Socotra, in the end, it will end up

either taking funds from these other nonprofit organizations or our nonprofit

would end up not making enough funds to maintain itself. Another option was to

limit tourism and on our criteria chart, it scored the lowest due to fact that it

would not be cost-effective and not benefit the people due to the fact that even

though tourism isn’t the biggest in Socotra, this tourism helps bring in money to
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the country of Socotra that the island can't survive without. Even though limiting

tourism would greatly benefit the wildlife, as well as this would help solve more

than one problem, the con is the island relying heavily on that income greatly

outbalances this pro.

D. Every plan isn’t perfect and our plant is great, but it has some negatives to it, but

they can be fixed. Our biggest consequence is that where we place this power

buoy could hurt the environment or this shipping route which can be solved by

placing the power buoys on the north side of the island due to it having little coral

reefs and being close to the main city. Another consequence is that these power

buoys could be crashed into by civilian or international ships since Socotra has

many shipping routes around it, the northside having the least amount around it,

but accidents do happen. With this, according to Dr. Mike Mekhiche a leader in

the project Ocean Power Technologies, if we install a PDA load controller

assembly which stands for Pile Driving Analysis this would send signals to ships

alerting them that this Power Buoy is close and to back away. It will alert ships

that are in a radius of 500M which is the designated zone 1000M which is the

warning zone and lastly the 5000M which is the monitoring zone. Another

consequence is that this will pollute the ocean and actually hurt the ocean wildlife.

Although with this, there has never been an accident relating to power buoys as

long as we have great maintenance on them, they should not harm aquatic life.

The last and biggest consequence is with this being in place, there will be no need

for fossil fuels which may seem like a good thing but for people who make money

off fossil fuels this will hurt them and they will try their best to switch back to
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fossil fuels. The way to fix that would be a ban on fossil fuels and pollution on the

island being backed by the country that owns it, either Yemen or the United Arab

Emirates. So, in conclusion, there are many consequences but with planning and

adjustments to the power buoy, they shouldn’t be problems that should show.

VI. Part VI: Implementation of solution

After choosing our solution, we set up a plan for implementing it. We would start

by manufacturing. Each point absorber buoy costs 130 million dollars to produce

which may seem steep at first, but once they are set off into the ocean it will pay

back itself. We will be contacting multiple different environmental programs to

receive funding, as well as implementing a social media campaign to raise money.

Once the buoys are installed, the tide produces free, reliable, predictable,

renewable, and clean energy that will consistently be made as long as the buoy is

working.

A. Materials

1. The materials necessary to make each individual buoy is constructed of an,

upper clevis assembly, dampers, brake, input rod, screw shaft, ball nut,

carriage, fixed end bearings, another brake located at the bottom of the of

input rod, generator coupling, then at the bottom there is a generator, pca

support, ball screw and guide lubrication system, then linear guides, LDS

(linear displacement sensor), guide rail and pca chassis. This is all the

materials constructed together to make the system used to construct the

energy. The brake is made up of a pneumatic pump, as well as a manifold,

solenoid valve, reservoir, relief valve, and a pressure sensor that helps the
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system so it doesn't overload it with too much energy and shut it down.

The electrical chassis is assembled by a generator drive, support frame,

precharger assembly, crio,HV distribution assembly, buoy lv battery, PDA

load controller assembly, main battery, battery charger. The cooling panel

is made of an inlet, back panel, air bleed line connection, outlet 2, the

check valve, coolant back fill hose barb and valve, pump 2,differential

pressure, pump 1, expansion tank, then outlet 1. All of these construct

one buoy then the remaining materials necessary is a chain to the ground

then a cable running to the land.

B. Location

1. We are going to put these buoys on the northside of Socotra because on

the south side there are tons of coral reefs. We want to keep the habitat as

close to normal as possible so this is why we're placing them on the north

side of the island. The north side also produced a higher and low tide

which means more energy. There are also a lot more businesses on the

north side which makes it more convenient for us to distribute across the

island which will help solve our issue a lot more.

C. Price

1. We will have Ocean Power Technologies (OTP) build them for us at the

price of 130 million dollars a unit. Each point absorber buoy produces

around 500 kilowatts of power a day. The average person in Nigeria uses

approximately 137 kilowatt hours a year and we chose Nigeria as a

reference to Socotra because of all it’s similarities and both of them being
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third world countries, it was the closest information we could get on

Socotra without having any real information on Soctra’s energy usage a

year. With Socotra having a population of 60,000 people we multiplied

60,000 by the average number of kilowatt hours used in Nigeria which

was 137 and you end up getting 8,220,000 kilowatt hours used a year by

the whole population and then we divided that by four because Globally,

average household size ranges from “fewer than three persons per

household to more than six(United Nations. Household Size and

Composition around the World), once you divide that, you come out with

2,055,000 per household, then you divide that by 500 because each point

absorber buoy makes 500 kilowatts a day. Once you divide that you get a

grand total of 4110 needed, but you need to convert the average kilowatt

hours used a year to divide that by the 500 kilowatt hours that are

produced a day by our buoys and you end up with needing 52 point

absorber buoys to supply the whole population with sufficient and reliable

energy.

2. Once we calculated how many point absorber buoys we needed, we then

decided how much money we are going to spend. Each buoy cost 130

million dollars as stated by the Ocean Power Technologies (OTP) who we

will be buying the buoys from. Once you do the math you get a grand total

of 6,760,000,000 dollars. It costs factories about 22 cents per kilowatt in

the US and that is produced from fossil fuels. At the end of 2019 the U.S.

used a whopping 3.99 trillion kilowatt hours which when you do the math
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that comes out to 877,800,000,000 dollars that the U.S. paid not just to use

the electricity but to make it and get the materials needed for it to be made.

With our plan that extrudes the need to pay for the gathering and creation

of energy. We pay for the buoy and the waves supply the rest.
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Conclusion

A point absorber buoy is a form of Tidal energy, it is used to help with creating clean,

renewable energy. The way this device is constructed is that it has a piston that moves up and

down that drives a generator. When waves run through the device the generator will continue to

work. This is all inside of a buoy that is anchored to the ground. There is a cable that runs back

to the shore and gives power to the land. This generator will provide energy that will send

electrical power to the buildings inside of Socotra. The company who will fund these buoys will

be ocean power technology.

The reason why having a point absorber buoy is such a good thing is because it will make

these businesses run on electricity instead of old fossil fuels that will help with reducing air

pollution and all of its other waste. This will help with pollution in this city. Since this will help

with air pollution as well, it will make the air cleaner and the animals would be able to live better

lives, all from just these point absorber buoys. The cost to fully install these buoys would be

“approximately $130M,” according to Osti. This buoy that we would use is a PB500 (powerbuoy

500) which provides “500 kilowatts of power,” according to Osti. Once the price of this 130

million dollar project is paid for it will be free energy as the waves of the ocean run through each

of the buoys powering up the entire town helping to keep the air cleaner and animal pollution

minimalized.
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Appendices

Appendix 1: Copy of Team Contract

Team Meeting #1 Notes

Team Name: Foo Fighters

Case # and Description: Archipelago, Yeman
Meeting Date and Time: 11/24/2020 1:51pm
Meeting Location and Type: zoom
Team Members in Attendance: Colton Silimon, Lilly Martin, Geovanni Reyna, William
Millgate, Dillon Kelly

Team Members Absent:

No one

Team Contract

Team Member Roles

Task Roles
Leader: Colton
Recorder: Dillon
Editor: William
Opinion Giver: Lily
Administrator: Jeo

Relational Roles
Tension Reliever: Dillon
Listener: Jeo
Harmonizer: Lily
Sensor: Will
Keep it together: Colton
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Team Norms

Relational Norms
Be nice
Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion
Constructive criticism
Be actively listening

Task Norms
Research
Note taking
Communicating
Come prepared
Fact checking

Consequences of Breaking Norms

If you don’t pull your own weight, you get called out to receive lesser points.
Bring food if you’re absent.
If it becomes a big enough problem, be kicked out of the group and left to do the assignment on
your own.

Consequences of Keeping Norms

We will all receive a good grade because we all hold ourselves to a higher standard.
Not just get a good grade, but more quality of work and make this report something that means
something to us.
Finish this class on a highnote and get this report done.

Problem Defined:
How do we protect the biodiversity in Sacotro

Problem Analysis Area Assignments:

Characteristics: Lily, Dillon
Stakeholders: Dillon
History: Colton
Policies and Practices: Jeo
Resources: William
Other:
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Appendix 2: Solution Comparison Chart

Top Solution Choices:

1. Switching to clean energy
2. Non profit pollution cleaner
3. Limiting construction

Criteria Chart

Criteria Solution 1: Solution 2: Solutision 3: Solution 4:

Non-profit Limiting Switching to Limiting
pollution construction clean energy tourism
company
Could the 8 6 10 4
government help?
Will it protect 10 10 10 10
wildlife?
Will it benefit the 7 4 10 1
people of
Socotra/stakeholders
?
Will it be cost 4 6 10 1
effective?
Will it be too 7 5 7 9
expensive?
Does it apply to more 8 7 10 10
than just our specific
problem?
Total: 44 38 57 35
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Appendix 3: Group Member Attendance & Activities

Dillon Kelly - Attended all meetings. Came prepared with new information that he was
assigned each time. He included himself in discussions and played his role very well,
giving his insight on which problem and solution we should follow through with. He
helped with everything.

Colton Silimon- Attended all meetings. He was our team leader, and took lead for most
meetings. He provided great insight on everything and really helped with the
organization of our final report and google slides.

Lily Martin- Attended all meetings. She was assigned as the opinion giver and boy did
she do just that. She filled out our final report with so many side notes that truly made
our final report what it is. Her edits brought our final report to a whole new level and was
extremely helpful.

Will Milligate- Attended all meetings he could be at. Did what was asked of him and more.
Was always asking what he could help with and really helped pull our team together. He
was interactive with the group and played a big role in the manufacturing of the power
buoy.

Jeovanni Reyna- Attended all meetings. Did his part in being an administrator. Did
thorough and extensive research making our final report really pop. Helped with
everyone and was constantly asking if his was good enough which I really liked because
it showed he cared and wanted his work to be the best it could be.