Acronym
ENCORE-2
Code
41R04520
Duration
01 January 2020 → 31 March 2023
Funding
European funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Coastal and estuarine hydraulics
- Wind energy
- Marine engineering not elsewehere classified
Keywords
offshore renewable energy
Project description
ENCORE's main objective is to increase the delivery of innovation in the Offshore Renewable Energy sector supported through 2 specific objectives:
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Advance five ORE technologies with experts in a structured and collaborative process and tackle common challenges
- Water2Energy river current turbine from TRL 3 to 5
- Laminaria wave energy device from TRL 3 (subsystems) to 7 (full scale)
- Teamwork Technology wave energy device from TRL 3 to 5
- Oceans of Energy offshore solar plant from TRL 3 to 5
- EEL Energy undulating water current turbine from TRL 3 to 5
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Develop a Route-to-market strategy for ORE solutions to accelerate commercialization for islands, harbors, estuaries and offshore structures building on the following sub-objectives;
- prepare SMEs for investment
- continue to improve new international standards and certification
- support skills development in the Blue Economy
- involve supply chain and stakeholders