Revolutionizing Offshore Wind with Sustainable Technological Breakthroughs
Expanding Renewable Energy for Climate Mitigation
The importance of an increased exploitation of renewable energy sources to mitigate the anthropogenic climate change and foster a more sustainable energy mix is recognised globally.
The Role of Floating Offshore Wind
In Europe, the tremendous potential of floating offshore wind will play animportant role in the future to achieve the ambitious goals of the European Commission towards a climate-neutral energy transition.
Nature-Inclusive Solutions for Floating Offshore Wind
However, the required expansion of floating offshore wind capacity to achieve the EU’s SET Plan targets, challenges the goal to protect and preserve bio-diversity in the EU sea basins. The INF4INiTY project will support the solution of this European and global challenge by developing nature-inclusive designs for subsea components of floating offshore wind installations:
- An innovative nature inclusive design for gravity anchors and their associated scour protection system
- An innovative primary artificial reef structure combined with the floating structure of a floating offshore wind turbine.
Innovations for Sustainable Offshore Wind
By developing critical technologies for the offshore wind farm of the future INF4INiTY’s innovations will balance human needs (clean energy) with nature’s and society’s demands (decreased negative environmental and social impact); ultimately, providing solutions for the current techno-socio-enviro-economic challenges of the floating offshore wind industry.
Fusion of Expertise and Innovation
INF4INiTY’s methodology combines world class numerical modelling and experimental modelling expertise with leading industrial technology development.
Methodology
