Imagine trying to build a giant wind farm in the middle of the ocean without knowing exactly how the waves or currents behave. Instead of spending years and millions on manual surveys, this tool uses satellite data to create a digital map of the sea. It acts like a GPS for energy companies, helping them pick the best spot and build faster.
Offshore renewable energy projects are slowed down by expensive and time-consuming marine surveys. This creates a bottleneck for scaling up wind, solar, and wave energy to meet climate goals.
A cloud-based self-service platform that combines Copernicus satellite data and MetOcean streams into decision support tools for all five phases of an offshore project.
If you are a wind farm developer dealing with expensive and slow site surveys — this project developed a cloud-based IT network of Earth observation data that reduces the time and cost needed to reach full operation.
If you are a floating solar installer dealing with unpredictable marine environments — this project developed a self-service platform that optimizes the planning and construction phase of offshore projects.
If you are a tidal energy operator dealing with high costs during the decommissioning phase — this project developed decision support tools that cover the entire project life from planning to removal.
Based on available project data, it replaces or optimizes lengthy and expensive MetOcean, geophysical, and environmental campaigns with a cloud-based network of satellite data streams.
Yes, while it is showcased for important European offshore projects, the project data explicitly states it can be applied anywhere.
Based on available project data, the specific IP or licensing terms are not mentioned, though it is described as a self-service platform.
It provides decision support tools for five different phases: regional site suitability, detailed site planning, facility construction, daily operation, and decommissioning.
The project is active from 2023-12-01 to 2026-05-31, suggesting the tool is currently in development and refinement.
The consortium is lean and industry-heavy, consisting of 7 partners across 5 countries. With an industry ratio of 43% and 4 SMEs involved, the project is strongly geared toward commercial application rather than pure academic research, led by a German SME (EOMAP).
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