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GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Critical technologies for the future ocean energy farms

Summary

Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Name

Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

Programme Description

Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Details

Call

Critical technologies for the future ocean energy farms

Detailed Call Description

Projects are expected to address at least one of the following areas:

  • Components and systems used in ocean energy devices need to be resistant to corrosion and the heavy loads they are subject to. Develop new sustainable materials with improved fatigue, damping, stiffness, sustainability and bio-fouling management or other cost-reducing characteristics. Materials such as reinforced concrete, polymers, composites, and concrete-steel/composite-steel hybrids systems have demonstrated some advantages such as reduced costs. Demonstrating the potential benefits of these new sustainable materials in ocean energy converters, moorings and foundations whilst ensuring structural integrity, durability and circularity is required.
  • Advance the design of sustainable tailored mooring and connection of electrical or other power transmission systems for floating or subsea wave and tidal devices. Advance combined mooring and electrical connectors or hydraulic power transmission to reduce component cost and number of connection operations, included in systems for sharing an anchor between devices in arrays. Develop novel systems for safe and quick connection/disconnection that do not require large vessels and/or diving teams.
  • Instrumentation for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of ocean energy devices. Apply recent advances in condition and structural health monitoring from other sectors to ocean energy – particularly those currently developed for offshore wind. Apply latest sensor technology to existing ocean energy deployments. Document and share experience on sensors performance and reliability, and methods for adapting them to the harsh ocean energy environment. Improve transmission or storage of data collected from sensors, such as underwater data transmission.
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) in ocean energy technology development. Develop or apply advanced simulation of ocean energy systems. Use of big data with analysis of data streams, application of big data methods and machine learning, including artificial intelligence, or digital twin models for the design, installation, operation and decommissioning of ocean energy devices.

    • Improvements in the discrete technology areas should be developed holistically – e.g. work on monitoring instrumentation should be consistent with work on moorings & connections. The innovative technologies should not significantly harm the environment (DNSH principle), have low impact on ecosystem biodiversity and consider potential mitigation measures. Projects should use the precautionary principle to elaborate proposals for acceptable harm and what low impact on biodiversity mean.

    It is expected that key performance indicators are used based on international recognised metrics.

    Projects should demonstrate how improvements in the different technology topics can be applied to multiple different ocean energy devices – for example to a wide range of floating devices, or a wide range of sub-sea devices.

    Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

    100%

    Expected EU contribution per project: €4.00 million

    Eligibility For Participation Notes

    If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).

    Programme Category
    EU Competitive Programmes
    Total Budget
    €8.00 million
    Thematic Categories
    • Energy
    • Environment and Climate Change
    • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
    Eligibility for Participation
    • Other Beneficiaries
    • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
    Call Opening Date
    17/09/2024
    Call Closing Date
    04/02/2025
    National Contact Point(s)

    Research and Innovation Foundation

    Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
    Telephone: +357 22205000
    Fax: +357 22205001
    Email: support@research.org.cy
    Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/

    Contact Persons:
    Mr Christakis Theocharous
    Scientific Officer A’
    Telephone: +357 22 205 029
    Email: ctheocharous@research.org.cy

    Mr George Christou
    Scientific Officer
    Telephone: +357 22 205 030
    Email: gchristou@research.org.cy

    EU Contact Point

    https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe/cluster-5-climate-energy-and-mobility_en

    Website
    Funding&Tenders Work Programme 2023-2025 - Climate, Energy and Mobility, p. 271
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