Demonstration of innovative technologies for floating wind farms

Last update: Aug 17, 2020 Last update: 17 Aug, 2020

Details

Location:

EU 27, Switzerland

Funding agency:

Horizon 2020 (2014 - 2020)

Contracting Authority Type: Development Institution

Status:Awarded

Budget: EUR 25,000,000

Award ceiling: EUR 25,000,000

Award floor: N/A

Sector:Energy, Science & Innovation, Agriculture

Eligible applicants:Unrestricted / Unspecified

Eligible nationalities:

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EU 27, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dem. Rep. Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Commonwealth of, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern Territory, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine / West Bank & Gaza, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Date posted: 05 Jul, 2019

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Call Updates

Jan 16, 2020 5:34:46 PM

On 11 December 2019, a total of 69 proposals were submitted in response to the following topic:

LC-SC3-RES-19-2020 (IA): 14 proposals

Sep 3, 2019 12:32:50 AM

The submission session is now available for:LC-SC3-RES-19-2020(IA)

Demonstration of innovative technologies for floating wind farms

ID: LC-SC3-RES-19-2020

Focus area: Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future (LC)

Type of action: IA Innovation action

Deadline Model : single-stage

Planned opening date: 03 September 2019

Deadline: 11 December 2019 17:00:00 Brussels time

Horizon 2020

Work programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Work programme year: H2020-2018-2020
Call name: BUILDING A LOW-CARBON, CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE: SECURE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY |
Call ID: H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020

Specific Challenge:The first commercial-scale floating wind farm has recently come into operation and other floating wind farms initiatives are ongoing. Floating wind farms have significant potential but further efforts are needed to drive the costs down and to fully commercialise and industrialise the technology.

Scope:Proposals will focus on the demonstration of floating offshore wind innovations (such as blades, floaters, moorings, electrical subsystems and cabling, monitoring systems, and/or integrated systems, including whole wind turbines specifically conceived for floating offshore), in view of scaling-up power rating to >10 MW. Different sea and weather conditions shall be considered. Proposals shall improve industrial design and manufacturing processes, installation methods and operation & maintenance.

Proposals are expected to bring the technology(ies) to TRL 6-8 (please see part G of the General Annexes).

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of up to 25 million would allow this challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

Expected Impact:Decrease the Levelized cost of Energy (LCOE) and environmental impacts while increasing market value of floating wind power[1]. ,

Cross-cutting Priorities:Clean Energy
Blue Growth

[1]This recent concept becomes increasingly important as wind power is often exposed to merchant prices which can be very low. Formally, it represents the average revenue per energy unit of wind produced. See, for example, Riva (2016, p. 15). System value of wind power - an analysis of the effects of wind turbine design. Available at http://www.ea-energianalyse.dk/reports/student-reports/system_value_of_wind_power.pdf.

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