Presentations

Abstract

FLOATFARM is a Horizon Europe R&I Action (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01-05) funded by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). FLOATFARM is closely linked to the FLOATECH project (2020-2023) and aims to bring the technologies developed within FLOATECH to the next level of technological readiness, complementing them with a significant number of new concepts, innovations and methods. The overarching goal of FLOATFARM is to significantly advance the maturity of FOW technology by increasing energy production and achieving important cost reductions at all levels within the design and implementation phases. Ultimately, FLOATFARM aims to contribute to decreasing the negative environmental impacts on marine life and to enhancing the public acceptability of FOW farms. This will be achieved by 4 types of actions: • Action 1 focuses on developing innovative technologies for individual FOW turbines, aiming to address sustainability and economic challenges. • Action 2 aims to develop and demonstrate technologies applicable to multiple turbines within a FOW farm, emphasizing synergy between components and optimization to simplify practical implementation. • Action 3 assesses environmental and socioeconomic impacts of FOW farms through model development, data collection, and scenario analysis. • A cross-cutting action involves integrating technologies from Actions 1 & 2 with environmental and socioeconomic impacts in Action 3 through a holistic MDAO framework.