Deadline: 31 December 2023
RWE, one of the world leaders in offshore wind, has launched its first global “Floating Wind Co-use Competition”. The company is dedicated to accelerating the development and demonstration of innovative and sustainable solutions.
RWE invites start-ups, scale-ups, research institutes to submit innovative proposals that can be specifically applied to floating offshore wind projects.
RWE has a strong focus on ensuring sustainable floating wind development and they want to accelerate their efforts to find practical, high-impact opportunities that can be deployed on commercial-scale projects.
Categories
- Therefore, RWE is launching a global “Floating Wind Co-use Competition” that is seeking innovative and sustainable solutions for the following two categories:
- Methods to promote co-use of marine space with other sea users to support local marine stakeholders (especially fisheries)
- The solutions can be technological, commercial, knowledge-based, or other innovative strategies. This competition is focused on solutions for RWE’s international floating project portfolio.
- Methods to reduce the ecological impact on wildlife and/or positively impact biodiversity.
- The solutions can be technological, commercial, knowledge-based, or other innovative strategies. This competition is focused on solutions for RWE’s international floating project portfolio.
- Methods to promote co-use of marine space with other sea users to support local marine stakeholders (especially fisheries)
Winners will:
- Get access to RWE’s global floating wind portfolio, which includes projects in Europe, Asia and America.
- Get the opportunity to network with RWE’s in-house floating wind experts, with the potential for knowledge sharing and future collaborations.
- Be eligible for a monetary research grant to further develop their idea, subject to an assessment.
- Potentially have the opportunity to deploy their technology at one of RWE’s floating wind project sites.
Criteria
- They invite start-ups, scale-ups, research institutes and other individuals & organisations to propose a solution for either successful co-use or biodiversity enhancement.
- The solution can be either technical or a methodology, should be sustainable in the long-term and should cause minimal harm to the environment. They welcome solutions at different stages of readiness but prefer if the technology is suitable for a system prototype demonstration in an operational environment within the next 5 years.
- Area: All of RWE’s active floating markets (Australia, France, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain, S. Korea, UK and the USA).
For more information, visit RWE.
