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\nWe are helping to develop new offshore multi-purpose platforms that will allow extracting clean energy and reduce CO2 emissions globally.<\/p>\n
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“Facilitating the energy transition”<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” module_class=”et-waypoint bottom-animated” _builder_version=”3.21.4″ text_font=”|300|||||||” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.2em” inline_fonts=”Open Sans” custom_margin=”15px||” z_index_tablet=”500″]<\/p>\n Thanks to this, a key initiative was implemented: FP7-Ocean of Tomorrow. FP7-OCEAN seeks to promote basic and applied research to the rational and sustainable use of ocean resources. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/168195113″ _builder_version=”3.2.2″ custom_margin=”36px|||”]<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.17.6″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.21.4″ text_font=”|300|||||||” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.2em” custom_padding=”15px|5%||” z_index_tablet=”500″]<\/p>\n With cost reduction as the main focus, special emphasis has also been placed on risk reduction and analyzing socio-environmental benefits.<\/p>\n This European project has designed several MUPs for four different representative locations of Europe’s four main seas: the Baltic Sea, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. IHCantabria has been leading the design and validation of a multi-purpose platform for the Atlantic Ocean, using as reference site the Cantabrian Sea, and specifically the coasts of the municipality of Santander.<\/p>\n The new MUP is a floating, semi-submersible platform equipped with a wind turbine and three oscillating-water-column wave energy converters that are attached to the seabed by a catenary anchoring system. The performance of the new device in waves, wind and currents was tested using reduced-scale trials in the Cantabria Coastal and Ocean Basin. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Sezione” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”3.2.2″ background_color=”#fafafa” custom_padding=”17px|0px|43px|0px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ prev_background_color=”#ffffff”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”27.3167px|0px|40px|0px|false|false” padding_right_1=”3%” padding_right_2=”3%” padding_right_3=”3%” padding_right_4=”3%” padding_left_1=”3%” padding_left_2=”3%” padding_left_3=”3%” padding_left_4=”3%” _builder_version=”3.17.6″ custom_css_main_2=”border-left:4px solid #8c8c8c;”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text (visible only desktop)” disabled_on=”off|off|off” module_class=”et-waypoint bottom-animated” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ text_font=”Saira Semi Condensed|500||on|||||” text_text_color=”#8c8c8c” text_font_size=”42px” text_font_size_phone=”40″ text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” text_letter_spacing=”1px” text_line_height=”1em” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” custom_css_main_element=”color: rgba(206, 206, 206, 0.85);||position:relative;” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” z_index_tablet=”500″]<\/p>\n PARTICIPATING [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ihcantabria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/logos.png” _builder_version=”3.17.6″ \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image max_width=”38%” src=”https:\/\/ihcantabria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mermaidlogo.png” _builder_version=”3.17.6″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are helping to develop new offshore multi-purpose platforms that will allow extracting clean energy and reduce CO2 emissions globally. “Facilitating the energy transition” Thanks to this, a key initiative was implemented: FP7-Ocean of Tomorrow. FP7-OCEAN seeks to promote basic and applied research to the rational and sustainable use of ocean resources.It is within […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151286,"parent":152338,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-152342","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
It is within this framework that the European MERMAID project was implemented:
“Innovative Multi-purpose off-shore platforms: planning, design and operation”, with the participation of 29 European institutions, both public and private, including IHCantabria.
The Mermaid project has spurred the development of new multi-purpose offshore structures (MUP) that allow sharing ocean uses by reducing the impact and maximizing the efficiency of power generation and other relevant uses, such as oceanic aquaculture.<\/p>\n
In addition, specific numerical models have been developed to enhance our knowledge of how the platform behaves at sea and evaluate its production and technical-economic viability.
Once the initial challenges were overcome, a 77-unit multipurpose platform facility was installed off the coast of Virgen del Mar as a practical example of this technology.<\/p>\n
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