Project description
Combining offshore solar, wind and wave energy
The European Union’s goal of achieving zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 hinges on the efficient and effective use of renewable energy sources and space. Offshore renewable energy is critical. The EU-funded EU-SCORES project will present the benefits of continuous energy production with small space requirements via complementary energy sources (wind, sun and waves). This mixed approach will create a more resilient and stable power system, with greater production capacity, at a lower cost per MWh. The project will organise two demonstrations in Europe. An offshore photovoltaic system will be installed in Belgium co-located with a bottom-fixed wind farm, and a wave energy array in Portugal co-located with a floating wind farm.
Objective
Efficient and effective use of offshore renewables is pivotal in the transition of the EU to become a net-zero economy in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. EU-SCORES will unlock the large-scale potential of the roll-out of offshore renewable energy in multi-source parks across different European sea basins through two highly comprehensive and impactful demonstrations: (1) An offshore solar PV system in Belgium co-located with a bottom fixed windfarm and; (2) A wave energy array in Portugal co-located with a floating wind farm.
The multi-source demonstrations in EU-SCORES will showcase the benefits of a continuous power output harnessing the complementarity between wind, sun and waves as it leads to a more resilient and stable power system, higher capacity factors and a lower total cost per MWh. These aspects will also improve the business case for the production of green hydrogen within these parks. The full-scale demonstrations will prove how the increased power output and capacity installed per km2 will reduce the amount of marine space needed, thereby leaving more space for aquaculture, fisheries, shipping routes and environmentally protected zones. Additional benefits attained by co-using critical electrical infrastructures and exploring advanced operation and maintenance methodologies supported by innovative autonomous systems will further lower the costs per MWh. The involvement of major project developers and utility companies (EDP, EGP, SBE, RWE, EnBW, Eneco, OceanWinds, and Parkwind) will ensure an accelerated path towards commercialisation of these innovative parks.
Altogether, through a highly competent, skilled and motivated consortium EU-SCORES will pave the way for bankable multi-source parks including wind, wave and floating solar systems across different European sea basins by 2025, thereby supporting the stability and resilience of the European energy system, while considering sustainability, local stakeholders and existing ecosystems.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. This project's classification has been validated by the project's team.
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydroelectricitymarine energywave power
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power
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2583 DZ 'S-Gravenhage (Den Haag)
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44321 Nantes
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EH11 1RY Edinburgh
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2628 CN Delft
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751 05 Uppsala
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T23 XE10 Cork
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4200 465 Porto
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2171 AH SASSENHEIM
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126 30 Stockholm
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4935-160 Viana Do Castelo
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1350-352 Lisboa
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8200 Brugge
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53850 Lappeenranta
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16129 Genova
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KT22 7AJ LEATHERHEAD SURREY
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45141 ESSEN
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SN5 6PB Swindon Wiltshire
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2685 039 Sacavem
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00198 Roma
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3115 JD Schiedam
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1723 Marly
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98000 Monaco
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1723 Marly
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D02KT92 DUBLIN
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Cork
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45141 Essen
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SN5 6PB Swindon Wiltshire
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