Descripción del proyecto
Las turbinas flotantes podrían liberar todo el potencial de la energía eólica marina
La energía eólica marina es una fuente de energía renovable muy prometedora que podría contribuir en gran medida a los esfuerzos europeos y mundiales por descarbonizar la economía de aquí a 2050. Mientras que las cimentaciones fijas solo pueden instalarse en aguas poco profundas, de unos cuarenta metros, las cimentaciones flotantes permiten acceder a aguas más profundas. El equipo del proyecto LEADFLOAT, financiado con fondos europeos, reconoce que gran parte del potencial de recursos del océano se encuentra en aguas profundas, por lo que está desarrollando una plataforma eólica marina flotante. La plataforma será extremadamente compacta y sencilla, y compatible con las turbinas eólicas extragrandes existentes y futuras. El consorcio también está estudiando la posibilidad de utilizar hormigón o acero para su construcción.
Objetivo
Offshore wind has emerged as a highly effective, cost competitive and a key contributor to the European energy transition challenge.
Yet, current technologies limit offshore wind deployment to shallow water depth (less than 40m) restricting the market potential to a few countries (mainly the North Sea), while the vast majority and the best wind resources are located in deep waters. The installation of wind turbines on floating foundations inevitably appears as the future of offshore wind. Floating foundation solutions unleashes the market potential with no restriction on the water depth or on the seabed soil conditions, allowing developing projects further offshore where wind is stronger and the visual impact is limited.
IDEOL, a French SME created in 2010, has emerged as one of the few international leaders in floating wind, with two demonstrators built in France and Japan, relying on its patented floating platform technology, the most cost competitive solution in the market. Its team, composed by more than 40 engineers, is globally recognized as one of the best technical team with a unique know-how and innovative approach. IDEOL is already engaged in different pre-commercial and commercial projects in France, Japan and California. It is the only European technology provider and the only foreign company having convinced the Japanese government and experts.
Its technology is characterized by its extreme compactness and simplicity, its compatibility with the existing and the future extra-large wind turbines without modification, its construction either in concrete or in steel.
LEADFLOAT aims to impose IDEOL’s solution as the market leader of floating wind by keeping its cost competitiveness advantage, leveraging on its demonstrators’ return of experience and securing early market share in key markets. It will contribute to keep Europe ahead and to positions its industry on the top of the new emerging floating-wind market over the competition from US and Japan.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2
Régimen de financiación
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinador
13600 LA CIOTAT
Francia
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.