Objetivo The offshore wind market is a young and rapidly growing market, whose current project pipeline for 2025/30 would equal nearly 80 nuclear plants, mostly in Europe. The next decade and beyond may average 1,000 offshore towers/year worldwide, with an overall investment volume around 15-20.000 M€/year. This growing sector faces technological challenges, as it is set to move into deeper waters further offshore while being able to reduce the costs in order to reach a competitive LCOE (levelised cost of energy). For water depths above 40m (70% of the future market) approximately 40-50% of investment corresponds to the substructure (foundation and tower). Therefore a significant cost reduction in foundation/tower would drastically improve the overall cost of offshore wind energy. This project intends to develop and demonstrate in operative environment a full scale prototype of a revolutionary substructure system for offshore wind turbines. The concept consists in a self-installing precast concrete telescopic tower which for the first time ever shall allow for crane-free offshore installation of foundations, towers and turbines, thus overcoming the constraints imposed by the dependence on offshore heavy-lift vessels. It will allow for a full in-shore preassembly of the complete system, which is key to generate a highly industrialized manufacturing process with high production rates and optimized risk control. The main benefits expected are:• 30-40% cost reduction (both CAPEX and OPEX).• Large water depth applicability range for deep offshore (>45m water depth). • Supports increased turbine size (5-8MW).• Allows for large scale fast industrial deployment of foundations.• Reduces dependence on costly and scarce installation vessels.• Improved asset integrity (durability) This solution will imply a radical step forward for cost-effective and industrially deployable deep offshore wind. Ámbito científico engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind powerengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Palabras clave Off-shore wind energy craneless installation Programa(s) H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Tema(s) SIE-01-2014 - Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon energy system Convocatoria de propuestas H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Convocatoria de subcontratación H2020-SMEINST-2-2014 Régimen de financiación SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2 Coordinador ESTEYCO SA Aportación neta de la UEn € 2 497 862,50 Dirección CALLE MENENDEZ PIDAL 17 28036 Madrid España Ver en el mapa Pyme Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención. Sí Región Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE Opens in new window Red de colaboración de HORIZON Opens in new window Coste total € 3 575 441,46