elbe+ alliance general presentation

ELBE+ Alliance General Presentation

European Strategic Cluster Partnership in Blue Energy

What is ELBE Alliance?

ELBE Alliance is funded by ELBE+ project by the European Commission. The project aims to contribute positioning Europe as the world technological and industrial leader in Blue Energy, with a special focus on floating offshore wind, wave and tidal energy

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ELBE Alliance gathers seven European clusters with top expert companies and R&D organizations in Blue Energy to tackle the expansion of this sector beyond Europe

The main goal of ELBE+ is to support and reinforce internationalisation of European SMEs and other relevant stakeholders in selected Blue Energy markets in North America (US, Canada) and Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan), while also identifying new potential markets for upcoming activities.

ELBE+ will focus on strengthening European Blue Energy New Value Chain, promoting European Blue Energy Internationalisation with key specific actions and assure the Long-Term Sustainability of the ELBE Alliance


FOCUS ON BLUE ENERGY

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Bottom Fixed Offshore Wind

Floating Offshore Wind

Wave Energy

Tidal Energy


Consortium

ELBE Alliance gathers the most advanced regions in THE EUROPEAN Blue Energy SECTORS, with well-known key initiatives in a global scale

AberdeenScotland

FlandersBelgium

Basque CountrySpain

VästsverigeSweden

Denmark

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Agder og RogalandNorway

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

France


OUR STRENGTHS

1. PERSONAL CONNECTION AMONG EUROPEAN CLUSTERS

2. IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE AND CONNECTION TO OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR INTERESTS

3. HOME TO EUROPEAN KEY PLAYERS AND FOCUS ON VALUE CHAINS

4. INTERNATIONALISATION ACTIVITIES TAILORED TO INDUSTRY NEEDS

5. INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS

6. CRITICAL MASS AS EUROPEAN ALLIANCE TO REACH EMERGING MARKETS

7. ACCESS TO SUPPORT FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION

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Blue Energy Testing and

Demonstration Facilities

ESCP Blue EnergyOrganisations Tidal Energy

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ALLIANCE KEY FIGURES

Offshore Wind Farms Developers

Wave Energy Converters

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Floating Offshore Wind Platform Developers

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ELBE+ Value Chain

Project Development& Siting

Foundations Grid ConnectionAssembly & Installation

Support Services & AuxiliaryEquipment

Operation & Maintenance

Design and Manufacturingof Converters

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ELBE+ Value Chain comprises companies working from project development and siting to O&M of blue energy farms, includingcompanies that provide support services and auxiliary equipment to the whole value chain.

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HOME TO 31 BLUE ENERGY TEST&DEMO SITES…SOME EXAMPLES OF TEST-SITES IN ELBE REGIONS

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Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BIMEP)BIMEP is an open-sea facility to support research, technical testing and commercial demonstration of pre-commercial MRE prototypes. Key characteristics of the platform include: 20 MW of power, 4 connection points for WECs, Easy WEC installation, testing and operation, and an associated research centre. *Copyright of the picture: BiMEP

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European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)EMEC, based in Orkney, is the first and only centre of its kind to provide developers of both wave and tidal energy converters with purpose-built, accredited open-sea testing facilities. It has 14 grid-connected test berths and it also operates 2 scale test sites, where smaller scale devices can gain real sea experience.*Copyright of the picture: EMEC

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Test Site SkagerrakThe marine research site has been up and running since 2004 with over 10 wave power plants, marine substations and grid connection installed between 2005 and today. The test facility is still expanding today with a total area of 0.5 km2 at 25 meters depth and is located 200 km north of the Gothenburg area. *Copyright of the picture: RISE

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Lindø Offshore Renewable Center (LORC)LORC focus on test and validation at our state-of-the-art facilities at Lindø Industrial Park in Denmark. Activities span from manufacturing technologies and testing of structures and components to the full-scale testing of wind turbine generators (WTG). *Copyright of the picture: Lindø Offshore Renewable Center (LORC)

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Flanders Maritime Laboratory - Coastal and Ocean Wave Basin OstendThe 30m by 30m wave basin and 175m long towing tank are used to study the impact of waves, tides and wind on ships and constructions at sea. These facilities provide the opportunity to develop innovative designs for coastal protection and offshore energy. The first experiments are planned in 2020. *Copyright of the picture: Flanders Maritime Laboratory

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…16 Floating Wind Platform DEVELOPERS…SOME EXAMPLES OF FLOATING PLATFORMS IN ELBE REGIONS

Floating Power Plant A/S

Floating Power Plant A/S (FPP) develops floating wind platforms that integrates wave power. FPP has successfully tested a grid connected ½ scale prototype over 2 years and is currently developing the technology for 3 commercial projects in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. *Copyright of the picture: Floating Power Plant A/S

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Seatwirl

SeaTwirl's wind turbines use a vertical-axis wind turbine with a tower connected to the sub-sea structure. SeaTwirl's great advantages are its simple, robust and cost-effective design that also leads to lower service and maintenance costs compared with other traditional horizontal axis wind turbines. *Copyright of the picture: Seatwirl

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Hywind pilot FOW farm

Equinor installed a 30 MW floating wind turbine farm on floating structures at Buchan Deep, 25 km offshore Peterhead, harnessing Scottish wind resources to provide renewable energy to the mainland. The wind farm will power around 20,000 households. A 1MW battery storage facility connected to the wind turbine farm has also been constructed. *Copyright of the picture: Equinor

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Saitec Offshore Technologies

Saitec has developed SATH, a floating concrete platform that offers a competitive solution for the offshore wind power market. The manufacturing and assembly processes at the port, low material cost, easy plug&play installation and reduced maintenance costs, lead to a significant reduction in costs. *Copyright of the picture: Saitec Offshore Technologies

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Floatgen

IDEOL designed the platform of the first floating wind turbine to be installed in French waters. Floatgen has a capacity of 2 MW and was commissioned in 2019. It is located on the SEM-REV site in Brittany. *Copyright of the picture: IDEOL

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…15 Offshore Wind Farms DEVELOPERS…SOME EXAMPLES OF OW FARMS Developers IN ELBE REGIONS

IberdrolaIberdrola is currently developing four offshore wind farms located in UK (East Anglia), France (Saint Brieuc), USA (Vineyard) and Germany (Baltic Eagle). This last one is a joint wind farm with Wikinger wind farm, already commissioned in 2017. In total, Iberdrola owns more than 5GW of offshore wind farm projects in the world and is one of the key players in the sector. *Copyright of the picture: Iberdrola

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OtaryOtary has transformed the Belgian North Sea with the Rentel, Seastar and Mermaid concessions into an 800 MW offshore power plant that generates renewable electrical energy from wind. *Copyright of the picture: Otary

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OrstedOrsted has built more offshore wind farms than any other developer in the world. By 2022, we will expand our offshore wind capacity to 9.9GW, and will have offshore wind farms in the US, in Taiwan and across Europe, in Denmark, Germany, the UK and The Netherlands. *Copyright of the picture: Orsted

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EDFEDF Renewables, currently has 4 offshore wind projects in France: Dunkirk, Fécamp, Courseulles and Saint-Nazaire. These future wind farms will provide the equivalent of the electricity consumption of more than 2 million people. In total, these projects add more than 2GW of offshore wind power. EDF is also involved in the development of a pilot floating offshore wind farm in the Mediterranean sea.*Copyright of the picture: EDF

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EquinorEquinor owns several offshore wind projects commissioned and in the pipeline in UK, USA, Poland and Norway. In 2026, Equinor expects a production capacity from renewable projects of 4 to 6 GW, mainly based on the current project portfolio. They are developing the world’s first floating offshore wind farm in Norway to supply renewable power to offshore oil and gas installations in the North Sea. *Copyright of the picture: Equinor

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…20 WAVE ENERGY DEVELOPERS…SOME EXAMPLES OF WEC DEVELOPERS IN ELBE REGIONS

Wavepiston

Wavepiston have since 2015 been testing a ½ scale prototype in the North Sea at the DanWEC test site. The technology is based on a structure of a long steel wire rope, with a number of energy collectors mounted like pearls on a string, each of them converting the wave energy to electricity. *Copyright of the picture: Wavepiston

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IDOM-Oceantec

Oceantec’s WEC follows the concept OWC and consists of a simple and robust buoy that moves by the action of the waves. Cylindrical buoys have proven their survival for many years. The WEC has only one moving part, the turbine, which is easily accessible for maintenance work. *Copyright of the picture: IDOM-Oceantec

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CorPower Ocean AB

An innovation based on the pumping principles of the human heart, CorPower Ocean AB has created a wave energy converter (WEC), a compact, highly-efficient product that offers five times the annual output of energy per tonne than any previously known technology. *Copyright of the picture: Corpower Ocean AB

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…and 7 TIDAL ENERGY DEVELOPERS

SOME EXAMPLES OF TEC DEVELOPERS IN ELBE REGIONS

DEME Blue Energy

DEME Blue Energy is a specialized company that focuses on the development of energy generated from waves, tidal movements and tidal currents. DEME Blue Energy installed the four turbines of MeyGen’s Phase 1A and is involved in the development of two additional tidal energy parks in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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Minesto

Deep Green is the technology developed by Minesto to harvest the energy of underwater currents. It is based in the concept of a kite with a turbine attached, where a water current flows instead of the wind blowing. This way, the wing pushes the turbine through the water, sweeping a large area at a high speed.

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Scotrenewables

This Floating Tidal Technology couples a streamlined, low cost design incorporating proven technologies with simple installation and maintenance strategies. This approach eliminates the need for the majority of high-risk underwater operations. Scotrenewables launched the full commercial scale SR2000 2MW in 2016.

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ELBE+ Alliance OBJECTIVES

• To consolidate a true trans-regional European New Value Chain.

• To foster clusters & SMEs mutual knowledge, high-level trans-regional cooperation and partnership building among key leading Blue Energy regions in Europe.

• To position SMEs into trans-European consortiums to compete and take a leading position globally in the Blue Energy sector.

• To develop specific and useful market reports that provide differential competitive intelligence to European companies.

• To organise direct missions, reverse missions and other activities that allow ELBE+ partners’ companies to establish first-hand contact with key players in target markets.

• To sign Cooperation Agreements with relevant international associations and clusters in third countries.

• To strengthen the ESCP-4i by consolidating a common identity and developing joint promotional activities.

• To learn from successful and unsuccessful experiences from other partnerships.

• To continuously update the internationalisation strategy.

• To define a financial strategy that guarantees the sustainability of the alliance.

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PROJECT structure

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KEY ACTIVITIES 2020-2022

7 Customized Market Reports

6 Direct and Reverse Missions

3 European Networking Events

5 Cooperation Agreements

2 Exploratory Trips to Emerging Markets

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TARGET MARKETS OF ELBE+

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ELBE+ targets 5 countries beyond Europe:

• USA (FOW, BFOW and Wave Energy)

• Canada (Tidal Energy)

• Japan, South Korea, Taiwan (FOW, BFOW and Wave Energy)


MARKET REPORTS

• In-depth analysis of the FOW market in the US

• In-depth analysis of the FOW market in Asian front-runners (JP, TW, KO)

• High-level analysis of BFOW potential in emerging markets

• US in-depth market report of Wave Energy

• Analysis of global market opportunity in niches for Wave Energy development

• List of WEC & TEC developers and their state of development (excel file)

• Canada in-depth market report of Tidal Energy

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OFFSHORE WIND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Locations and expected dates

South East Asia

• Exploratory trip (only ELBE+ clusters) to South East Asia (December 2021).

• Direct mission with European companies to South East Asia (April 2022).

• Presentations of European companies and organizations

• Participation at international events

• B2B Meetings

• Visit to singular infrastructures or organisations

• Meetings with key players of the target markets

• Tailor-made market reports

Events main contents

USA

• Direct mission with European companies to the IPF (August 2021).

• Direct mission with European companies to the West Coast of the US (October 2021). FOW

• Incoming mission to Europe from USA key players delegation about offshore wind (March 2022).

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WAVE&TIDAL INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Locations and expected dates

South East Asia

• Exploratory trip (only ELBE+ clusters) to South East Asia (April 2022).

USA

• Direct mission with European companies to OREC 2021 (September 2021).

Canada

• Direct mission with European companies to Canada (May 2022).

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• Presentations of European companies and organizations

• Participation at international events

• B2B Meetings


• Meetings with key players of the target markets

• Tailor-made market reports

Events main contents


• Marseille, France

• November 2021

• Arendal, Norway

• August 2022

EUROPEAN NETWORKING EVENTS

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Three workshops will be organised to establish new collaboration opportunities among European companies in Blue Energy sector

• Presentations of European and international leading companies and organizations

• B2B Meetings


• International markets presentation

• Analysis of international markets and collaboration opportunities

• Information about Blue Energy collaboration support programs

Events main contentsLocations and expected dates

• Bilbao, Spain

• October 2021


Brief overview

The Basque Energy Cluster is made up of the leading companies in the energy sector located inthe Basque Country (energy operators, component and equipment manufacturers), agents ofthe Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network and public administration bodiesinvolved in the energy field.

• Located in the north of Spain, the Basque Country represents one of the largest industrialconcentrations in Europe and it is ideally located for developing and testing Blue Energycomponents and devices.

• The region has developed a strong industrial framework in the offshore energy sectorthanks to the driver effect of leading international companies such as Iberdrola andSiemens Gamesa, playing a prominent role in technological and market development.

• Singular infrastructures are BIMEP (a platform for real-scale testing and validation ofmarine energy components and systems), MUTRIKU (a pioneering wave-based powergeneration facility) and WINDBOX (advanced test & validation centre for wind systems).

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Blue Energy Test&Demo Facilities

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Contact information:Marcos SuárezOffshore Energy Project [email protected]

Mutriku Bimep Windbox

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ABERDEEN RENEWABLE ENERGY GROUP

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Brief overview

AREG is one of the oldest and best-established renewable energy organisations in the UK. It isalso the only one to specialise specifically in renewables supply chain development. AREG isbased in Aberdeen. It is a not-for-profit independent company that runs an active programmeof activities to assist SMEs innovate and transfer skills and expertise from the oil & gas industryto renewables.

• The main objectives of AREG related to Blue Energy are focused on supporting the creationof a world class renewable energy supply-chain based on oil & gas expertise and capability,enabling delivery of key renewable energy projects and their servicing.

• AREG supports actively the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) inAberdeen Bay. This is Scotland’s largest offshore wind test and demonstration which isexpected to be completed this year. The world’s first floating offshore wind farm Hywind isoperational North of Aberdeen and a second floating wind farm, Kincardine, is also underdevelopment to the South of the city.

• Scotland hosts world-leading wave and tidal test and demonstration centers andtechnologists. These include the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and Wave EnergyScotland (WES).

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Contact information:Morag McCorkindaleCluster [email protected]

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BLUE CLUSTER

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Brief overview

Blue Cluster is the network organization of the marine and maritime industry in Flanders. Wefacilitate the Flemish industry by actively promoting the skills and capabilities of ourmembers, stimulating innovation and collaboration and promoting internationalization.

• On the basis of an estimate, the Blue Economy for Flanders represents between 5 to 10%of total value added. Traditional strong sectors include coastal tourism, maritimetransport and water construction works. Our world leading dredging companies DEMEand Jan De Nul and engineering contractor Tractebel have successfully diversified intooffshore wind.

• Flanders can rely on extensive experience in offshore wind since it was a pioneer in thedevelopment of offshore wind farms in the North Sea. The port of Ostend is the hub fromwhere the parks are installed and maintained.

• Flanders offers a variety of dedicated test infrastructures for blue energy, like the climatechamber of OWI-Lab in Antwerp, the Blue accelerator close to the port of Ostend, and thenew Coastal and Ocean Basin located at the Ostend Science park.

Contact information:Stefaan MensaertInnovation [email protected]

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OFFSHORE VÄST

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Brief overview

OffshoreVäst is a cooperation project which started in 2013 and can be seen as a cluster andplatform for interaction and innovation. OV brings together some of Sweden’s best in theoffshore sector with the goal of developing together. By drawing upon the strong industry ofSweden, OV is developing an internationally recognized offshore industry in the Swedish westcoast area.

• OV faces the challenge to exploit the sustainable power sources of wind and wave energy,while coping with the enormous forces that the installations are exposed to in the offshoreenvironment.

• OV offers to their members several services divided in four main strategic areas: researchand business development for the industry and innovators, SME support developing case-studies focused on industry dynamics, knowledge acquired by 3rd party investigators andreferences and coordination of testbeds.

• OV is involved in the development of the Test Site Skagerrak, four projected facilities in thewest coast of Sweden that has been up and running since 2004. This open sea test site,joining forces with SSPA, which offers facilities for hydrodynamic initial testing, willcomplete the offer of Sweden in to test Blue Energy products.

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Contact information:Erik BunisProcess [email protected]

Waves4Power SSPA



ENERGY CLUSTER DENMARK

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Brief overview

Energy Cluster Denmark (ECD) is the cluster organization and innovation network for entire Danish energy sector and our focus is to ensure that Danish companies develop new technological energy solutions that the world demands. Together with our 400 members, we facilitate and raise funds for innovation activities and innovation projects that always involve partnerships between small and medium-sized companies, global market-leading companies and leading research and knowledge institutions.

Home to some of world’s leading manufacturing companies of the offshore wind industry, the Danish industry leveraged the full potential of its first mover advantage to become the defacto world leader in offshore wind manufacturing and offshore wind farms’ development.

The Port of Esbjerg is the leading port in Europe in terms of handling and shipping of wind power. The port has specialized facilities and flexible areas for transporting, pre-assembling, shipping out and servicing offshore wind turbines. The companies at the Port of Esbjerg represent the entire supply chain for the wind industry.

Denmark also hosts world-leading wind and wave test, validation and demonstration centers . These include Lindø Offshore Renewable Center (LORC) and the DanWEC - Danish Wave Energy Center.

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Contact information:Gustavo Ferraz de LunaSenior Project Manager, International [email protected]

DanWECPort of Esbjerg MHI Vestas Offshore Wind



PÔLE MER MÉDITERRANÉE

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Brief overview

Created in 2005, Pôle Mer Méditerranée is a sea innovation cluster located in South of France.Its ambition is to contribute to the sustainable development of the maritime and coastaleconomy in the Mediterranean basin, in Europe and across the globe. The network of the PôleMer Méditerranée involves 420 members including major companies, SMEs, research instituteand academic.

• The Pôle Mer Méditerranée cluster carries out strategic structuring actions specific to thearea of the Floating Offshore Wind Turbine and Underwater Robotics (reference and expertdatabases, market studies, industrial and port infrastructures, etc.).

• Research and testing of various Marine Renewables Energy prototypes in France iscontinuing with a focus on the most mature markets such as offshore wind energy,including free floating, with the aim of providing the sector with 1GW per year allocated,resulting in 15,000 permanent jobs. The objective by 2030 is to reach 17.2 TWh per year,mainly from these technologies, with 21,000 jobs at stake, including 11,000 deployedrapidly in the offshore fixed-foundation wind turbine domain.

• The Multiannual Energy Programming currently being revised for the coming periodforesees a significant growth of offshore wind energy, including the first commercial farmsfor floating wind energy.

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Contact information:Colin RuelProject [email protected]

BlidarBliboquet

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GCE NODE

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Brief overview

Global Center of Expertise (GCE) NODE is a cluster of companies that supply world-leading technology, productsand services to the global energy and maritime industries. Our focus is on building competency and R&Dcooperation with national and international partners. Our goals are to secure competitiveness, enhance thedevelopment of new products and services, and transfer knowledge and technology to new markets in asustainable way. The focus of the cluster participants is the ocean industries.

Continuous and incremental innovations has during all the years enabled the NODE companies to build anddefend their position as competitive suppliers to the world market. Their ability to adapt to market changes is keyto maintain positions in current markets, in addition to develop new solutions to new markets.

• Traditionally companies participating in GCE NODE has been world leading on delivering complete high-performance drilling packages and has build a complete value chain in the region supplying this industry.Moving into the future we are more focused than ever to transfer technology and competence into newmarkets. Leading markets for our competence, technology and development are offshore energy,aquaculture and reinforcement of standards, regulations and ocean spatial planning.

• Digitalization is key to success. GCE NODE has, together with participating companies, had a broad focus onhow new digital tools and skills will enhance production and deliverables, make business moreenvironmentally friendly and sustainable and more efficient. GCE NODE has developed a BusinessDevelopment Lab to facilitate competence development and new skills connected to building a new businessmodel moving from being focused on production to production, service and maintenance.

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Contact information:Isabelle-Louise AabelEU Advisor & Project [email protected]

The Red Rock 3D Crane is aimed towards the offshore wind market.

Skjold class corvettes, built at UmoeMandal, will now be upgraded.

MacGregor and Origo Solutions are already suppliers to the world’s first floating wind farm.


Coordinator contact:Marcos SuárezBasque Energy [email protected]

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