1. MERMAID
Innovative multi-purpose offshore platforms: planning, Design and operation
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2. MERMAID MERMAID is one out of three winning proposals for the call:
The Ocean of Tomorrow
FP7-OCEAN-2011, OCEAN : Multi-use offshore platforms
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3. MERMAID
The project is entitled: ”Innovative Multi-purpose offshore platforms: planning, design and operation” – or ”MERMAID2 for short.
The project is being carried out over 4 years. From beginning of 2012 to end of 2015
Total budget is 7.4 million Euro
The EC contribution is 5.5 million Euro
The project is comprised of 28 participants
The Technical University of Denmark coordinates the project
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4. Focus on specific challenges
in the Baltic Sea, representing a typical estuarine area with fresh water from rivers and salt water from the North Sea;
in the trans-boundary area of the North Sea-Wadden Sea, representing a typical active morphology site;
in the Atlantic Ocean, representing a typical deep water site;
in the Mediterranean Sea, representing a typical sheltered deep water site.
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5. Objectives 1/4
Management and development of novel innovative multiuse offshore platform:
Develop effective procedures for stakeholder involvement
Develop procedures to address variations in legislation and policies through EU
Guidelines to make project development attractive to developers and investors
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6. Objectives 2/4 Innovative technology and design
Develop integrated concepts for extraction of renewable ocean energy
Develop of offshore aquaculture technology and experience
Guidelines for large scale platform design concepts
Prepare guidelines for integration of technologies and services on MUP
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7. Objectives 3/4 Sustainable integration of multi-use offshore platforms
Integration with stakeholders, not for them, ensuring high level of social, economic and ecological acceptance of final designs.
Assessment the socio-economic viability of MUP compared to single use
Assessment of dynamic and Spatial Environmental and Ecological Sustainability of MUP
Assessment of acceptable and affordable MUPs by the developing concepts for different social groups identified in the regions
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8. Objectives 4/4
Integration of management, technology, social-economics at four contrasting test sites
Focus research in a manner suitable for immediate use.
To provide real sites with real and specific problems against which tools, techniques and decision support systems may be applied, tested and validated.
Use test sites to ensure that MERMAID deliverables are of real value, practicable and usable.
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9. Work-package structure
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10. Work-package structure
WP1 Project management (DTU, Denmark)
WP2 Policy,mangement and planning (DLO, Netherlands)
WP3 Renewable Energy (UC, Spain)
WP4 Aquaculture (DHI, Denmark)
WP5 Physical conditions (Deltares, Netherlands)
WP6 Optimisation of operation and transport related activities.(STATOIL, Norway)
WP7 Platform plan, design and integration (UniBo, Italy)
WP8 Feasability of MUP (AUEB, Greece)
WP9 Dissimination and outreach (VLIZ, Belgium)
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11. Participants 28 Participants: 11 Universities 8 Research institutes
5 Industries
4 SME’s
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12. Overall time schedule 1/2
From 2012 to (four years)
Inception phase (within the first 6 month):
Kick off meeting
Inception report
QA plan
Project web
Production phase (from month)
Major data collection activities
Major research activities
Major Development activities
Research publications
Concluding phase (from month)
Guidelines
Finalisation of publications
End user conference
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13. Overall time schedule Tentative meeting plan: 1. March 2012 Denmark
2. September 2012
3. March 2013
4. September 2013
5. March 2014
6. September 2014
7. March 2015
8. December Belgium
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14. Expected results Management planning and operation:
Mapping of challenges with legislation and impact assessment procedures in EU
Methodology on effective stakeholder involvement in large complex projects
Planning methodologies for offshore installation, operations and maintenance
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15. Expected results Numerical tools end innovative technology
Improved methodology for mesoscale modelling for met-ocean data analyses.
Improved design of mooring systems for aquaculture and energy devices
Conceptual and mathematical models of the interaction between Multi-use structures, seabed and environmental conditions.
Detailed models of near-field spreading processes combined with chemical and biological processes, and the use of the knowledge in parameterized form in medium to large scale numerical models.
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16. Expected results
Knowledge base of integration of management, technology and social-economics:
The use of four sites will lead to a better understanding of specific technical, environmental, and socio-economic challenges on different sites in EU
Design procedures for complex Multi-use offshore platform developments
Development and use of Methodology for Integrated Socio-Economic Assessment (ISCA)
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