Offshore Accelerator for System Integration and Storage [FA]

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B North Sea

Date of latest update: 2025-02-03

Description

Description (EN):

The offshore renewable energy (ORE) sector is not only driving the green transition in the North Sea Region, but also becoming one of its largest industries with an estimated value of € 16 bil in 2021 already and targets to grow by a factor of 7 over the coming 5 years. This presents a great potential for the blue economy in general but also to innovative SMEs in particular. Managing the intermittency of ORE production, due to weather patterns, required new innovations. SMEs however are faced with a challenge to enter a sector with a high entrance hurdle. The Offshore Accelerator for System Integration & Storage (OASIS) provides the content as well as a structure which will enable SMEs to seize this opportunity and implement their ideas. A key goal of OASIS is to help SMEs to develop in three crucial aspects in parallel which all influence the performance and market fit of the final product: Technology development, Commercial development and Sustainable design. OASIS will provide SMEs with insights into their gaps in these fields, help them to implement crucial developments, provide quantified information of the potential of different markets and link them to market parties. OASIS will combine experts from all three areas and with deep insights into the challenges of the ORE sector. By supporting 30 SMEs with a focus on the development of system integration and storage solutions OASIS will accelerate them towards the offshore market. This will happen during the piloting of the OASIS toolbox, which will take place at least once in each of the 7 countries of the NSR. The project will capitalise on key experiences from previous accelerators and build on continuous improvement, an efficient and standardised support trajectory as well as deep insights into the SMEs which are supported. For this a partnership was designed which combines diverse expertise, tools for ORE analysis and powerful networks.

Expected Achievements (EN):

Develop the accelerator toolbox and its governance structure for the implementation during the project as well as its second phase, after the project. The partners will combine their knowledge and expertise to develop the toolbox, a structure and governance with relevant stakeholders and assess business plans for a roll-out strategy. At the same time the relevant structures and tools will be made available to SMEs and agencies with an interest in adapting the OASIS framework. This work package focuses on the assessment of specific use cases as well as technologies, in order to provide insights and evidence on the potential of different solutions. By doing so it allows to share direct insights with high market relevance to different SMEs, also those not part of the accelerator. As a side effect it will increase uptake of their innovations by the market by showcasing the impact and benefits of system integration and storage towards end-users in the offshore sector. The OASIS, a holistic concept of assessment, training, support and networking for SMEs, will be piloted in this WP. By running 7 support calls in all countries of the NSR and supporting 30 SMEs this WP will test the training and assessments developed in WP1. By connecting the SMEs to the market launch pad, both SMEs and end-users will gain access to new business opportunities and solutions.

Website: https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/oasis

Thematic information

Green technologies Renewable energy SME and entrepreneurship

Priority: (VI-B_NS_1) Priority 1: Robust and smart economies in the North Sea region

Priority specific objective: RSO1.4. Developing skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO1 A more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity

Type of intervention: 023 Skills development for smart specialisation, industrial transition, entrepreneurship and adaptability of enterprises to change

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Dutch Marine Energy Centre

Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL854359370B01

Address: Hellingweg 11D, 2583DZ The Hague, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider

Website: http://www.dutchmarineenergy.com

Total budget: EUR 661 545.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 396 927.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 264 618.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Uppsala universitet

Name: Uppsala universitet

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SE202100293201

Address: Box 538, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://www.kemi.uu.se/angstrom/

Total budget: EUR 211 307.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 126 784.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 84 523.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Flux50

Name: Flux50

Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE 0824.769.323

Address: Koningsstraat 146, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Total budget: EUR 176 987.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 106 192.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 70 795.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER

Fondation OPEN-C

Name: Fondation OPEN-C

Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR 47923395909

Address: 1 rue de la Noe, 44320 Nantes, France

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://fondation-open-c.org/

Total budget: EUR 333 630.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 200 178.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 133 452.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Energy Cluster Denmark

Name: Energy Cluster Denmark

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 41343788

Address: Visionshuset 51, 2 floor, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: https://www.energycluster.dk/

Total budget: EUR 430 396.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 258 238.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 172 158.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.

Name: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE121965658

Address: Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://www.dlr.de/mi

Total budget: EUR 347 273.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 208 364.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 138 909.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

De Blauwe Cluster

Name: De Blauwe Cluster

Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE 0675 740 206

Address: Wetenschapspark 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: https://www.blauwecluster.be/

Total budget: EUR 253 975.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 152 385.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 101 590.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER

BUILDERS ECOLE D’INGENIEURS

Name: BUILDERS ECOLE D’INGENIEURS

Partner’s ID if not PIC: N.a.

Address: 1 RUE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE, 14610 Epron, France

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://builders-ingenieurs.fr/

Total budget: EUR 249 889.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 149 933.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 99 956.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

BOVA ENVIRO+

Name: BOVA ENVIRO+

Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE0474 774 319

Address: Wellingstraat 102, 9070 Destelbergen, Belgium

Legal status: private

Organisation type: SME

Website (not verified): https://www.bovaenviroplus.be/

Total budget: EUR 203 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 122 280.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 81 520.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER

AAKP AS

Name: AAKP AS

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 981 575 679

Address: Borgundvegen 340, 6009 Ålesund, Norway

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: https://www.aakp.no/aakp

Total budget: EUR 297 250.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 148 625.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 50.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 148 625.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER

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Energy Cluster Denmark

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Dutch Marine Energy Centre

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Operation of strategic importance (OSI) or above EUR 5 million

Project name (EN): Offshore Accelerator for System Integration and Storage [FA]

Project acronym: OASIS

Project ID: jW8VxADGM

Project start date: 2024-09-01

Project end date: 2027-08-31

Project status: ongoing

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Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 455 839.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 895 153.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 60.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 895 153.00. Co-financing rate, 60.00%.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Deliverables:

Accelerator governance and coordination / The governance structure and strong integration of all different aspects of the OASIS will be developed by all partners in the first stage of the project. In this activity the partners will share their experience from working with different technologies in previous accelerator projects. This structure will be reviewed and tweaked after each piloting round in WP3. Also it will be subject of discussion with the accelerator eco-system. An initial and a final governance will be developed.
Market and impact research targets / The market focused research strategy outlines the exact challenges to be assessed by the different tasks. The research strategy will be discussed at each Steering Committee meeting (see project management section) with all relevant research partners. Based on input from the relevant stakeholders (2.2) as well as the results of individual activities it will be revised annually.
SME support calls / The project organises and publishes 7 support calls, one in each country of the NSR. Each of these calls has a focus on a specific topic (e.g. the technologies supported, the location of SMEs or a specific use-case). Each call will be open to SMEs from the entire NSR. The calls will be advertised through the social media and website of the project, at conferences, via relevant energy news outlets (offshore-mag.com, offshore-energy.biz, renews.biz) as well as the partner networks.
Development of innovation assessments / Topic and business development experts will develop a set of assessments to evaluate the maturity, quality and feasibility of innovations. These will build on existing frameworks such as Technology Readiness Levels, Commercial Readiness Levels, Technology Performance Levels, Digital Maturity Assessments etc. This will be based on tools which partners have developed in previous accelerator programmes. The categories of assessments will be Technology, Commercialisation and Sustainability.
Market innovation challenges / The market launch pad (energy utilities, port authorities, network operators, offshore contractors etc.) are being engaged at all 3 events as well as individual interviews. Based on these they will provide the relevant input to define specific requirements for a number of use-cases as well as general innovation challenges. The latter are focusing on current energy related challenges which could be solved with storage or control technologies. These will serve as input to the research strategy.
Assessment and selection of high-potential SMEs / An Evaluation and Selection Board (ESB) is formed from one representative of each partner. Based on the assessment processes developed in WP1, high-potential SMEs will be selected. All SMEs that meet the entry requirements of the calls will receive feedback and the results of their assessment. The project expects to review 45 applications and select 30 SMEs for support.
Training and tools development for technical aspects of energy storage / The content for technical support of SMEs will build on lessons learned on structured de-risking and offshore demonstration. This will include an adaptation of the Technology Performance Level (TPL) tool which has been developed in the Marine Energy Alliance project. This covers key aspects for the feasibility of offshore innovations The training will be aligned with assessments in activity 1.1 to address gaps in the development of early-stage technologies (TRL 3-6). This will be led by Open-C.
Quantification of energy market use cases / 3 specific use cases will be modelled to quantify the integration of energy system integration and storage solutions in offshore wind farms, energy islands as well as harbours. These will define technical as well as economic parameters and serve as examples of the feasibility and benefit of different technologies in these use cases. In addition, for each use case the broader market opportunity will be assessed.
SME coaching and pressure cookers / Each of the selected SMEs will be assigned a coach from one of the OASIS partners. Following their assessment the SMEs will receive targeted coaching leading up to a pressure cooker week on location at one of the partners. At the 5-day workshop the cohort of SMEs will be trained, following workshops and tools developed in WP1. An additional part of the pressure cooker will be the connection to the market launch pad, including b2b sessions to develop concepts in collaboration with market parties.
Training and tools development for commercial aspects / In order to ensure a successful upscaling as well as the identification of key challenges in an early stage, the partners develop a training programme and toolkit for commercial development. This will build on the Digital Maturity Assessment, developed for European Digital Innovation Hubs. The training will be aligned with assessments in activity 1.1 to address gaps in the development of early-stage companies. This will be led by AKP.
Studies on environmental performance of different technologies / For 3 technologies a detailed sustainability assessment will be performed. This will include an in-depth assessment of life-cycle emissions as well as critical materials needed for each technology. In addition, the environmental impact by deploying in or around the maritime ecosystem will be studied. Based on this a report on the carbon footprint as well as ecosystem impact of both technologies will be compiled.
Market launch pad / The market launch pad will be the key advisory board of OASIS, consisting of energy majors, offshore companies, project developers as well as ports and harbours. Many partners (e.g. RWE, Jan de Nul, Siemens Energy, PlugPort) have already expressed their interest in joining this advisory board. The market launchpad will be involved in WP2 to provide innovation challenges and in WP3 in the pitching sessions.
Workshop and training development for sustainability / To help early-stage SMEs to assess and improve the sustainability of their products, a dedicated sustainability training and tool will be developed. The training will combine aspects of material circularity, carbon footprint as well as the UN's sustainable innovation goals. This will include guidance on early-stage deployment monitoring as well as design improvements. This will be led by BE+ and DMEC
Offshore energy system digital twin modelling / The impact on the grid and local energy system by implementing 3 different solutions for energy system integration and storage based on use cases defined in 2.1 and 2.2 will be studied. This provides technical data on grid stability as well as lifetime and cost of needed infrastructure. This allows to quantify the impact of different storage technologies on the challenge of intermittent energy production or energy demand peaks. It enables a direct comparison of the solutions proposed by SMEs.
Market launch pad pitching / At the end of their support trajectory the SMEs will be given the opportunity to pitch to the market launch pad. The pitching events will be arranged in a hybrid format to maximise attendance. These events will be co-located with other OASIS events (e.g. advisory board meetings) and offshore conferences.
Online networking platform (Website) / The project will set up a website and a social media presence through which updates, detailed information on the supported SMEs as well as key tools and research will be shared. A networking tool will be implemented on the website. This will give supported SMEs as well as the market launch pad the opportunity to establish contact, share information and schedule meetings.
Build a knowledge vault for SMEs / Light versions of the toolbox developed in this work package will be made accessible to SMEs and other stakeholders directly through a knowledge vault. This will contain guidance on the assessments, tools and training of the accelerator. With the information made available in this vault, SMEs can conduct self-assessments and work on topics in technology development, commercial development and sustainability themselves.
Roadmaps for different storage technologies / The challenges and development timelines faced by different groups of battery, power-to-x and mechanical storage technologies will be assessed by a group of technology experts. The roadmap will include research on the challenges of fundamental technologies as well as insights gained from assessing different SMEs and their developments in WP3.
Master classes on offshore storage innovations / In a set of 4 masterclasses the findings of the use case assessments and research on innovative offshore storage solutions will be disseminated. They will serve to inform SMEs but also to showcase the scientific expertise and approach of the OASIS partners and advertise the accelerator programme. The masterclasses will target towards SMEs, potential market parties as well as policy makers which might design renewable energy strategies or support programmes.
Accelerator eco-system engagement / Key stakeholders which are able to provide similar services to the partners and orgnisations which could support or operate an accelerator programme, will be invited to join the accelerator eco-system. By engaging with these organisations in 3 events direct feedback on the accelerator toolbox will be connected. In addition, long-term considerations such as business models, extension of the accelerated technologies as well as adaptation of the OASIS framework will be discussed with the ecosystem.
End of project conference / An end of project event will be arranged by the project to showcase the breadth of solutions which have been supported and to launch the continuation of its programme. This event will be combined with the final pressure cooker event and include showcases of the outputs of the projects as well as showcases from the supported SMEs.

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

The EU Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy defined EU targets for EU ocean renewable energy for 2025 (100 MW), 2030 (1GW), and 2050 (40GW) and for offshore wind 60GW (2030) and 300GW (2050). The technologies supported in OASIS will support and enable this roll out.
The OASIS project targets developers of storage technologies, which can support and accelerate the roll-out of offshore renewable energies. By accelerating these technologies, the renewable sector will benefit from smarter and faster growth. At the same time the support of digital solutions as well as the support of all SMEs in their digital strategy, will strengthen an integrated green and digital transition in Europe
Clean energy is a key part of the blue economy. By supporting offshore renewable energies with storage solutions, which in turn will make them easier to integrate in the energy system, this energy pillar will be supported. At the same time by including sustainability and bio-diversity as a core part of the project, SMEs are trained to develop more sustainable solutions, which protects bio-diversity.
This strategy sets EU's binding renewable target for 2030 to a minimum of 42.5%. Since all OASIS technologies will serve as enablers for renewables, this will be within closer reach due to the project
NSEC is the framework for facilitating the enhanced cooperation between the countries of the North Seas, with support from the European Commission, that will deliver upon our combined offshore renewables ambition, including through a joint vision and the promotion of cooperation projects. The OASIS project will foster this cooperation and contribute to the accelerated deployment of offshore renewable energy in the entire maritime area of the NSEC region.
The OASIS project will contribute to European Commission's wind power package consisting of the Action Plan on wind power and the Communication on Offshore Renewables. This includes the development of projects that support skills development for the renewable energy sector.

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:

Delivered output indicator(s):

(RCO83) Strategies and action plans jointly developed: 256
(RCO84) Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects: 756

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:

Delivered result indicator(s):

(RCR79) Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations: 3
(RCR104) Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations: 4

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