Showcasing Hydrokinetic energy Innovations for Northwest European Energy Sovereignty
Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B North West EuropeDescription
Development of comprehensive Solutions of Tidal and River energy system applications (EN)
Joint Strategy for unlocking NWE Tidal & River energy Markets(EN)
Joint Action Plan for the Development of Tidal and River Sites in NWE(EN)
Website: http://shines.nweurope.eu
Thematic information
Priority:
(VI-B_NWE_4) Improving territorial resilience in NWE through innovative and smart transformationPriority specific objective:
RSO1.1. Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologiesPriority policy objective (Interreg specific objective):
PO1 A more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivityType of intervention:
027 Innovation processes in SMEs (process, organisational, marketing, co-creation, user and demand driven innovation)Partners (14)
Lead Partner: Fondation OPEN-C
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 882262046
Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR47923395909
Address: rue de la Noe, 44300 Nantes, France
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://fondation-open-c.org/
Total budget: EUR 1 169 379.26
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 701 627.55
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 467 751.71
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- Université de Liège
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Name: Université de Liège
Department: Faculté des Sciences appliquées / Département d'électricité, électronique et informatique (Institut Montefiore) / Smart grids
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999976105
Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE 0325.777.171
Address: Place du 20-Août, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Department address: Bât. B28 - Allée de la Découverte, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://www.uliege.be/
Total budget: EUR 400 000.02
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 240 000.01
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 160 000.01
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- Marine Institute
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Name: Marine Institute
Department: Department: Oceans, Climate and Information Services Unit: Marine Research Infrastructure
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999522824
Partner’s ID if not PIC: IE6600338L
Address: Rinville, Oranmore, H91 R673 Co. Galway, Ireland
Department address: Rinville, Oranmore, H91 R673 Co. Galway, Ireland
Legal status: public
Organisation type: National public authority
Website: https://www.marine.ie
Total budget: EUR 96 815.02
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 58 089.01
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 38 726.01
- ÉireComposites Teo.
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Name: ÉireComposites Teo.
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 961834444
Partner’s ID if not PIC: IE8280881W
Address: Údarás Industrial Estate An Choill Rua, Inverin, H91 Y923 Co. Galway, Ireland
Legal status: private
Organisation type: SME
Website: https://www.eirecomposites.com/
Total budget: EUR 551 170.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 330 702.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 220 468.00
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
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Name: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Department: Institute of Physics / AG TWiSt & ForWind
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999877262
Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE 811184499
Address: Ammerländer Heerstraße , 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Department address: Ammerländer Heerstraße , 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://uol.de/en
Total budget: EUR 143 850.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 86 310.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 57 540.00
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale
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Name: Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale
Department: Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie - Sion
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999479659
Partner’s ID if not PIC: CHE-464.111.845
Address: rue de l'Industrie, 1950 Sion, Switzerland
Department address: rue de l'Industrie, 1950 Sion, Switzerland
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://www.hevs.ch/fr
Total budget: EUR 133 282.67
Partner contribution: EUR 133 282.67
- Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau
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Name: Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau
Department: Hydraulic Engineering in Coastal Areas (WK)
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 952928971
Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE 811 466 537
Address: Kußmaulstraße, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany
Department address: Wedeler Landstraße, 22559 Hamburg, Germany
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://www.baw.de/en/home/home.html
Total budget: EUR 594 613.20
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 356 767.92
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 237 845.28
- Centre d’études et d’expertises risques, environnement, mobilité et aménagement
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Name: Centre d’études et d’expertises risques, environnement, mobilité et aménagement
Department: REM/DREL/RHITME
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 948933735
Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR94130018310
Address: rue de Beauvais, 60280 Margny Les Compiègne, France
Department address: rue de Beauvais, 60280 Margny Les Compiègne, France
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://www.cerema.fr/fr/cerema/directions/cerema-risques-eau-mer
Total budget: EUR 227 018.80
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 136 211.28
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 90 807.52
- Amelander Energiecoöperatie
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Name: Amelander Energiecoöperatie
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 896750063
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL820504798B01 | 01146615 | Chamber of commerce (EN)
Address: Kêkelburen, 9191DS Hollum Ameland, Netherlands
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Other
Website: https://www.amelandenergie.nl/
Total budget: EUR 210 972.04
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 126 583.22
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 84 388.82
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- Geemente Ameland
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Name: Geemente Ameland
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 896714755
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL002017441B01 | 01180264 | Chamber of commerce number (EN)
Address: Jelmeraweg, 9162 EA Ballum, Netherlands
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Local public authority
Website: https://www.ameland.nl/
Total budget: EUR 44 400.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 26 640.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 17 760.00
- Bretagne Développement Innovation
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Name: Bretagne Développement Innovation
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 963378490
Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR70532239472
Address: avenue de Belle Fontaine, 35510 Cesson-Sevigne, France
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Sectoral agency
Website: http://www.bdi.fr
Total budget: EUR 491 865.60
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 295 119.36
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 196 746.24
- Inyanga Tech
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Name: Inyanga Tech
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 891402647
Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR85893907857
Address: boulevard du Colombier, 35000 Rennes, France
Legal status: private
Organisation type: SME
Website: https://hydrowing.tech/
Total budget: EUR 2 151 760.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 1 291 056.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 860 704.00
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
Contractors:
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Name: Laminak Energy SAS
VAT registration or tax identification number: FR88 900 567 975
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Name: Laminak Energy SAS
- SeaQurrent Holding BV
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Name: SeaQurrent Holding BV
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 910471683
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL853471393B01 | 59416319 | Chamber of Commerce number (EN)
Address: Tussendiepen, 9206AD Drachten, Netherlands
Legal status: private
Organisation type: SME
Website: https://seaqurrent.com/
Total budget: EUR 2 040 875.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 1 224 525.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 816 350.00
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
Contractors:
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Name: Reeleaf
VAT registration or tax identification number: NL852623409B01
Sub-Contractors:
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Name: Reeleaf
VAT registration or tax identification number: NL852623409B01
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Name: Reeleaf
- ORPC Ireland
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Name: ORPC Ireland
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 923174512
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 3345663GH | 560646 | Company Registration Office Number (EN)
Address: Bridge House, Baggot Street Upper, D04 X2P1 Dublin, Ireland
Legal status: private
Organisation type: SME
Website: https://orpc.co/orpc-ireland/
Total budget: EUR 2 074 375.17
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 1 244 625.10
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 829 750.07
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
Partners map
Showcasing Hydrokinetic energy Innovations for Northwest European Energy Sovereignty
Showcasing Hydrokinetic energy Innovations for Northwest European Energy Sovereignty
Showcasing Hydrokinetic energy Innovations for Northwest European Energy Sovereignty
Showcasing Hydrokinetic energy Innovations for Northwest European Energy Sovereignty
Showcasing Hydrokinetic energy Innovations for Northwest European Energy Sovereignty
Showcasing Hydrokinetic energy Innovations for Northwest European Energy Sovereignty
Showcasing Hydrokinetic energy Innovations for Northwest European Energy Sovereignty
Lead partner
Project partner
Summary
Operation of strategic importance (OSI) or above EUR 5 million
Project acronym: SHINES
Project ID: NWE0400547
Project start date: 2025-01-01
Project end date: 2028-12-31
Project status:
ongoingRelevant linked projects:
- Interreg North-West Europe - REsiRiver : Resilient River Project (ResiRiver) is focusing on the creation of resilient river systems through mainstreaming and upscaling of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). ResiRiver proposes multiple benefits that NbS can deliver to society, such as recreation, shipping, biodiversity, in addition to flood and drought prevention, and the potential for river energy projects could similarly be enhanced by the widespread uptake of these measures. (EN) | The Action Plans developed in SHINES (WP2) will consider the recommendations of ResiRiver to ensure that any follow-on river energy projects proposed can be developed in a way that will support efforts improve conservation and sustainable development of waterways in the region. Both projects will address a similar network of stakeholders, allowing for collaboration in engagement and outreach activities, while collaboration through data-sharing will also be possible. (EN), Interreg Sudoe - Ecclipse: The aim of Ecclipse project (2019-2023) was to evaluate the impact of climate change on the activities of ports located in South West Europe. The case studies are the port of Valencia, Aveiro and Bordeaux representative of different port configurations. First the main relevant variables (wind, air temperature, humidity, salinity) in regard to the port operation were selected Then the evolutions of the relevant variable up to 2100 were analysed and a risk analysis were performed. For the port of Bordeaux located in the tidal Garonne River, the influences of the maritime (mean sea level rise, storm surges) and river (flowrate) forcings were analysed on the evolution of the velocities, salinity and water levels. A reduction of the flowrate during the summer-spring period can be expected with an increase of the saline intrusion. The impact on the flow pattern appears limited. (EN) | The proposed methodology could serve to feed SHINES (WP2) to evaluate the evolution of the resource in a defined horizon (2050- 2100). (EN), Interreg France Channel England - TIGER Tidal stream industry energizer: TIGER has developed cross-border partnerships between organizations in the UK and France, working on technology development, supply chain optimisation, and costs reduction in tidal energy deployment. These efforts are crucial in demonstrating the viability of tidal energy as a significant contributor to the EU's renewable energy mix. (EN) | SHINES will build on the findings of TIGER and expand it to the NWE with further investigation: TIGER has established an extensive library that SHINES should utilize for site assessments (WP2) and incorporate into the SHINES Resource Centre (WP2). The successful meet-the-buyer events organized by TIGER will be continued under SHINES (WP3). TIGER has supported the testing and operation of tidal devices in real-sea conditions at OPEN-C test sites (Paimpol-Brehat). This knowledge and experience will be crucial to for the success of SHINES deployments (WP1). Besides, SHINES will also expand the beneficiaries as the selected technologies in SHINES have not benefitted from TIGER project grants. (EN), Interreg North-West Europe - FORESEA: FORESEA project has enabled to advance many ocean energy technologies, including the SeaQurrent TidalKite technology, by offering prototype testing opportunities in real-sea-conditions. (EN) | Deploying and retrieving marine energy devices safely is complex, particularly under adverse weather conditions, which complicates sea operations and imposes stringent requirements on handling equipment. Frequent (re-)deployments are necessary to resolve technical challenges and ensure device functionality. This knowledge will be important for it will comes to the devices deployments and operations (WP1).
- Additionally, significant effort has been dedicated to securing political support for ocean energy, with the FORESEA project playing a key role in building confidence and demonstrating the sector's progress. SHINES will build on this foundation, taking the next step forward in advancing the field (WP3).
- (EN), Interreg Europe EVOLVE: EVOLVE analysed the grid system benefits of wave and tidal energy, such as balancing wind and solar power when renewables make up a large share of the grid, with a focus on the UK, Ireland, and Portugal.
- EVOLVE also had a strong policy impact, contributing to the case for the tidal energy ringfence in the UK’s Contracts for Difference, which has resulted in multiple auction rounds for tidal energy projects, with over 100MW of capacity awarded to date.
- (EN) | This is relevant to SHINES, as the project will build on EVOLVE's findings to demonstrate the value of predictable tidal energy in the NWE region (WP1, WP2).
- SHINES also aims to contribute to the adoption of tidal and rive energy systems in NWE following other initiaives taken in Europe. (EN), Interreg North-West Europe - AFLOWT: AFLOWT has supported the development of test sites for demonstrating floating wind technologies. (EN) |
- SHINES will incorporate feedback from the AFLOWT project. SHINES will implement the Pilot Actions on pre-consented test sites in order to mitigate the risks associated with the necessary delay to get permits to operate a river or marine energy site. (EN), The EUSPA project BLUE-X, launched in end of 2023, is an innovative Copernicus-based solution for optimising and accelerating decision making for blue renewable energy projects in all phases, from planning to construction, operation and commissioning. The heart of this solution is a cloud-based IT network of relevant Earth observation and MetOcean data streams that are combined in decision support tools for each phase. As a result, the planning and construction phase can be significantly optimised, thereby reducing costs, and required time to full operation. Inyanga Tech is involved in this project with 2 roles: specialist of marine operations with specific needs for the installation and decommissioning phases, and end-user with the HydroWing technology. (EN) | SHINES will be able to use the tool developed by the Blue-X project to feed the tidal energy potential and the pre-feasibility site studies (A.2.1 and A.2.2). (EN), The Interreg 2 Seas ENCORE project kicked off in early 2020 and its goal was to advance four offshore renewable energy solutions in terms of technological innovations and commercial uptake. The project was closed on the 30th March 2023. For the first time, international standards developed under the International Electro-technical Committee (IEC) have been applied in a structured way to reduce risks and validate the performance of four pilot projects. In parallel, the companies developing the innovations prepared for capital raising. All learnings from the project were captured to create a route-to-market strategy and to create online learning courses targeted at young professionals entering the sector. (EN) | SHINES will be able to capitalize on the outputs of the ENCORE project. The technology developers will benefit from the major work done on the standardization done with the IEC. SHINES will also be able to use the route to market strategy developed by ENCORE for the market analysis (A.2.3) and strategic planning, policy support and regulatory framework (A.3.3). For Inyanga, who was involved in the ENCORE project, SHINES is a very logical continuation as it will help accelerating the development of the technology and help opening the market. (EN)
Total budget/expenditure: EUR 10 330 376.78
Total EU funding (amount): EUR 6 118 256.45
Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 59.23%
Co-financing sources:
- ERDF: Amount, EUR 6 118 256.45. Co-financing rate, 59.23%.
Investments, deliverables, policy contributions
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Infrastructure investments:
- I1.1 - ORPC RivGen River energy system - EUR 1 147 956.00 - country: France (FR), town: Bordeaux, street: Quai Richelieu, N/A, postal_code: 33000, Aquitaine (FRI1), Gironde (FRI12)
- I1.2 - INY HydroWing Tidal Energy systems - EUR 850 000.00 - country: France (FR), town: Ploubazlanec, street: Rue de Launay Mal Nommé, N/A, postal_code: 22210, Bretagne (FRH0), Côtes-d’Armor (FRH01)
- I1.3 - SQ TidalKite Tidal Energy System (Paimpol-Bréhat) - EUR 200 000.00 - country: France (FR), town: Ploubazlanec, street: Rue de Launay Mal Nommé, N/A, postal_code: 22210, Bretagne (FRH0), Côtes-d’Armor (FRH01)
- I1.4 - SQ TidalKite System (Ameland) - EUR 10 000.00 - country: Nederland (NL), town: Hollum, street: Zuiderlaan, 3, postal_code: 9161AE, Friesland (NL) (NL12), Noord-Friesland (NL124)
Deliverables:
Programme Common Output Indicator:
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RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
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RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
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RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
Programme Common Result Indicator:
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RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
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RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:
Programme Result Indicator:
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PSR 1: Organisations with increased institutional capacity due to their participation in cooperation activities across borders, Measurement unit: Organisations
Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project
Financing programme
2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B North West Europe
Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme
2026-05-12
No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)
70 / 70 (100%)
No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)
753 / 753 (100%)
Notes on the data