The goal of this seminar is to strengthen the supply chain for blue energy in Europe and to explore opportunities in growth markets around the world, with focus on wave, tidal and floating wind energy. International and local speakers will highlight the state of the art and demonstrate ways to overcome specific challenges of blue energy, by focusing on small scale applications, integration in multi-use platforms and technical standards. Participants are also offered the possibility to network with key players from the Belgian offshore energy scene, facilitated by the opportunity of the Ocean Energy ERA-Net call.
This conference is free of charge. Participation to the networking diner is optional, at a cost of 60 € per person (excl. VAT).
Offshoreväst is able to support with cost for travel and hotel for this event. If you are interested to participate, please get in contact with us.
Program
| 10:00 | Welcome with coffee @ the production site of De Meyer | |
| 10:30 | Presentation of the river stream project of the Meyer and visit of the production facilities | |
| 11:30 | Bus transfer to the conference venue (2 km) by bus | |
| 12:00 | Session 1 – Introduction to the Belgian value chain in wave and tidal energy | |
| Welcome | Luc De Ryck, Mayor of Temse | |
| Introduction to the seminar | Ann Overmeire, Blue Cluster | |
| Cost reduction pathway of wave and tidal energy | Miriam Noonan, Financial Analist, ORE Catapult | |
| DEME’s experiences and developments within the tidal and floating wind sector | Jan Goormachtigh, DEME Blue Energy | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Session 2 – Getting to Market in Blue Energy | |
| Use-cases to reduce costs of blue energy based on multi-use | Jonathan Williams, Marine South East Ltd | |
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Technical standards relevant for marine energy Contribution of the MET-CERTIFIED project |
Pieter Mathys, Ghent University |
| Market-update for blue energy outside Europe | Marcos Suarez, Basque Energy Cluster | |
| 15:00 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30 | Session 3 – Networking | |
| Introduction of Ocean Energy Era-Net call for proposals | Jozef Ghijselen, VLAIO | |
| 15:50 | Pitches from Blue Cluster member companies like Jan De Nul, Tractebel, Laminaria,… | |
| 16:15 | Pitches of foreign visiting companies: BiMEP, Idom, Ditrel, … | |
| 16:45 | Individual matchmaking | |
| 18:00 | Closing drink | |
| 18:30 | Bus transfer to hotel | |
| 19:30 | Diner (optional) |
When?
February 26, 10:00 – 18:00
Where?
Frans Boelplein 1 Temse, 9140 Belgien