The OFFSHORE project is funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants / Norway Grants
OFFSHORE project consortium
OFFSHORE partners are strongly involved in innovative research related to the offshore sector, including simulations, manufacturing, and characterization of composite materials as well as whole wind turbine systems.
The project consortium consists of 5 partners, including an SME and R&D institutions. Moreover, there are two clusters (one each from Poland and Norway) bringing together companies that are involved in the development of the offshore industry.
TPF – Technology Partners Foundation
Warsaw, Poland, Project Coordinator
The Technology Partners Foundation (TPF) is a scientific research and implementation organisation specialized in the performance of large-scale interdisciplinary national and international research. The Foundation’s mission is to initiate and support processes aimed at the rational use of knowledge for innovation activity and to undertake practical actions promoting the development of Polish science and technology cooperation with Polish and international industry.
TPF has been participating in European projects for many years, performing both research projects – mainly related to new, advanced materials – and support actions, working with SMEs and the research community. Within the framework of Polish-Norwegian grants, TPF is implementing 3 projects: Anti-Icing Sustainable Solutions by Development and Application of Icephobic Coatings (ICEMAN), 3D Printing and Nanotechnology for Electromagnetic Shielding of CFRP Structures (3DforCOMP), and Polish-Norwegian sustainable research, development, and innovation partnerships in the field of offshore renewable energy technologies (OFFSHORE).
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UiS – Universitetet i Stavanger
Stavanger, Norway
The University of Stavanger (UiS) is an innovative and international university. It constitutes a driving force in the development of knowledge and change processes in society. The University’s societal mission is to challenge the well-known and explore the unknown. The academic activities at UiS are organized in six faculties with 13 departments and several national research and competence centres.
UiS is an open university with a high degree of well-being among its students and staff. Its priority areas are green transition, energy, health, and welfare, learning for life, a good learning and working environment. UiS believes that in interaction and dialogue with its surroundings regionally, nationally, and internationally, it can ensure an open and innovative climate for education, research, artistic development work, innovation, dissemination, and museum activities. The University is guided by the principle that our common direction must be guided by the responsibility for sustainable transition and fair social development, through new ways of managing natural resources and facilitating better cities and local communities.
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NOW – Norwegian Offshore Wind
Avaldsnes, Norway
Norwegian Offshore Wind (NOW) is the largest offshore wind representative body in Norway with the overall mission to develop world leading supply chains within floating wind. In 2021 Norwegian Offshore Wind was awarded the status of an ARENA Pro Cluster, through Norwegian Innovation Clusters. Their members range from small start-ups to multinational companies. NOW grew out of the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Haugesund. This is where the world’s first floating wind turbine was installed in 2009; is still running today. In just a few years, the Norwegian offshore wind industry has grown rapidly, and so has the cluster. Norwegian Offshore Wind now represents both supply chain companies and developers. As such they have a strong voice in both political and industrial arenas in Norway. On an international level, NOW helps cluster members to gain access and succeed in the key offshore wind markets, especially within floating wind.
Norwegian Offshore Wind is industry driven, agile and has a strong market focus. The members are organized in working groups led by industry representatives. NOW aims to be a hub for information and knowledge sharing, as well as representing the industry in national and international forums for offshore wind development. NOW helps suppliers find each other and enable developers to meet the supply chain by taking them on tour around Norway.
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PKTK – Polish Cluster of Composite Technologies
Cracow, Poland
The Polish Cluster of Composite Technologies (PKTK) was established in 2017 and constitutes a platform for cooperation of entities operating in the field of composite technologies, including universities and scientific, research or development units as well as entrepreneurs, inventors, business environment units and other interested persons or institutions. Currently the cluster has over 100 members.
The main objectives of the Polish Cluster of Composite Technologies are to promote Polish technologies, companies and institutions that deal with manufacturing, research and design of composite elements, as well as to popularize Polish technological thought concerning devices and components used to produce composites. It also seeks to create a strong entity representing the needs of the composites industry, e.g. through participation in international fairs and conferences of products and services of Polish companies, and to improve the recognizability of Polish companies in the composites sector. PKTK is also a place for improving knowledge in the field of composite materials through training and study tours to leading international centres, as well as carrying out joint research projects.
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Rosenberg Worley AS
Hundvåg, Norway
Rosenberg has been delivering projects for more than 125 years. Their story began in 1896, in the Stavanger shipyard. By the 1970s Rosenberg added LNG tankers to their capabilities and then entered the Norwegian offshore oil and gas industry. In 2013, Rosenberg joined the Worley family, and together they are moving towards the energy transition. Their sustainable future embraces new markets, including offshore floating wind, electrification, hydrogen, and sea farming. Rosenberg Worley AS provides fully-integrated engineering, fabrication, and construction expertise from their world-class site on the west coast of Norway.
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