Offshore Experimental Station

MISSION:

Infrastructure for experimentation, demonstration

and operation of new devices and technologies;

wind and ocean energy converters, environmental

research and analysis of climate change.

KEY OBJECTIVES:

To promote a specialized industrial sector in marine-based renewable energies through R&D

activities

To foster the development of Asturias and the University of Oviedo as a “Knowledge Centre of

Maritime Renewable Energies”

To attract national and international renowned technology developers and professionals.

To increase the public and private R&D investment for regional business development.

R & D - O & M

ACTIVITIES

Off Shore Energies

Aquaculture

Pile foundation

Transport efficiency

Grid Integration

Environment and Climate Change

Marine biology

Wind Energy

Wave Energy

Tidal Energy

Main Activities

Site Location I

Depth: 25 to 50 mDistance to Shore: 2,7 KmSea Bed:Sand, average 25 m thicknessStone 25 m depth areaWind Speed: 7 m/sWind Power: 500-600 W/m2

Waves (summer): 10 Kw/mWaves (winter): 35 Kw/m

Site Features I

Site Location II

Depth: 25 to 60 mDistance to Shore: 2 KmSea Bed:Sand, average 25 m thicknessStone 25 m depth areaWind Speed: 7 m/sWind Power: 450 W/m2

Waves (summer): 10 Kw/mWaves (winter): 34 Kw/m

Site Features II

Main Infrastructures

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Scientific Research Floating Platform

C.E.O. Column for Experimentation Offshore

Multimodal Transfer System

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•Public Funding: 11.5 M€

• 3 years (2012-2014)

• Infrastructure and equipment