Offshore Wind Accelerator Access Competition - Got ideas?

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Offshore Wind Accelerator Access Competition - Got ideas?

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Offshore Wind Accelerator Access Competition.

Offshore wind farms are in the right places to capture wind resource but challenging to access for operations and maintenance. So we need solutions for transporting and transferring personnel and equipment to turbines in far-shore sites around the UK.

Please submit ideas for one or all three of our needs. We want proposals for:
- Transfer systems - to safely transfer workers and equipment from vessels to turbines
- Vessels - to carry personnel to the turbines
- Launch and recovery systems - to allow daughter craft to transfer to permanent platforms and mother ships

A global business opportunity.
This is potentially a £2 billion global market, so the winning ideas will have access to a lucrative business opportunity. Equally important, if you are successful you will help make offshore wind energy a commercial reality.

Open to all.
Being an open call for ideas you do not need to be involved in offshore wind nor do the winning ideas need to be new; they could be an adaptation of existing technology that you are currently working on.

Up to £100,000 development funding.
Successful applicants will receive up to £100k to develop their concept, and potentially further funding to take the concept to full-scale demonstration.
Winners will also engage with eight of the World's leading offshore wind developers, who will be needing access systems over the coming decade.

Closing date for applications is 26th November 2010. For full details and to register for the Offshore Wind Accelerator Access Project, click here.
Martin Leduc
Certified Marine Engineer and Webmaster
Martin's Marine Engineering Page
http://www.dieselduck.net
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