Over the past years, we have gained extensive experience in testing wave energy under real offshore conditions. We have distilled these experiences into three key insights: Deployment of equipment : on the Blue Accelerator, we have already tested two wave energy converters at the development stage (TRL4). These trials provided not only technical insights into installation and operation, but also practical experience with deployment, monitoring, and maintenance in real offshor

International partners are using Blue Accelerator as a maritime test platform within the European research project WILLOW The project focuses on developing new technologies to improve corrosion monitoring in offshore wind turbines. The objectives are clear: reducing maintenance and inspection costs, extending the operational lifetime of wind farms, and enabling more sustainable energy production. Electrochemical measurements led by Sirris One of the key experiments involves d

In Ostend, the licensing procedure has started for the construction, operation and decommissioning of an innovative offshore platform for...

This week a new test started on our maritime test platform Blue Accelerator. The Danish company Exowave has deployed a prototype wave...

"EU-SCORES Project aims to deliver ‘world-first’ bankable hybrid offshore marine energy parks." The €45 million marine energy project -...

15 september 2020 saw the re-installation of the container part of our Blue Accelerator maritime test platform on its monopile, near the...