Mike Blanch's presentation to AllEnergy on behalf of the Maribe Project highlighting the potential impact of different sectors involved in marine economy working together for better results

1. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
Marine Investment in the Blue Economy
Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Action Project
Mike Blanch, BVGA Associates, Associate Director / Operations Director /
lead on Financial Modelling and offshore wind
Will combining sectors deliver blue
growth?

2. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
Kate Johnson, Heriot Watt University (ICIT)
Pedro Diaz, Universidad de Cantabria
Roland Wijnen, Business Models Inc.
Sander Vandenburg, Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (DLO)
Ian Masters and Dimitris Pletsas, Swansea University
Gordon Dalton, University College Cork

3. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
MARIBE: A Blue Growth Project
 Funded under Societal Challenges BG 5: Preparing for the future innovative offshore economy
 A Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Action Project
 Scope has varied to reflect EU Commission thinking
 Will be used to inform future EU Commission funding. For example BG 4.

4. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
MARIBE: A Blue Growth Project
 Challenge: To intensify, diversify and expand further offshore
economic activities in Europe‘s seas
 Means: developing larger scale activities offshore by overcoming
technological and non-technological challenges and using the most
promising and sustainable business models
 One approach is to combine different activities at the same location
 Multi-use of space (MUS) – share infrastructure / services
 Multi-use platform (MUP) – share platform.

5. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
The MARIBE Consortium
 18 month Coordination and Support Action funded under H2020
 Consortium of 11 partners led by UCC
 Ends end August 2016.

6. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
Aims and Objectives
INVESTMENT
Use the consortium’s diverse network to introduce project stakeholders to key
advisors and potential investors.
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CHALLENGES
Provide information on the socio-economic context and the key technical and
non-technical challenges facing these projects based in part on lifecycle
learning.
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OPPORTUNITIES
Identify opportunities for Blue Growth sectors to combine with other sectors via
multi-use of space or in multi-use platforms and assist in the development of the
most promising projects within these combinations. Took recently EU funded
projects such as those under Oceans of Tomorrow as a starting point.
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7. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
Basins considered

8. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
Work packages
 Unlock the potential of multi-use of space in the offshore economy
 Socio-economic context
 Technical and non-technical barriers
 Investment
 Business models
 Cooperation opportunities
WP 4
WP 5
WP 6
WP 7
WP 8-10

9. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
Exploration of Cooperation
Opportunities – WP 8
 WP 8-10 focus on the exploration of cooperation opportunities
 WP 8 – Identification of 24 combinations of interest to MARIBE
 Rated based on technological, Environmental, Socio-economic, financial, commercial viability
 Shortlisted to 12 combinations with input from EC
 12 projects not shortlisted are Category C projects

10. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
Deliverables for each category
 Category C projects (WP8)
 Strategic report - outlines the strategic plan and roadmap for the concept
 Category B projects (WP9)
 Technical brief
 Financial models (commercial after 2 successful commercial projects, pilot)
 Business plan and risk assessment
 Category A projects (WP10)
 As Category B projects plus
 Implementation plan.
Consequence
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Likelihood

11. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
Advisory session
15 and 16 June 2016, Brussels
 A two -day event where companies will pitch their project concepts to an advisory panel
made up of:
 Potential investors and partners
 Business consultants
 Investment experts
 Trade body representatives
 European Commission members
 Maribe partners
 Also shorter ‘dragons den’ type pitch for all companies.

12. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
Project status
 Currently
 3 Category A projects
 6 Category B projects
 13 Category C projects
 Focus on preparing documentation for the Advisory Session in Brussels in June.

13. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
9 types of project

14. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
9 types of project
 5 include wave
 0 include tidal

15. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
 Wave Dragon, Seaweed Energy Solutions and BELLONA are working together on a
combined wave and aquaculture project in the North Sea.
 Albatern is working with AquaBioTech investigating the potential of wave energy
technology providing power to an aquaculture farm in the Mediterranean basin.

16. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
 JJ Campbell & Associates engineering firm is working with the Centre for Renewable
Energy in Dundalk to develop an integrated floating wind and wave platform for a
project Atlantic.
 Floating Power Plant (FFP) developing a multi-use platform combining wind and wave
technology for a project in the Atlantic. The company is entering the
commercialisation stage, based on over 8 years of R&D, testing and business
development. FPP has successfully operated a half scale offshore prototype for over 2
years – making FPP the only company in the world that have successfully provided
power to the grid from wave and wind at the same time. The company is backed by
156 private shareholders and leading industrial development partners.

17. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
 Float Incorporated is developing a large offshore platform, modular in design with
multiple applications to be placed in the Atlantic.

18. All-Energy May 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 652629
Get Involved
 On Stand J09 where Eoin Moynihan (UCC), Sandy Kerr (Heriot Watt) and I will be
pleased to talk further
 LinkedIn group: maribe, Follow on Twitter: @maribeproject
 www.maribe.eu, maribe@ucc.ie
 Thank you for listening; mjb@bvgassociates.co.uk +44(0)1793 752 308