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Meet the Belgian Offshore Wind Industry on the B2B Fair for the Offshore Industry.
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e-BO GOES FOR BLUE ENERGY
e-BO Enterprises from Ypres exists 20 years .In this period, this high-tech company has become an established value in the field of data management and security for diverse sectors such as wind farms, the prison system, the fire department, defense, ports, companies and corporations.
20 years after its foundation, a new expansion was required and a modern, sleek industrial building has been redesigned in Ostend. The coronavirus delayed the timing of the works for this building. However , the works have been accelerated and the new EBO bastion is taking shape.
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Preparing a strong academic team to support the current and future Belgian offshore wind energy sector
Ghent University is proud to be the consortium leader of PhairywinD, a brand new offshore wind energy project. The main objective of this project is to prepare a community of nine PhD researchers from different Belgian knowledge institutes to tackle the current and future challenges of the Belgian offshore wind energy sector together.
The Belgian offshore wind zone is expanding, with 2.2 GW already installed and brand new zones being tendered. To ensure our place as frontrunners of wind energy in Europe and to stay on the forefront of technology trends and scientific advances, our industry needs a strong academic home base. And that is exactly what the PhairywinD project is all about.
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Meet the winners of the Blue Innovation Awards
Bluebridge Partner "Blue Cluster" handed out the Blue Innovation Awards for the first time on 27 October 2020. These awards are intended to highlight a number of inspiring projects in the blue economy.
Meet the winners of the Blue Innovation Awards:
- Nearshore Mussel Project (BREVISCO);
- Dual-Fuel Hydrogen Engine (BeHydro);
- Coastbusters (ILVO, DEME Group, Jan De Nul Group, Sioen Industries and VLIZ - Flanders Marine Institute); and
- Renovation of the seawall of Westende (Gemeentebestuur Middelkerke and Agentschap Maritieme Dienstverlening en Kust)
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Blue Growth Summer School
Edition 2020 has been cancelled. Next edition will be summer 2021.
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