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European Strategic Cluster Partnership IN OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY

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BLUE CLUSTER

Brief overview
Blue Cluster is the network organization of the marine and maritime industry in Flanders. We facilitate the Flemish industry by actively promoting the skills and capabilities of our members, stimulating innovation and collaboration and promoting internationalization.

On the basis of an estimate, the Blue Economy for Flanders represents between 5 to 10% of total value added. Traditional strong sectors include coastal tourism, maritime transport and water construction works. Our world leading dredging companies DEME and Jan De Nul and engineering contractor Tractebel have successfully diversified into offshore wind.
Flanders can rely on extensive experience in offshore wind since it was a pioneer in the development of offshore wind farms in the North Sea. The port of Ostend is the hub from where the parks are installed and maintained.
Flanders offers a variety of dedicated test infrastructures for blue energy, like the climate chamber of OWI-Lab in Antwerp, the Blue accelerator close to the port of Ostend, and the new Coastal and Ocean Basin located at the Ostend Science park.

Contact information
Stefaan Mensaert, Innovation Manager stefaan.mensaert@blauwecluster.be

Contact

+34 944 24 02 11

msuarez@clusterenergia.com

This website is part of the ELBE EUROCLUSTER project (GA – 101074230), which has received funding from EISMEA’s COSME Programme (call SMP-COSME-2021-CLUSTER).

The content of this website represents the Views and opinions expressed in this website are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EISMEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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