ONP is granted formal approval for research project on 30.09.2015

Hamburg. In one of the largest German research projects ONP Management being one of a total of 17 alliance partners initiated first development activities. The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) and was formally started in November 2016 with a term of three years.

On the homepage of the Alliance you will find more information about the current status of the R&D project:

The innovation-alliance "OWS-MV Offshore Wind Solutions Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" consists of 17 partners, including 15 industrial and engineering companies as well as 2 public research facilities. The alliance has clearly defined its goal of providing a substantial contribution to the future energy mix by developing innovations for renewable offshore wind energy in Germany and Europe. In particular the alliance faces those many challenges that have to be overcome economically developing sites for offshore wind parks with great coastal distance and water depths of more than 40 meters combined with difficult soil conditions.

A major share of the funding is coming from the federal support program "Unternehmen Region", the innovation initiative for the "New Federal States" of Germany. For 2016 the federal government plans an increase of the annual funds by 10 million euro to a total of 159 million euro. The Alliance is well positioned in the attractive growth market for renewable energy, in particular offshore wind energy and is pursuing the goal of ensuring long-term sustainable economic development by leveraging innovation potential and strengthening cooperation between the alliance partners.

For more information please refer to the federal website "Innovative regionale Wachstumskerne" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF).