BLUE GROWTH
Mission-oriented research programme
Blue Growth stands for a sustainable use of the sea. It is a broad topic including renewable energy, infrastructure, aquaculture and tourism.
Blue Growth stands for a sustainable use of the sea. It is a broad topic including renewable energy, infrastructure, aquaculture and tourism.
Blue Growth stands for the creation of sustainable economic growth. Although almost all activities employed by mankind at sea contribute to economic growth, the sustainable aspect about Blue Growth means that the focus is on those activities which sustains the natural resources and the environment for future generations.
The R&D program Blue Growth at MARIN has the focus on the D for Development. It’s aim is to develop new concepts and innovations, with the aim to openly share these with industry and academia. The objective is to work on low TRL concepts which inspire the world.
Blue Growth stands for the creation of sustainable economic growth. Although almost all activities employed by mankind at sea contribute to economic growth, the sustainable aspect about Blue Growth means that the focus is on those activities which sustains the natural resources and the environment for future generations.
The R&D program Blue Growth at MARIN has the focus on the D for Development. It’s aim is to develop new concepts and innovations, with the aim to openly share these with industry and academia. The objective is to work on low TRL concepts which inspire the world.
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William Otto
Senior Project Manager
Blue Growth fish farming
Within our 2021 Blue Growth research programme MARIN developed an innovative fish farm solution for offshore wind parks. We modelled and tested it in current and waves in our Offshore Basin.
MARIN VISNET
MARIN conducted full-size towing tests to increase insight into the pulling forces and water flow of fishing nets. Combining hydrodynamic knowledge and practical fishing knowledge should lead to further sustainability of the fishing sector and more selective fishing methods.
Aquaculture systems
MARIN performs extensive research for aquaculture systems including model tests, numerical simulations and CFD.
Floating Breakwaters
MARIN developed a multi-purpose floating breakwater that reduces the energy of incident waves in order to decrease wave loads on offshore floating structures and vessels. The application of this concept is also interesting for near-shore environments where floating breakwaters may form a viable solution to reducing shoreline erosion.