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Irish SME specializing in Oceanographic and Marine Professional Services seeking to identify collaboration and partnership agreements with stakeholders in EU countries that have coastal, marine, and offshore programs and activities.

Summary

Profile Type
Business Offer
POD Reference
BOIE20240514021
Term of Validity
15 May 2024 - 15 May 2025
Company's Country
Ireland
Type of partnership
Commercial agreement
Targeted Countries
BelgiumBulgariaFranceDenmarkGermanyEstoniaUnited KingdomSpainGreeceMonacoCyprusLatviaCroatiaNetherlandsIcelandSwedenSloveniaRomaniaLithuaniaPolandNorwayMaltaItalyFinlandPortugal
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General information

Short Summary
The Irish company provides professional oceanographic and marine science services, including research and collaborative, technical, scientific products and review reports to support the offshore industry and marine space, including Offshore Renewable Energy and Offshore Wind.

They are seeking to support and collaborate with partners on projects that are mutually beneficial to all parties, while addressing issues of climate change, ocean pollution, clean and renewable energy, and the UN SDGs.
Full Description
The Irish company provides professional oceanographic and marine science services, including research and collaborative, technical, scientific products and review reports to support the offshore industry and marine space.

The company supports a wide range of stakeholders, such as government and state bodies, private industry, research institutes and universities, helping provide solutions to opportunities and challenges in the marine space.

The ambition for the company is to provide long term sustainable solutions that help address challenges to marine systems and the oceans, including contributing to national, European and global Climate Action Plans, contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the development of offshore renewable energy (ORE) systems.

Services include research and review studies, development and creation of operational products; numerical modelling including ocean forecasting and simulations, hindcasting, data analysis and visualization.

The SME supports the development, provision and maintenance of the offshore renewable energy (ORE) industry, and especially Offshore Wind Farms (OWFs). The company has established a hindcast model database for the provision of Weather Windows and Downtime Services, for OWF development, construction and maintenance.

Company activities also include impacts of climate change, anthropogenic activities and pollution on ocean and marine systems, ecosystem functioning, services, and sustainability including ocean warming, sea-level change, carbon sequestration and ocean acidification.

They are seeking to support and collaborate with partners on projects that are mutually beneficial to all parties, while addressing issues of climate change, ocean pollution, clean and renewable energy, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Advantages and Innovations
The company has expertise in oceanography and marine science, acquired by over 30 years of experience in research and operational oceanography that it brings to the offshore industry:

o Expertise in and considerable experience of ocean systems: model development, creation, validation and analysis; climate change; pollution; process studies; ecosystem functioning, services and sustainability.

o Expertise in Ocean Renewable Energy systems.

o Provision of Training and Continuous Professional Development in Metocean Studies and Environmental Impact Assessment.

o Expertise in Weather Windows and Downtime Services for Offshore Wind Farms development, construction and maintenance.

o Planning, development, execution of ocean campaigns.

o Provision of Training and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in Oceanography and Marine Science including Metocean Analysis and Environmental Impact Assessments.
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 14: Life Below WaterGoal 4: Quality EducationGoal 9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureGoal 12: Responsible Consumption and ProductionGoal 13: Climate ActionGoal 7: Affordable and Clean EnergyGoal 5: Gender EqualityGoal 17: Partnerships to achieve the GoalGoal 2: Zero HungerGoal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner
The ideal partner is located in the EU or the UK, preferably in a region with a coastline and is working in the marine space including ocean research, climate and pollution impacts, offshore wind renewable energy and offshore wind farms.

The partner organization size will vary, it might be a large offshore wind developer, a consultant providing specialty services and products, a research institute, a university, or a government body.

They must work in the marine space and actively provide services, products, research that support development of the offshore marine space.
Type and Size of Partner
SME 11-49UniversityOtherBig companySME <=10R&D InstitutionSME 50 - 249
Type of partnership
Commercial agreement

Call details

Coordinator required
Yes

Dissemination

Market keywords
09003005 - Consulting services06003004 - Marine energy06003003 - Wind energy06007001 - Other energy production06003008 - Other alternative energy
Targeted countries
BelgiumBulgariaFranceDenmarkGermanyEstoniaUnited KingdomSpainGreeceMonacoCyprusLatviaCroatiaNetherlandsIcelandSwedenSloveniaRomaniaLithuaniaPolandNorwayMaltaItalyFinlandPortugal