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The “Blue-x” project team at the kick-off meeting in Seefeld Castle.
Project partners from Portugal, France and Italy © EOmap
Which locations in the sea are suitable for wind turbines or other renewable energies?
This is best seen on satellite images.
The company Eomap from Seefeld is evaluating these and is leading an international project that is intended to significantly boost the energy transition.
Seefeld
– Germany has set itself big goals to combat the climate crisis.
By 2030, the share of renewable energy is expected to almost double compared to 2020.
The Seefeld-based company Eomap, which deals with software solutions and earth observations of bodies of water, would like to contribute to this.
As part of its “Blue-x” project, it evaluates satellite images that, for example, help determine a good location for a wind turbine on the water.
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Kim Knauer, project manager at Eomap, explains in a current press release: “From our earth observations, we can evaluate the water depth and examine the seabed.” The project is scheduled to last two and a half years – under the leadership of Eomap and with seven European partners.
Launched in December, Blue-x is currently in its early stages.
“We are currently carrying out an analysis of user requirements.
So that we know what is actually required,” says Knauer.
The goal of the project is to create a user-friendly online program that provides data on affected coastal areas.
For example, representatives of the wind power industry can make decisions that are relevant to the environment more quickly, says Knauer.
Renewable energy sources still have a high, untapped potential in Germany.
Eomap focuses on so-called blue energy.
“There is still a very large market here,” says Knauer.
Blue energy includes, for example, wind and solar systems on water as well as electricity generated from the power of ocean waves and tides.
“We hope we can do our part”
The European Commission has set itself the goal of using 300 gigawatts of offshore wind power and 40 gigawatts of ocean energy in the EU by 2050.
For comparison: According to the Federal Network Agency, the nominal output of the 1,566 offshore wind turbines in Germany was around 8.5 gigawatts in 2023. “We hope that we can do our part to accelerate everything,” says Knauer.
In addition to the site assessment, the project provides data on planning, construction, operation and decommissioning.
“With our project, we accompany the construction from start to finish,” says Knauer.
In Seefeld, five employees from the 50-person Eomap team work on “Blue-x”.
Project partners include the Dutch Marine Energy Center (DMEC), Fórum Oceano and Inesc Tec from Portugal, Inyanga Marine Energy Group from France and Great Britain, and Politecnico di Torino and Wave for Energy from Italy.
The European Union Agency for the Space Program (Euspa) is contributing to the financing.
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