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The OYSTER project will lead to the development and demonstration of a marinized electrolyser designed for integration with offshore wind turbines. Stiesdal will work with the world’s largest offshore wind developer (Ørsted) and a leading wind turbine manufacturer (Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy) to develop and test in a shoreside pilot trial a MW-scale fully marinized electrolyser. The findings will inform studies and design exercises for full-scale systems that will include innovations to reduce costs while improving efficiency. To realise the potential of offshore hydrogen production there is a need for compact electrolysis systems that can withstand harsh offshore environments and have minimal maintenance requirements while still meeting cost and performance targets that will allow production of low-cost hydrogen. The project will provide a major advance towards this aim. Preparation for further offshore testing of wind-hydrogen systems will be undertaken, and results from the studies will be disseminated in a targeted way to help advance the sector and prepare the market for deployment at scale. The OYSTER project partners share a vision of hydrogen being produced from offshore wind at a cost that is competitive with natural gas (with a realistic carbon tax), thus unlocking bulk markets for green hydrogen (heat, industry, and transport), making a meaningful impact on CO2 emissions, and facilitating the transition to a fully renewable energy system in Europe. This project is a key first step on the path to developing a commercial offshore hydrogen production industry and will lead to innovations with significant exploitation potential within Europe and beyond.

Lime is one of the earliest industrial commodities known to man and it continues to be one of the essential building blocks of modern Society. The global lime market is anticipated to approach the value of 44 Billion Euros by the end of 2026 and resulting in various growth opportunities for key players. The SUBLime network aims to develop the most advanced technology in lime-based materials modelling and characterization for industrial use that will go beyond the limitations of existing solutions in new construction and conservation in the built heritage. It is firstly dedicated to recruit and train fifteen PhD students in multiple scientific and engineering fields towards a better understanding and development of sustainable innovations in both added functionalities and sustainability aspects in lime mortars and plasters, strongly based on novel biomimetic and closed-loop recycling approaches. The project covers the main features of lime-based applications analysis, including material characterization, numer

WHO WE ARE? BERIDI is a spin-out company of Berenguer Ingenieros, founded in 2018, as the division of the group specialized in the offshore wind energy sector. Our group is a leading seashore engineering firm, which has worked in more than 1,200 projects in Spain and LATAM, including + 40 multimillion projects. THE PROBLEM: EU must install 230-450 GW new offshore capacity before 2050 to fulfil the Green Deal Goals. but current space available in shallow imposes a limit of 112 GW. Only new floating platforms can help EU fulfil its objectives, but the installation of floating turbines is still technically challenging, very expensive and highly time-consuming, especially for the largest turbines (>15 MW). THE SOLUTION: We have patented a new floating technology that enables the safest and most efficient (time, costs and performance) installation of turbines in deep waters. ARCHIME3 is, to the best of our knowledge, the only technology today that will enable the installation of the largest turbines (15-20 MW) in deep waters in an efficient and safe manner. MARKET OPPORTUNITY: The market opportunity at a global level for now to 2030, reaches more than €20 Billion. Just by achieving a market penetration of 10%, our market opportunity can reach €2 Billion from now until 2030. Our financial projections for 2026, when we expect to have installed our first wind farm (400 MW), would mean €44M of cumulated turnover, €20M of cumulated EBIDTA and close to €240M of company value, meaning a x13 ROI for the investment (2.4 M Grant + 4.8 M equity) requested to the EIC for this project.