Source: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)
Introduction
This multi-use is developed under the AquaWind Project which aims to integrate fish farming and offshore renewable energy, based on the existing floating wind platform W2Power, located off the coast of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). The pilot specifically aims to establish aquaculture cages, together with remote feeding and monitoring systems to assess fish health and prototype structural behaviour, within the WP2Power infrastructure.
AquaWind was co-funded by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF). The project gathers 10 partners from 3 EU countries (Spain, France and Portugal), including the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society (Canary Islands Government) and the Canary Islands Ocean Platform (PLOCAN).
Stakeholders are involved in the project mainly through consultative processes, public surveys, and in some cases through sector-specific surveys (as was the case for the artisanal fisheries sector, among others). During the second semester of AquaWind implementation, four main stakeholder engagement actions have been carried out. The stakeholders targeted by the project included the research community, industry representatives, societal actors, fisheries communities and policy and decision-makers.
The AquaWind project aims to establish a roadmap supporting the implementation of multi-use by identifying legal and regulatory challenges. Policy recommendations specifically target the combination of wind energy and aquaculture technologies.
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Contacts
AquaWind: info [at] aquawind.eu (info[at]aquawind[dot]eu)