Development and demonstration of an automated, modular and environmentally friendly multi-functional platform for open sea farm installations of the Blue Growth Industry

Project Information

The Blue Growth Farm

Grant agreement ID: 774426

DOI

10.3030/774426

Project closed

EC signature date 3 May 2018

Start date 1 June 2018

End date 31 March 2022

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost

€ 9 854 077,50

EU contribution

€ 7 602 873,00

Coordinated by

RINA CONSULTING SPA
Italy

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (13)

Characterisation of representative installation sites report

Environmental impact assessment for the installation (NOEL) site report

Environmental monitoring and restoration measures following the prototype decommissioning report

Regulatory aspects related to MSFD and compatibility with MSPD of MOI, final report

Health and Safety Manual

Dissemination and Communication Plan, first issue

Final Report on social licence and environmental governance of the Blue Growth Farm

Training needs, including evaluation of End Users Usability report

Dissemination and Communication Plan, final issue

Environmental monitoring measures and data elaboration report

Environmental impact assessment for the representative sites report

Operation and Maintenance Manual

Regulatory aspects related to MSFD and compatibility with MSPD of MOI

final at M 40

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

The Blue Growth Farm website

The Blue Growth Farm Newsletter to describe technological & non-technological project developments, to be distributed to communication database

Biannual update

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (7)

Scaling strategies for multi-purpose floating structures physical modeling: state of art and new perspectives

Author(s): Carlo Ruzzo, Sara Muggiasca, Giovanni Malara, Federico Taruffi, Marco Belloli, Maurizio Collu, Liang Li, Giulio Brizzi, Felice Arena
Published in: Applied Ocean Research, Issue 108, 2021, Page(s) 102487, ISSN 0141-1187
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2020.102487

Combining wind power and farmed fish: Coastal community perceptions of multi-use offshore renewable energy installations in Europe

Author(s): Suzannah-Lynn Billing, George Charalambides, Paul Tett, Michelle Giordano, Carlo Ruzzo, Felice Arena, Anita Santoro, Fabrizio Lagasco, Giulio Brizzi, Maurizio Collu
Published in: Energy Research & Social Science, Issue Volume 85, 102421, 2022, ISSN 2214-6296
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102421

Analysis of the coupled dynamic response of an offshore floating multi-purpose platform for the Blue Economy

Author(s): Liang Li, Carlo Ruzzo, Maurizio Collu, Yan Gao, Giuseppe Failla, Felice Arena
Published in: Ocena Engineering, Issue 217(1) 107943, 2020, ISSN 0029-8018
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107943

A new criterion for multi-purpose platforms siting: Fish endurance to wave motion within offshore farming cages

Author(s): Giulio Brizzi, Maroua Sabbagh
Published in: Ocean Engineering, Issue 224, 2021, Page(s) 108751, ISSN 0029-8018
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.108751

Design of a multi-use marine area off-shore the Mediterranean Sea

Author(s): Barbara Zanuttigh, Giuseppina Palma, Giulio Brizzi, Giorgio Bellotti, Alessandro Romano, Roberto Suffredini
Published in: Ocean Engineering, Issue 221, 2021, Page(s) 108515, ISSN 0029-8018
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108515

Design of an aeroelastic physical model of the DTU 10MW wind turbine for a floating offshore multipurpose platform prototype

Author(s): S. Muggiasca, F. Taruffi, A. Fontanella, S. Di Carlo, H. Giberti, A. Facchinetti, M. Belloli
Published in: Ocean Engineering, Issue Volume 239, 109837, 2021, ISSN 0029-8018
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.109837

Aerodynamic and Structural Strategies for the Rotor Design of a Wind Turbine Scaled Model

Author(s): Sara Muggiasca, Federico Taruffi, Alessandro Fontanella, Simone Di Carlo, Marco Belloli
Published in: Energies, Issue 14 (8), 2119, 2021, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en14082119

Other (2)

Blue Growth Farm Multipurpose Platform

Author(s): Fabrizio Lagasco
Published in: Alternative Markets for Ocean Energy, 2021
Publisher: Ocean Energy Systems

An innovative multi-purpose offshore platform concept for the blue economy proposed by the Blue Growth Farm Project

Author(s): Yan Gao; Maurizio Collu; Fabrizio Lagasco; Giulio Brizzi; Felice Arena; Carlo Ruzzo; Anita Santoro
Published in: HydroLink Magazine, 2021
Publisher: IAHR

Book chapters (1)

On the arrangement of two experimental activities on a novel multi-purpose floating structure concept

Author(s): C. Ruzzo, A. Romolo, G. Malara, F. Arena, F. Taruffi, S. Muggiasca, M. Belloli, B. Bouscasse, J. Ohana, A. Santoro, K. Aubriere, G. Brizzi, M. Collu, P. Corvaglia, F. Lagasco
Published in: Developments in Renewable Energies Offshore, 2020, Page(s) 291-302, ISBN 9781003134572
Publisher: CRC Press
DOI: 10.1201/9781003134572-35

Conference proceedings (8)

New Engineering Approach for the Development and Demonstration of a Multi-Purpose Platform for the Blue Growth Economy

Author(s): F. Lagasco, M. Collu, A. Mariotti, E. Safier, F. Arena, T. Atack, G. Brizzi, P. Tett, A. Santoro, S. Bourdier, F. Salcedo Fernandez, S. Muggiasca, I. Larrea
Published in: Volume 6: Ocean Space Utilization, Issue Yearly, 2019, ISBN 978-0-7918-5883-7
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
DOI: 10.1115/omae2019-96104

Analysis of the Coupled Dynamics of an Offshore Floating Multi-Purpose Platform: Part B — Hydro-Elastic Analysis With Flexible Support Platform

Author(s): C. Ruzzo, G. Failla, F. Arena, M. Collu, L. Li, A. Mariotti
Published in: Volume 6: Ocean Space Utilization, Issue Yearly, 2019, ISBN 978-0-7918-5883-7
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
DOI: 10.1115/omae2019-96282

Design Methodology for a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Large-Scale Outdoor Prototype

Author(s): Alessandro Fontanella, Federico Taruffi, Sara Muggiasca, Marco Belloli
Published in: Volume 10: Ocean Renewable Energy, Issue Yearly, 2019, ISBN 978-0-7918-5889-9
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
DOI: 10.1115/omae2019-95979

Analysis of the Coupled Dynamics of an Offshore Floating Multi-Purpose Platform: Part A — Rigid Body Analysis

Author(s): L. Li, M. Collu, C. Ruzzo, G. Failla, K. A. Abhinav, F. Arena
Published in: Volume 6: Ocean Space Utilization, Issue Yearly, 2019, ISBN 978-0-7918-5883-7
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
DOI: 10.1115/omae2019-96212

Large Aeroelastic Model of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine: Mechanical and Mechatronics Design

Author(s): Sara Muggiasca, Alessandro Fontanella, Federico Taruffi, Hermes Giberti, Alan Facchinetti, Marco Belloli, Marco Bollati
Published in: ASME 2019 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference, Issue Yearly, 2019, ISBN 978-0-7918-5935-3
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
DOI: 10.1115/iowtc2019-7537

Fuelling Regional Growth: Still a Dream or a Concrete Possibility?

Author(s): Giorgio Urbano (Rina Consulting S.p.A.) | Elena Rocco (Rina Consulting S.p.A.)
Published in: Offshore Mediterranean Conference (OMC) 2019, Issue Yearly, 2019
Publisher: Offshore Mediterranean Conference

Development and validation of a coupled numerical model for offshore floating multi-purpose platforms

Author(s): L. Li M. Collu Y. Gao C. Ruzzo F. Arena F. Taruffi S. Muggiasca M. Belloli
Published in: 4th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore, Issue Yearly, 2020
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4472752

Three-dimensional numerical modelling of a U-Oscillating Water Column array

Author(s): Giovanni Malara, Carlo Ruzzo, Felice Arena
Published in: 2019 Offshore Energy and Storage Summit (OSES), Issue Yearly, 2019, Page(s) 1-9, ISBN 978-1-7281-2317-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/oses.2019.8867329

Intellectual Property Rights

Other (1)

Wave tank testing of a multi-purpose platform with aquaculture, wind turbine and wave energy converters

Application/Publication number: 10.17882/88376 88376
Date: 2022-05-03
Applicant(s): ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES

Trademark (1)

theBlueGrowthfarmFigurative mark containing wordelements

Application/Publication number: theBlueGrowthfarm 018494624
Date: 2021-06-16
Applicant(s): RINA CONSULTING SPA