Technologies & Industries
KEY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FIELDS FOR INTEGRATED OFFSHORE ENERGY SYSTEMS
VERENIS brings together scientific and industrial expertise from a wide range of disciplines.
The focus is on technologies and industries that contribute to the development of sustainable, safe and economically viable offshore energy systems.
OCEAN ENERGY & HYBRID
POWER GENERATION
Research into wave, tidal and current energy, floating photovoltaics and other marine renewable technologies, with a focus on their integration into hybrid offshore energy systems.
Research and optimized use of floating, twin, vertical-axis and hybrid wind energy systems.
OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY
HYDROGEN & POWER-TO-X
Offshore electrolysis, hydrogen production, storage, transport and conversion to methanol and other energy carriers and products.
Mechanical, electrical, electrochemical, thermal, chemical and hybrid storage technologies for short-, medium- and long-term applications, including hydrogen and other marine-based energy carriers.
ENERGY STORAGE
MATERIALS & INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING
Steel, concrete, composites and lightweight materials, corrosion protection, fatigue strength, material properties, processing, joining and industrial scaling.
Development and testing of robust floating and subsea structures, platforms, anchoring systems and modular designs, with a focus on cost efficiency and time-to-market.
CONSTRUCTION, BUILD & INSTALLATION TECHNOLOGY
SHIPBUILDING, PORTS & MARITIME LOGISTICS
Transport, installation, supply and maintenance vessels, port infrastructure, logistics concepts and innovative storage and transport solutions.
Ports, terminals, energy hubs, converter and platform structures, subsea cable and pipeline systems, as well as deep-water and subsea connectivity.
MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE & OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
WEATHER DATA & FORECASTING MODELS
High-resolution oceanographic data, weather, wave and current forecasts, energy-yield modelling and simulation for planning, operations and logistics.
Cloud and edge infrastructures, secure data environments, artificial intelligence, digital twins, monitoring, forecasting and utilization of large datasets.
CLOUD, DATA & AI SYSTEMS
SAFETY, SECURITY & RESILIENCE SYSTEMS
Reliability of systems and assets, safety mechanisms, emergency concepts, redundancy, fault tolerance, cybersecurity and secure operational control.
Automated and adaptive control strategies, remote monitoring, load management, operational optimization and coordinated control of offshore components.
INTELLIGENT CONTROL & REMOTE OPERATIONS
ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY & PERMITTING
Marine ecosystem protection, material use, emissions, noise impact, recycling, environmental impact assessment and regulatory frameworks.
Condition-based and predictive maintenance, remote diagnostics, drones, autonomous and robot-supported inspections above and below water.
MAINTENANCE, INSPECTION & AUTONOMOUS MONITORING
ECONOMICS & SYSTEM ASSESMENT
Standards & frameworks
Site & spatial assessment
Costs & viability
Models & scalability