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Inspired by: FP7 » Large-scale offshore wind farms solve the energy crisis

version: 3 / updated: 2010-01-03
id: #662 / version id: #191
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Originally submitted by: Martin Fatun
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Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 3 - ICT - Information & communication technologies

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Components, systems, engineering

Optional reference/s to FP7 project/s

Use the following format: Project Acronym (Project Reference No.). Use commas if more than one project is associated to this Wild Card, for example: ALFA-BIRD (213266), SAFAR (213374), LAPCAT-II (211485)
AEOLUS (224548)

Headline

(max. 9 words)

Large-scale offshore wind farms solve the energy crisis

Description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Wild Card (approx. 150 words)
A key socio-economic challenge for Europe is: how to deal with a climate change, while meeting rapidly increasing demand for energy and ensuring security of supply? Wind energy can be a significant part of the answer. The new frontier of the wind industry is large-scale offshore wind farms controlled by advanced distributed ICT tools.

Keywords

ICT, offshore wind farm, energy crisis, energy production, power station, distributed ICT tools

Likelihood

Closest timeframe for at least 50% likelihood
Please use one of the following options:
now-2050

Type of event

Human planned (e.g. terrorist attack or funded scientific breakthrough)

Type of emergence

please select (if any) describe related trend or situation
An extreme extension of a trend/development/situation
(e.g. Increased global warming leads to a total ban on fossil fuels)

Type of systems affected

Both

Classification

Desirable

Importance

please specify:
please select
Level 4: important for the whole world