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

version: 1 / created: 2009-10-14
id: #191 / 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 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

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