General description
For more than 75 years, the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) has been contributing to the development of safe and economic ships and offshore structures as independent advisor. This is done through model tests, simulations, desk studies, full-scale measurements, safety studies and training. With the resulting knowledge of the ocean environment and the hydrodynamics of ships and offshore structures, MARIN sees it as its responsibility to contribute to the development of renewable energy offshore from waves, tides and wind.

For this reason, MARIN has recently started a special Renewable ENergy Team (RENT). RENT is a MARIN-wide team of specialists covering all aspects of offshore renewable energy systems. MARIN offers dedicated people, dedicated research, dedicated model test facilities, dedicated simulation tools and dedicated offshore measurements to help make your renewable energy concept a success.

Role
MARIN is participant for WP5 and for WP 7

• Contribution for specifying of Spar-type floating support structure and mooring system (WP5)
• Responsible for model testing of 1 kW prototype in Offshore Basin (WP7)