ENCORE - Energizing Coastal Regions with Offshore Renewable Energy (ENCORE-2)

ENCORE's main objective is to increase the delivery of innovation in the Offshore Renewable Energy sector supported through 2 specific objectives:

1. Advance five ORE technologies with experts in a structured and collaborative process and tackle common challenges
   1. Water2Energy river current turbine from TRL 3 to 5
   2. Laminaria wave energy device from TRL 3 (subsystems) to 7 (full scale)
   3. Teamwork Technology wave energy device from TRL 3 to 5
   4. Oceans of Energy offshore solar plant from TRL 3 to 5
   5. EEL Energy undulating water current turbine from TRL 3 to 5
2. Develop a Route-to-market strategy for ORE solutions to accelerate commercialization for islands, harbors, estuaries and offshore structures building on the following sub-objectives;
   1. prepare SMEs for investment
   2. continue to improve new international standards and certification
   3. support skills development in the Blue Economy
   4. involve supply chain and stakeholders