Smart mooring for safe and efficient ocean energy production (SMARTMOORING)

SMARTMOORING develops intelligent mooring technologies for offshore energy systems.

The concept is based on fiber optic measurement technology that provides information about the mooring component's shape, load, vibration pattern and temperature along the entire length of the component. The project is expected to take the technologies, integrated into mooring components, from TRL2 to TRL5.

SMARTMOORING's technologies will be demonstrated in two use cases: wave energy converters from CorPower Ocean and tidal energy systems from Minesto. The improved mooring systems will contribute to marine energy units with higher reliability, better power conversion efficiency and lower LCOE. The technologies that are developed also have relevance outside the marine energy area, for example for floating wind/solar energy and applications outside the energy sector.