The overall objective of the MAESTRALE project is to promote the development of blue energy in the Mediterranean area as a key sector for sustainable growth, by fostering the creation and the transnational networking of innovative clusters. The main output consists in the creation of Blue Energy Labs (BEL) in each participating region. BELs will involve local enterprises, public authorities, knowledge institutions and citizens and will operate to support future blue energy policies and concrete strategies for blue growth.
Objectives
• Improvement of knowledge and development of a common strategy at the MED level regarding Blue Energy potential and available technologies.
• Reinforcement of networks across Europe, and specifically in the MED area.
• Development of pilot Blue Energy projects as test-beds and concrete demonstration activities to support the implementation of innovative and profitable Blue Energy technologies in the MED area.
Project activities
• Survey of available technologies, existing laws/regulations, hindrances and potentials of maritime renewable energy sources in the MED areas targeted by the project.
• Development of innovative clusters in the blue energy sector
• Business services and transnational activities
• Creation of the transnational network of Blue Energy Labs (BEL) as a cooperating tool and meeting platform for key actors involved in the Blue Energy Sector
• Create of public-private partnerships and knowledge and innovation exchange in order to lay the basis for concrete initiatives of blue growth.
Results
• Knowledge frameworks on Blue Energy in the MED area
• Blue Energy Labs as transnational network among key actors in Blue Energy
• Participative planning processes of Blue Energy projects (20 at least) to be realised in MED
• Coordination of the communication actions at transnational and regional level
• Support to territorial development and internationalization of regional economic system, in liaison with the public administration.
• Implementation of the Area of specialization “maritime technologies”, identifying possible synergies with other initiatives funded at the regional level.
• Strong network of contacts with more partners across UE.
The MAESTRALE project, financed by the Mediterranean program, and joined by Informest participated as partner, is closing: it was a great journey during which the project partnership proved that it is possible to look for a future that includes blue energy in the Mediterranean area.
On 23rd September at the Multimedia Hall Tessitori of Piazza Oberdan in Trieste, will take place the first of the five days (September 23-27) of the Advanced Training “Sea governance and blue growth: balancing sustainable use and conservation through Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) in the field of fisheries and aquaculture ”, within the Deep Blue […]
The third meeting of the Transnational of Blue Energy Laboratory (TBEL) was held from June 5 to 7 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event, organized by the Technical University of Thessaloniki as part of the MAESTRALE project, was an opportunity to discuss the state-of-art and the implementation of blue energies in the Mediterranean area and to […]
The sustainable use of marine energies is one of the most promising frontiers of blue growth development in Europe. At the EUSEW Energy Fair, the Interreg MED Maestrale project will show how many ways of exploitation of marine energy are feasible in the Mediterranean basin.
It was held on 3rd April, at Informest headquarters the 3rd laboratory on blue energy “BEL FVG”. The “BEL FVG” was established in February 2018 as part of the “Maestrale” project and counts about 30 participants, including the FVG regional administration, universities, research centres and companies. The BEL FVG has been designed as a permanent […]
Start date: 01/11/2016
End date: 30/11/2019
Role: Partner
Website: https://maestrale.interreg-med.eu/
