Events | Floating Wind Challe

Final competition events

Note: this is the current state of the planning and minor changes may be possible

7 July

Drinks

📍 Zeebruges CLUB NORTH by Icarus TBC

Informal get-together for early arrivals / evening drinks / food around 19:00

10 July

Offshore site visit

📍 Oostende - Hendrik Baelskaai 38 (45 min tram from Zeebruges)

Boat visit to the Belgian offshore wind farms with Captain Blue.

Boat capacity: 59 people so we'll separate into 2 groups:

Morning visit: 8:30
AtlantiCS, Eolita, MOZU, Trinity, Wind4Life, IBO Gyudon, Ecole des Ponts, Taka 4 Ventis, EDF, Nippon, Seaway7, SMULDERS
Afternoon visit: 13:30
Njord, OceanSpire, Luck of the Sea, Ocean11, TetraTurbine, ABN AMRO, Bekaert, JDN, OW4K

8 July

Presentations

📍 Zeebruges ABC tower

Conference with presentations of the teams and the jury partners.

Timing: 9:30 - 17:00

11 July

Yard visit

📍 Vlissingen SMULDERS
📍 Jan De Nul (TM EDISON)

For those staying longer, we're planning to organise a site visit to see construction of Genacker and Baltyck substations + Princess Elisabeth Island.

8:30 - 10:00 Travel Zeebruges ABC Tower - Vlissingen
10:00 - 13:00 visit Smulders (Vlissingen)
13:00 - 13:30 bus to TM Edison
13:30 - 16:30 visit TM Edison (Vlissingen)
16:30 - 18:00 Travel Vlissingen - Zeebruges

9 July

Competition day

📍 Zeebruges CLUB NORTH by Icarus

Morning: Preparation & installation
Afternoon: Monitoring & decommissioning

Notes:

Low tide - 8:02 (1.09m)
High tide - 13:54 (3.88m)
Low tide - 20:21 (1.09m)

Detailed agenda (preliminary)

Presentation day

8 July

9:30 - Welcome and practical details

9:55 - Partner spotlight - Jan De Nul
10:00 - Nova College

10:20 - IBO Gyudon

10:40 - Ecole des Ponts

11:15 - Partner sportlight - Parkwind
11:20 - Taka 4 Ventis

11:40 - Trinity Floating Wind Team

12:00 - TetraTurbine

13:05 - Partner sportlight - Seaway7

13:10 - Njord

13:30 - AtlantiCS

13:50 - OceanSpire

14:25 - Partner sportlight - Bekaert

14:30 - Eolita

14:50 - Luck of the Sea

15:25 - Partner sportlight - SMULDERS

15:30 - MOZU

15:50 - Wind4Life

16:10 - Partner spotlight - EDF | Vestas | ABN AMRO

16:20 - Closing remarks

Competition

9 July

10:00 - 10:15 Debrief on the beach

10:15 - 12:00 Preparation structures on beach

12:00 - 13:00 Installation of the structures - safety check need to be completed prior to installation

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch - sandwiches will be provided

13:00 - 16:00 Floating wind structures testing and monitoring

16:00 - 17:00 Decommissioning

19:00 - 21:00 Jury deliberation - prize ceremony next day around noon - between the morning and afternoon boat visits

Local pre-competition events

EDF Coaching day

Industry coaching of the teams and access to EDF wave tank testing facility. Fun and educational day at EDF Lab !
Date: 8 April 2025
Location: EDF R&D Lab Chatou 🇫🇷
Max. 4 teams. Register by email - floatingwindchallenge@gmail.com