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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

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

  • Afternoon visit: 13:30

Registrations will open soon

8 July
Presentations

Conference with presentations of the teams and the jury partners.

Expected timing: 10:00 - 17:30

11 July
Yard visit

For those staying longer, we're planning to organise a site visit to see construction of Genacker and Baltyck substations + Princess Elisabeth Island (TBC). We're looking into getting a bus to facilitate transport.  

9 July
Competition day
  • 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 - Trinity Floating Wind Team

10:20 - IBO Gyudon

10:40 - Ecole des Ponts


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

11:40 - Nova College

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

15:10 - MOZU

15:45 - Partner sportlight - SMULDERS

15:50 - Ocean11

16:10 - Wind4Life

16:30 - Partner spotlight - EDF | Vestas | ABN AMRO

16:40 - 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

Tokyo Wind Expo 2025 - Offshore Wind Student Day
  • Date: 21 February 2025

  • Location: Tokyo Big Sight, Wind Expo 2025 🇯🇵

  • Check out the flyer

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Canada selection competition
  • Event organised by COVE

  • Date: 22 February 2025

  • Location: RelyOnNutec, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦

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Techport innovation tribe
  • Industry coaching day for Nova College team

  • Date: 12 December 2024

  • Location: Bluewater Energy Services, Hoofddorp 🇳🇱

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