UNITED

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The UNITED stands for "Multi-Use Platforms and Co-location Pilots Boosting Costeffective, and Eco-friendly and Sustainable Production in Marine Environments. The project is implementing the multi-use concept in 5 pilots across the 3 EU Sea Basins to test the viability of the multi-use concept (Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Greece). The project has already provided diverse solution on how the development of co-location of different activities in the same marine space could be a viable approach (economically, socially, and environmentally). Namely, the 5 UNITED pilots have reached the operational stage and three of them are located in challenging offshore environments (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany). For each of the pilots, the economic assessment is compiled as well as the business analysis. The pilots are further investigating profitability, risk and economic sustainability of multi-use developments. This work will feed into the Ocean Multi-Use Commercialisation Roadmap due by June 2023.

UNITED project is at its final stage where actions are taken to encourage the market uptake of and investments in its key exploitable results. The project is also encouraging the knowledge and technology transfer to facilitate further development of the ocean multi-use concept for a more sustainable and efficient use of ocean space and resources.

Duration: 01 January 2020 - 31 December 2023