Chapter 12
The EU-Project “TROPOS”
Nikos Papandroulakis, Claudia Thomsen, Katja Mintenbeck,
Pedro Mayorga and José Joaquín Hernández-Brito
Abstract The global population is growing and the demand for food and energy is
steadily increasing. Coastal space all over the world becomes increasingly limited
and near-shore resources are often already heavily exploited. The use of offshore
regions may provide new opportunities, but also involves major challenges such as
the development of designs and technologies suitable for offshore condition. The
floating TROPOS ‘Green & Blue’ modular multi-use platform concept introduced
in this chapter is especially designed for offshore conditions and provides solutions
for the problems and obstacles involved in “moving offshore”. The Green & Blue
platform concept integrates fish and algae aquaculture with a wind farm. The
floating multi-use approach allows for platform operation in deep waters and the
promotion of synergies such as joint logistics, shared infrastructure and services,
thereby making the use of offshore resources viable and profitable.
N. Papandroulakis (&)
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology Biotechnology
and Aquaculture, AquaLabs, Gournes, Heraklion GR 71500, Crete, Greece
e-mail: npap@hcmr.gr
C. Thomsen
Phytolutions GmbH, Campus Ring 1, Bremen 28759, Germany
K. Mintenbeck
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Integrative
Ecophysiology/Marine Aquaculture, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
P. Mayorga
EnerOcean S.L, Bulevar Louis Pasteur 5, Of.321, Málaga 29010, Spain
J.J. Hernández-Brito
PLOCAN (Consorcio Para La Construcción, Equipamiento Y Explotación de La Plataforma
Oceánica de Canarias), Crta. de Taliarte, s/n, Telde 35200, Spain
© The Author(s) 2017
B.H. Buck and R. Langan (eds.), Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites
in the Open Ocean, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-51159-7_12
355
The EU-Project “TROPOS”
Nikos Papandroulakis, Claudia Thomsen, Katja Mintenbeck,
Pedro Mayorga and José Joaquín Hernández-Brito
Abstract The global population is growing and the demand for food and energy is
steadily increasing. Coastal space all over the world becomes increasingly limited
and near-shore resources are often already heavily exploited. The use of offshore
regions may provide new opportunities, but also involves major challenges such as
the development of designs and technologies suitable for offshore condition. The
floating TROPOS ‘Green & Blue’ modular multi-use platform concept introduced
in this chapter is especially designed for offshore conditions and provides solutions
for the problems and obstacles involved in “moving offshore”. The Green & Blue
platform concept integrates fish and algae aquaculture with a wind farm. The
floating multi-use approach allows for platform operation in deep waters and the
promotion of synergies such as joint logistics, shared infrastructure and services,
thereby making the use of offshore resources viable and profitable.
N. Papandroulakis (&)
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology Biotechnology
and Aquaculture, AquaLabs, Gournes, Heraklion GR 71500, Crete, Greece
e-mail: npap@hcmr.gr
C. Thomsen
Phytolutions GmbH, Campus Ring 1, Bremen 28759, Germany
K. Mintenbeck
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Integrative
Ecophysiology/Marine Aquaculture, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
P. Mayorga
EnerOcean S.L, Bulevar Louis Pasteur 5, Of.321, Málaga 29010, Spain
J.J. Hernández-Brito
PLOCAN (Consorcio Para La Construcción, Equipamiento Y Explotación de La Plataforma
Oceánica de Canarias), Crta. de Taliarte, s/n, Telde 35200, Spain
© The Author(s) 2017
B.H. Buck and R. Langan (eds.), Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites
in the Open Ocean, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-51159-7_12
355