negative impacts of floating MUPs and configure the MUPs for the Mediterranean,
subtropical and tropical areas.
TROPOS project is divided into eight work packages (WPs), which
are completely interdependent and interactive with one another: WP1, Project
Management; WP2, Geographic and Module Benchmarking and Decision Methodology; WP3, Conceptual Design of Platform Components and Integration; WP4,
Engineering Specification for Chosen Platform Designs; WP5, Strategy: Economics,
Infrastructure and Logistics; WP6, Environmental and Socio-Economic Impact,
Legal Issues; WP7, Communication, Dissemination and Technology Transfer; and
WP8, Scientific and Technical Coordination. The successful completion of all the
work packages (Fig. 1.5) allows reaching the planned objectives of the project.
Throughout the project, the TROPOS consortium will be disseminating the
results of the project to multiple audiences, via different channels, at different
intervals, etc. This is necessary throughout the project to raise awareness and invite debate and comment on the scientific work which is being undertaken
while it is in progress as well as for the dissemination of the project’s deliverables
and results to promote uptake and increase impact of the project and its visibility and
credibility as possible. The project’s dissemination strategy uses the Internet, presentations, workshops, publications and the online project site. The open access
project deliverables, results, documentation, scientific publications and newsletters
ensure the awareness of the public.
Fig. 1.4 The TROPOS project. (Source: TROPOS 2012)
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