Lurederra, precursor of the MAREWIND project
29 June 2023
As precursor of the MAREWIND project, what led you to take the road to set the consortium and what’s your current role?
LUREDERRA has previous activities and very promising results on anticorrosion and antifouling coatings. The offshore market is a challenging sector, but our coating technology advancements have enabled us to effectively address its demand within the MAREWIND project.
Furthermore, LUREDERRA has a great expertise in EU-funded projects both as coordinator and part of the consortium. These prior experiences have equipped us with the expertise to confidently lead the proposal MAREWIND “MAterials solutions for cost Reduction and Extended service life on WIND off-shore ” in the topic LC-NMBP-31-2020; Materials for off shore energy (IA).
What are your ambitions in contributing to the European renewable energy targets?
To contribute to the development of the next generation of large offshore wind energy, LUREDERRA has leveraged its expertise to offer solutions that address the current challenges associated with anticorrosion and antifouling coatings.
What were the main challenges when defining the requirements of new materials?
The primary challenges when defining the requirements of anticorrosion and antifouling coatings are closely related to the extremely harsh conditions encountered in offshore wind farms. In particular the main challenge that anticorrosion coatings are facing is the resistance to combine elements such as UV, temperature, and carrion. Moreover, antifouling coatings have to deal with the efficient fouling barrier with a biocide free coating.
And those related to monitoring and predictive?
When exploring the requirements of monitoring, the main challenges are based on the definition of accurate technologies and the accessibility to farms for testing purposes. But, when referring to the requirements of predictability, a significant challenge arises in the form of the high volume of experimental data required.
What are the main results you have achieved as partner in the MAREWIND project?
Within our activities, the anticorrosion coating developed has revealed no corrosion damage after more than 4200 hours in saline mist chamber and has been tested based on specific conditions from ISO 12944-9 (Protective paint systems and laboratory performance test methods for offshore and marine related structures).On the other hand, the antifouling coating samples are being tested in PLOCAN facilities (PLataforma Oceánica de CANarias) according to ASTM 3623 regulation and demonstrating good results after 6 months of full immersion.
How do you see the future of the MAREWIND project?
As coordinator of the MAREWIND project, LUREDERRA is convinced of the success of the project. The efforts and engagement of the consortium to develop the MAREWIND technologies will yield fruitful results.
