ORESA

Sustainability and profitability are often seen as contradictory, making it difficult to integrate sustainable practices. However, there is increasing recognition that sustainable design can provide a competitive advantage.

Several EU policies link a resilient renewable energy mix to biodiversity and sustainability challenges. In addition, there is increasing demand from the market to minimise environmental impacts, for example in offshore wind projects.

However, many renewable energy innovations fail because sustainability is not taken into account from the very start. ORESA (Offshore Renewable Energy Sustainability Alliance) brings together organisations from five North-Western European countries to address this.

The partners in ORESA (Offshore Renewable Energy Sustainability Alliance) aim to promote sustainability in the offshore renewable energy sector. Within this scope, they focus on four key topics:

• life cycle assessment;
• circularity;
• nature-inclusive design; and
• linking profitability to environmental sustainability.

ORESA's transnational nature offers the partners a unique opportunity to develop a joint solution that combines the strengths of all regions involved.

The project's primary objectives include:

• Designing an accelerator strategy that helps innovative organisations meet increasingly stringent sustainability requirements;
• Setting up a pilot to apply the accelerator to 25 SMEs to increase their competitiveness;
• Use ORESA’s expertise in 30 capacity-building activities (such as deep dives, training and videos) to engage stakeholders and future employees in offshore sustainability and thus achieve lasting change.