Projects

The Coastbusters project tests the capacity and added value of certain biological organisms for coastal defense. A stronger and more resilient coast will also have a positive impact on nature and biodiversity in the North Sea.

The health of our seas is under pressure. Within the BlueActionBANOS project, European partners are joining forces to deliver tangible solutions for cleaner, more resilient and more sustainable oceans. The project focuses primarily on the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.

Natural solutions are playing an increasingly important role in sustainable coastal management, but a sound scientifically based financing framework is still lacking. Coastbusters FINESSE wants to change this.

The partners in the Coastbusters project LANICE strive for sustainable systems to manage the Belgian coast. Within this scope, they investigate to what extent the sand mason worm can play a role in stabilising sediment and increasing biodiversity at the Belgian coast.

In the GAME project, experts from Ghent University and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) combine their knowledge in a wide range of fields to unveil the potential of Porphyra, an edible red seaweed.

The partners in the Reefcovery project are developing various methods for the restoration of oyster reefs in the North Sea. These oyster reefs can then be used to arrive at a nature-inclusive design for infrastructure at sea and along the coast.

Offshore renewable energy and its impact on the marine environment constitute a cross-border challenge. However, there is not a single organisation in North-West Europe that specialises in all aspects of offshore sustainability. ORESA aims to tackle this issue.

The partners in ICONIC strive to develop innovative digital and physical instruments to fundamentally improve the integrated control of wind farms. This involves looking at the entire physical system and the complex aerodynamic interactions between turbines.

The partners in the CORE project are developing various models and methods to optimise the yield of new and existing wind farms. Specific relevant challenges at the Belgian and European level are taken into account.

There is a growing need for energy storage and grid stability, in part within the scope of the construction of additional offshore wind farms in the Belgian North Sea. The OASIS project supports new, innovative business activities that provide an answer to this.

The NESBp project brings together European policymakers, researchers and organisations to share knowledge and align the way maritime space is used. At its core is an integrated, ecosystem-based approach that ensures sustainable and balanced development at sea.

The aim of the three-year WETCOAST project is to gain more insight into carbon storage in salt marshes and mangroves. In this way, the partners are taking an important step towards natural solutions that can be financed with carbon credits.