About
Founded in 2020, Forward2030 is a ngo specializing in Tidal, Wind, Hydrogen.
Forward2030 is a multi-partner research and development project funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme with €20.5 million in grant support. Led by Orbital Marine Power, the consortium includes six partners from the UK, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, and Belgium: ENGIE Laborelec, the Institute for Energy Systems at University of Edinburgh, SKF, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), MaREI Centre at University College Cork, and others. The project focuses on accelerating the commercial deployment of floating tidal stream energy through multiple technical innovations. Key objectives include: developing a multi-vector energy system combining floating tidal turbines with wind generation, grid export, battery storage, and green hydrogen production; reducing levelised cost of energy by an additional 25% by 2024; advancing Orbital's O2 floating turbine design with optimised power train solutions for volume manufacture; and deploying the technology at EMEC's Fall of Warness test site in Orkney, Scotland. The project aims to support Ocean Energy Europe's 2030 vision of 2030 MW tidal deployment, reduce life-cycle carbon emissions from 18 to 12 gCO2 eq/kWh, and develop smart energy management systems, operational forecasting tools, and environmental monitoring capabilities for large-scale tidal array integration.
Founded
2020
Company Type
NGO
Funding Stage
Active
Business Models
Value Chain
Industry Memberships
Ocean Energy Europe