Musica

Title: MUSICA Project – Multiple Use of Space for Island Clean Autonomy
Start Date: January 2020
End date: January 2025
Funding Body: Horizon 2020
Project Coordinator: University College Cork
Project Partners: University College Cork, Heriot-Watt University, University of the Aegean, Municipality of Chios, University of Malta, Coral Ltd, International Consortium of Research Staff Associations, Network of Sustainable Greek Islands, Platforma Oceania de Canarias, Innosea, Aquabiotech Ltd, NeoDyne Ltd, SinnPower Gmbh, INSB Class International, Classification Society, Forkys
Project Manager: Kevin Leyne
Website: Musica.eu

Introduction

MUSICA will provide a full suite of Blue Growth solutions for a small island.

Aim

We are working to develop a one-stop solution in a Multi-Use Platform, which will produce electricity and fresh water using renewable power from the wind and waves.

MUSICA will provide a full suite of Blue Growth solutions for a small island including three forms of renewable energy (RE): wind, Photovoltaic (PV) and wave, innovative energy storage systems on the MUP, smart energy system for the island, desalinated water and green support services for island’s aquaculture.

The overall Aim of MUSICA will be achieved by developing a replicable smart MUP. MUSICA will advance the existing FP7 funded MUP concept developed by the University of the Aegean (UoAeg) and EcoWindWater (EWW), (MUP called EWW in this proposal), currently at TRL5, to TRL7.

The EWW floating platform was successfully trialled in Heraclea in 2010 for 2 years, funded by FP7 of €2.8M, €1.8M national funds, remainder EU ESCF Cohesion Fund).