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POM West Flanders & Blue Accelerator have won prestigious 'EU-Scores'-project
"EU-SCORES Project aims to deliver ‘world-first’ bankable hybrid offshore marine energy parks." The €45 million marine energy project -...
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"This upgrade offers our users more options and greater ease of use"
In August 2020, the Blue Accelerator test platform went ashore for a month for a thorough upgrade. Ben De Pauw provides some details...
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Blue Accelerator nominated for the Blue Innovation Awards
Our maritime test platform was nominated by the jury of the Blue Innovation Awards 2020 in the Blue Innovation Captain category, for...
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Blue Accelerator is back in place
15 september 2020 saw the re-installation of the container part of our Blue Accelerator maritime test platform on its monopile, near the...
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New board informs passers-by
Since early September 2020, people walking on the pier in Ostend will now see a board holding information about the Blue Accelerator test...
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Tom Baur joins our team!
On 17 August 2020, Tom Baur joined the Blue Accelerator team. He will look for new business opportunities for our maritime innovation and...
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Blue Accelerator gets an upgrade
The container part of our maritime test platform temporarily left the coast of Ostend on 20 August. The container was brought onshore in...
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Radiometer monitors algae blooms
The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), in collaboration with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), developed an...
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POM West Flanders enlists EMEC to bring blue economy test platform to market
POM West Flanders, the regional development agency for West Flanders, Belgium, has sought council from the renowned European Marine...
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Quick Wins: innovation through increased collaboration
POM West Flanders encourages innovation by stimulating cooperation between companies, via its Cluster Policy for the Blue Growth...
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Prototype testing by NEMOS
End of 2019, NEMOS successfully started testing its 2019 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) prototype at the Blue Accelerator test platform in...
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