Modular multi-purpose offshore platforms, the TROPOS project approach

Abstract

The development of a multi-purpose offshore platform system which could integrate a range of functions from the transport, energy, aquaculture and leisure sectors would help overcome challenges in each of the individual sectors as well as providing additional benefits to society. The FP7 funded TROPOS project approach to this challenge and opportunity is to develop a modular multi-use platform for exploitation in deep waters, with a focus on the Mediterranean, tropical and subtropical regions in which this type of structure could be particularly feasible and important.