+Article 14 2.

Article 14 2.

In assessing the proposals received under the call for proposals referred to in Article 12(1), the Commission shall apply the following award criteria:

(a) 

maturity, defined as reaching the investment stage, and incurring substantial capital expenditure by the end of 2010;

(b) 

the extent to which lack of access to finance is delaying the implementation of the action;

(c) 

the extent to which the project improves or increases the scale of installations and infrastructures that are already under construction, or are in the planning phase;

(d) 

the extent to which the project includes the construction of full-size and industrial-scale installations and infrastructures, and addresses in particular the following matters:

(i) 

the balancing of the variability of wind electricity through integrative systems;

(ii) 

the existence of large-scale storage systems;

(iii) 

the management of wind farms as virtual power plants (more than 1 GW);

(iv) 

the existence of turbines placed further from the shore or in deeper waters (20 to 50 m) than is currently standard;

(v) 

novel sub-structure designs; or

(vi) 

processes for assembly, installation, operation and decommissioning and testing of these processes in life-size projects;

(e) 

the innovative features of the project and the extent to which it will demonstrate the implementation of such features;

(f) 

the impact of the project and its contribution to the Community’s offshore wind grid system, including its replication potential;

(g) 

the commitment demonstrated by the beneficiaries to disseminate to other European operators the results of technological advances made by the project in a manner compatible with Community law and in particular with the objectives and structures outlined in the Strategic Energy Technology Plan for Europe.

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