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In assessing the proposals received under the call for proposals referred to in Article 12(1), the Commission shall apply the following award criteria: maturity, defined as reaching the investment stage, and incurring substantial capital expenditure by the end of 2010; the extent to which lack of access to finance is delaying the implementation of the action; 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; 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: the balancing of the variability of wind electricity through integrative systems; the existence of large-scale storage systems; the management of wind farms as virtual power plants (more than 1 GW); the existence of turbines placed further from the shore or in deeper waters (20 to 50 m) than is currently standard; novel sub-structure designs; or processes for assembly, installation, operation and decommissioning and testing of these processes in life-size projects; the innovative features of the project and the extent to which it will demonstrate the implementation of such features; the impact of the project and its contribution to the Community’s offshore wind grid system, including its replication potential; 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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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.