Establish Water Ballast IP Consortium via NASA Patent Aggregation
- Organization
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) & Department of Energy ATLANTIS Program
- Sector
- Floating offshore wind platform design firms and project developers
- Location
- United States (with global offshore wind markets)
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Executive summary
Current state
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center holds a patented water ballast motion control technology for floating offshore wind platforms that has been prototyped and tested through the DOE's ATLANTIS program. The floating offshore wind industry faces critical stabilization challenges and has demonstrated active research interest in water ballast solutions, creating a clear asymmetry between NASA's validated but dormant IP and the industry's urgent need for deployable, cost-effective stabilization technology.
Market catalyst
NASA's single-patent licensing approach leaves the floating offshore wind industry with fragmented IP landscape for water ballast stabilization, requiring multiple licenses from different government labs, universities, and private holders to implement comprehensive solutions.
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