LHEEA Research Institute

Outstanding research facilities

WEAMEC (West Atlantic Marine Energy Community) brings together the Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) eco-system in the Pays de la Loire region within the fields of research, innovation and training.

 

Projects:

FARWIND
SOFTWIND
FLOATEOLE
...

 

SEM-REV

Operational multi-technology testing equipment


Development of marine renewable energies: Wave energy converters and offshore wind turbines
A new and growing sector in France and Europe.

Projects:

FORESEA
FLOATGEN
MaRINET2
FLOAWER
...
 

 

Smart Grids

RTE & Centrale Nantes International teaching and research Chair


Analysis and control of smart grids, within the context of energy transition
 

The FARWIND Project explores the feasibility of converting the far-offshore wind energy resource into renewable fuel production. This concept relies on a radically new technology: the energy ship. The energy ship is a ship propelled by wind sails that produce electricity using water turbines attached underneath their hull. The electricity is converted into an energy vector (e.g. hydrogen), stored on-board, and then brought to the consumers.
In practice, the energy ships could be deployed in fleets. They would be escorted by a dedicated tanker which would collect the produced energy, but would also act as a surveillance, control and service vessel.
Our research includes the development of numerical and physical models for the investigation, optimization and validation of the energy and economic performance of this new concept.