FWP 2017 l Olivia THILLEUL, Centrale Nantes “Floatgen @ SEM-REV: a successful partnership between the world’s first multi-technology offshore test-site and France´s first offshore wind turbine”

1. 03/10/2017
Floatgen on SEM-REV
Olivia THILLEUL
Condi:ons to welcome a FOWT on a test site

2. Centrale Nantes
38 partners countries
2000 students
First rate research (public-private)

3. Strategy to support MRE development
Model tests
Numerical
modelling
Tests at sea

4. SEM-REV : Construction
2009: - Funding, permits : site 12 nm from the coast
- Environnemental monitoring

5. SEM-REV : Construction
Research center
Electric cable
Concrete mattress
2012: - Export cable, grid connec=on
- Base building

6. SEM-REV : Construction
Research center
Electric cable
Concrete mattressSubsea hub
2015: - Subsea connec=on system (Hub)
- Dynamic cable for floa=ng MRE (used by Floatgen)
Cost: 20 M€ - Owner / Exploitatin: Centrale Nantes
Movie

7. SEM-REV : Construction
o Ini=al environnemental impacts study
o Safety / security procedure
o Risk analysis
o Preven=on plans
o Insurance
2017: The Floatgen project arrives on SEM-REV

8. www.ec-nantes.fr - www.semrev.fr -
Many Thanks