The document summarizes the French tidal energy market, outlining that France has a potential 4GW of tidal energy. It describes the various political support initiatives at both the national and regional levels, including demonstration projects and funding. Several tidal energy device developers are noted as active in France. Finally, the document discusses an RFI for 7 tidal pilot farm projects across two key sites, and lists some of the declared candidates for these projects.

1. The French Tidal
Energy Market
Bristol Tidal Energy Forum
04/2014
Renaud Laborbe
CTO – Open Ocean
contact@openocean.fr

2. Outline
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2. TIDAL STREAM ENERGY POTENTIAL IN FRANCE
3. POLITICAL WILL
• NATIONAL
• REGIONAL
• R&D - TESTING SITES
4. TIDAL ENERGY DEVICE DEVELOPERS
5. FRENCH TIDAL PILOT FARMS RFI
• Alderney Race
• Fromveur Passage

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TIDAL STREAM ENERGY POTENTIAL IN FRANCE
4 GW tidal energy potential (source: Open Ocean)
2014
Source: Report Tidal Energy in France, Open Ocean

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POLITICAL WILL : NATIONAL
• RFP for MRE demonstrators - Tidal
– ORCA (ALSTOM)
– Sabella D10
• grid connected by the end of 2014
• RFP Technological building blocks
– Up to 50% of public funding
• RFI Tidal Pilot Farms - F. Hollande
– 7 Tidal Pilot Farms – 2 sites
– Deadline : April 25th – May 16th 2014
• ADEME : French Environment and
Energy Management Agency
– Ministry for Ecology and Energy
– Ministry for Higher Education and Research
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2009
Oct
2013
Mai
2014
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POLITICAL WILL : REGIONAL
• WEST NORMANDY
– Location
• 50 % of tidal potential
• Offshore wind farm
– Grid connection
• Up to 1.5 GW with few
adjustments
• 3.5 GW possible
– Port Infrastructures
• Cherbourg
• Turbine manufacturing
– Alstom
– DCNS ,Siemens, Voith
• BRITTANY
– Fromveur Passage
– Port Infrastructures
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WEST NORMANDY
BRITTANY
Cherbourg
Brest
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POLITICAL WILL : R&D - TESTING SITES
Paimpol Bréhat
Instruments/Substation testing
Max current speed:
2.6 m/s
SEENEOH
Garonne river
Stone Bridge, Downtown Bordeaux
Max current
speed: 3.5 m/s
Tidal influence
2014

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TIDAL ENERGY DEVICE DEVELOPERS
Guinard
2014

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PROGRESS - 04/2014
• NO TURBINE GRID
CONNECTED
– Arcouest (Open Hydro)
• Immerged since 10/2013 in
Paimpol - Bréhat
• Grid connection  end of 2014
– Sabella D10
• End of 2014
• Thetis 2014 Tradeshow
– 3 500 visitors, 262 exhibitors
– More and more components in
the supply chain (lubricant,
electrical part…)
– Less than 35 % of foreign
exhibitors
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Source : DCNS
Source : THETIS 2014
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FRENCH TIDAL PILOT FARMS RFI
Fromveur Passage
Ouessant Island
Alderney Race
West Normandy Region
6 projects
4 to 10 TECs each
1 Project: 3 to 10 TECs
Electricity storage needed
7 projects
Connected to the grid
2 500 MWh/year/turbine
FITT : 173 €/MWh – 20 years
~30 M€ / farm of public funding
Production 2016 -> 2018 (?)
2014

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FRENCH TIDAL PILOT FARMS RFI
Alderney Race
Lower Normandy Region
6 projects
4 to 10 TECs
 EDF EN
DCNS Open Hydro 2 MW
 GDF-SUEZ
ALSTOM (TGL) 1.4 MW
Voith Hydro 1 MW
 UNITe
Siemens 2 MW
 JP Energie Environnement
Tidalys – floating device – 2.5 MW
100 % local content
 CMN - Valorem
Hydroquest 1.3 MW
Vertical axis
 Blue Shark Atlantique
Blue Shark Gem – floating device
2014
Declared candidates

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FRENCH TIDAL PILOT FARMS RFI
Fromveur Passage
Ouessant Island
1 Project: 3 to 10 TECs
Electricity storage needed
 Sabella has been studying and
testing this site for years
 Siemens ?
 GDF-Suez ?
2014
Some uncertainties about the declared
candidates

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FRENCH TIDAL ENERGY MARKET : ONLY MADE IN FRANCE ?
• France is a solid market
– Big potential
– Political will
– Strong Industrial Companies
– Accessible by SMEs
• But, beside European tidal
energy systems, mainly French
consortiums
• MRE would beneficiate from
better collaboration between
France & UK
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