Energy transition at the heart of research
Published on September 29, 2021 – Updated on October 14, 2021
Research at Centrale Nantes is structured around three major challenges: the factory of the future, energy transition and engineering for health. In 2020, the projects that contributed to facilitating energy transition were particularly noteworthy. They involved for instance the use of marine renewable energy and research into sustainable concrete.
- EOLINK's latest-generation floating wind turbine to be tested on Centrale Nantes’ SEM-REV offshore test siteDecember 11, 2020On 3 December, the company EOLINK and Centrale Nantes formally agreed to install a 5MW floating wind turbine on the SEM-REV test site, off the coast from Le Croisic. Since hosting FLOATGEN, the first floating wind turbine in France on site from 2018, Centrale Nantes is pushing ahead and is set to welcome EOLINK shortly with its innovative and promising wind turbine prototype.
- SWEL tests its wave system in the Ocean tank of Centrale Nantes, as part of the MEA projectNovember 18, 2020SWEL, Sea Wave Energy Ltd, is a UK based company with its testing facilities located in Larnaca, Cyprus. The company came to Centrale Nantes in October under the MEA programme, an Interreg North West Europe project which aims to increase the technical and commercial maturity of upcoming technologies by providing access to industry leading testing facilities and experts from over the EU.
- Sea-GRID Call for Expression of Interest - Five innovative projects selected to advance offshore energy production on the SEM-REV siteSeptember 22, 2020The partners of the Sea-GRID Call for Expression of Interest unveiled today the five winning projects! Enthusiastic responses were received across the board to this call, which aims to develop concrete and innovative solutions for the smart management of electricity produced offshore on the Centrale Nantes test site, SEM-REV. The selected projects focus on new energy storage solutions, multi-use offshore platforms, onshore uses and the development of an underwater hub...
- Naval Group, Sirehna and Centrale Nantes renew their Joint Laboratory of Marine TechnologySeptember 9, 2020On 4 September, Naval Group, Sirehna and Centrale Nantes signed an agreement to continue their co-operation within their joint research laboratory, the Joint Laboratory of Marine Technology.
- MARINE ENERGY ALLIANCE call #2 awardedJune 18, 2020Marine Energy Alliance has reached a new milestone in june by awarding services to 23 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through its Second Call for Applications.
- Research collaboration between the LHEEA (Centrale Nantes/CNRS), CRITTM2A and Gamma TechnologiesMay 6, 2020The CRITT M2A Electrical Test Centre started work on the PEGAS²E (Energy Performance, Management and Autonomy of Electrical Storage Systems) four-year research programme on October 1st 2019.
