French wind power industry exhibits at the 2015 EWEA OFFSHORE 2015 trade fair

Feb. 23, 2015 - PRLog -- French wind power industry exhibits

at the 2015 EWEA OFFSHORE 2015 trade fair

Copenhagen – 10-12 March 2015

BUSINESS FRANCE, in partnership with France Energie Eolienne and the Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables under the Windustry France banner, is organising the French pavilion at EWEA OFFSHORE, Europe’s leading trade fair featuring offshore wind power, to be held this year in Copenhagen.

Twenty-one French wind power experts will be presenting their technologies and innovations on a 180-square-metre national pavilion during the 3 days of exhibition, conferences and industrial meetings. The French companies are seeking to position themselves as contenders in the eyes of the international decision-makers attending this flagship event of the wind power industry.

To meet the challenges of climate change, growing demand for energy and the gradual depletion of fossil fuels as well as the volatile price of oil, renewable energies are enjoying especially strong development across the world.

In many respects, France is an ideal country to develop wind power. Giving onto the English Channel, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, France has an extensive coastline with a high potential for the development of offshore wind power. The French government aims to reach 6 GWe of installed capacity in marine energies by 2020, i.e. 3.5% of French electric power consumption.

According to the renewable energy union, France’s offshore production potential has been estimated at 15,000 MW by 2030. This means not only a source of renewable energy for millions of households, but also thousands of jobs linked to the rise of this new industry. France ranks 4^th in Europe in terms of installed capacity and power production. It benefits from genuine expertise on both a European and global level. Come and meet some of Frances biggest players active in wind power industry at the BUSINESS FRANCE pavilion, Hall A, booths A-D22, A-E22 and A-D16.

The companies:

ACEBI (Booth A-D22)designs and manufactures rescue equipment and bridges to access wind turbines from ships.

AMO-EOLYHD (Booth A-E22) Agence Maritime de l’Ouestis engaged in shipbuilding, ship management, charter brokering and port operation.

CETEAL SAS (Booth A-D16) is an expert in offshore wind turbine structural engineering.

IN VIVO ENVIRONNEMENT (Booth A-E22) is an engineering firm specialising in marine environmental consultancy.

ORANGE MARINE (Booth A-E22) is specialised in the field of subsea telecommunications, from the initial design and engineering to the installation of intercontinental cable links and maintenance of existing cables.

QUIET OCEANS(Booth A-E22) offers solutions for forecasting, monitoring and reducing underwater noise.

RTSYS (Booth A-E22) is a specialist in underwater and active/passive acoustics.

SERGI (Booth A-E15) is an engineering company originally specialised in the design and manufacture of oil-filled transformer fire extinguishing systems. Since then, the company has moved into the transformer fire protection business.

VALOREM (Booth A-D22) is an operator in green energy and a recognised expert in operation monitoring studies, project development and renewable energy farm construction.


Associations, clusters and schools:

BREIZH’EMR (Booth A-E22) A Brittany cluster, federating some fifteen complementary companies involved in the Renewable Marine Energy supply chain.

BRETAGNE COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL (Booth A-E22): Regional agency supporting companies at the international levelin Brittany.

BRETAGNE POLE NAVAL (BoothA-E22) supports the economic growth of more than 125 companies involved in the following 3 industries: Shipbuilding, Renewable Marine Energy, Offshore Oil & Gas.

ECOLE CENTRALE (BoothA-D22)is one of France’s top engineering schools, offering engineer training and master’s and doctoral degree programmes.

ENERGIE HAUTE NORMANDIE (BoothA-D16)Association of Normandy energy sector companies.

ENSM – Ecole Nationale Superieure Maritime (Booth A-D22) Engineering school, offering master’s degree in Freight shipping sector.

OUEST NORMANDIES ENERGIES MARINES (BoothA-D16),Regional Renewable Marine Energy Agency from West Normandie

PAYS DE LA LOIRE(BoothA-D22): The economic development agency of the “Pays de la Loire” region implements its Regional Development Policy.

PORT DE BREST: The port of Brest is organising a 50-hectare zone dedicated and suited to bottom-mounted and floating offshore wind turbines. The technical specifications of the layout have been designed to incorporate, handle and store large-scale systems as well as services proposed especially to meet the needs of manufacturers involved in marine energy and, more specifically offshore wind turbines.


Universite de Nantes(BoothA-D22): one of France’s biggest universities located in the Pays de la Loire region, providing training in the Marine Energy Sector.