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The French Tidal Energy Market
Bristol Tidal Energy Forum 04/2014
Renaud LaborbeCTO – Open Ocean
Outline
1. OPEN OCEAN
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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2013
Mai
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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
SEENEOHGaronne river
Stone Bridge, Downtown Bordeaux
Max currentspeed: 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 PassageOuessant Island
Alderney RaceWest Normandy Region
6 projects4 to 10 TECs each
1 Project: 3 to 10 TECsElectricity storage needed
7 projectsConnected to the grid
2 500 MWh/year/turbine
FITT : 173 €/MWh – 20 years
~30 M€ / farm of public funding
Production 2016 -> 2018 (?)
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FRENCH TIDAL PILOT FARMS RFI
Alderney RaceLower Normandy Region
6 projects4 to 10 TECs
EDF ENDCNS Open Hydro 2 MW
GDF-SUEZ ALSTOM (TGL) 1.4 MWVoith Hydro 1 MW
UNITeSiemens 2 MW
JP Energie EnvironnementTidalys – floating device – 2.5 MW100 % local content
CMN - ValoremHydroquest 1.3 MWVertical axis
Blue Shark AtlantiqueBlue Shark Gem – floating device
2014
Declared candidates
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FRENCH TIDAL PILOT FARMS RFI
Fromveur PassageOuessant Island
1 Project: 3 to 10 TECsElectricity storage needed
Sabella has been studying and testing this site for years
Siemens ?
GDF-Suez ?
2014
Some uncertainties about the declaredcandidates
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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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