Ocean energy in Bretagne region

BRETAGNE, YOUR BEST PARTNER

Bretagne is a land of opportunity for marine energy related activities in France. Bretagne acquired this central status gradually through established regional policies, based on experience and the innovations of businesses and traditional and natural energy resources.

/ BRETAGNE LEADING THE WAY

  • Bretagne’s commitment : Bretagne’s regional electric plan aims at bringing renewable energy production to 3,600 MW by 2020
  • Proactive stakeholder

/ MRE RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTATION : A PIONEERING REGION

  • 50% of the national workforce in marine R&D
  • 1 Sea Innovation cluster : “Pôle Mer Bretagne”
  • National Institute for Excellence in Marine Energy : “France Energies Marines”, based in Brest
  • 2 test sites, 4 pilot plants, 5 technologies, 1 test-bed

/ LOGISTICS AND FACILITY SOLUTIONS

  • Development masterplan of the port of Brest : over 36Ha of public land
  • Key figures : a wharf of 350 x 40m, 15 t/m² and a wharf of 210 x 60 m, 10 t/m² - A shared dockside handling platform of 2ha, 15 t/m² - A reinforced land-based plateform of 36 ha 4 t/m² - 12 CM underwharf

/ INDUSTRY DYNAMICS

  • Leveraging synergies between skills and resources : invested shipbuilding, composite materials, mechanics, smart grids, new technologies

/ A RESERVOIR OF MRE KNOW-HOW

  • A skilled and experienced workforce
  • An established training framework

News

Symposium on offshore wind 03/05/2011/le 23 03 2011

Bretagne Pole Naval & ICC of Brest organize a seminar on offshore wind.It will be held Tuesday, April 5 at ESC Superior Trade School Bretagne Brest


Launch of a new solar power plant in Bretagne/le 02 12 2010

The Armorgreen company, subsidiary of Legendre group, has just announced the start-up of 2 solar power plants, one in Rennes and the other in Rouen.