Physical Modelling - Marine Renewable Energies
Engineering, model making, testing, post-processing and analysis of results...
Our services
- Tests protocol engineering/li>
- Scale models making
- Basin operation
- Post-processing and analysis of results
- Recommendations on the design of structures
Océanide offers its 30 years of experience and expertise in physical model testing developed for the Oil & Gas industry to the main actors of the marine renewable energies. This activity, started in 2001 with first basin tests on floating offshore wind turbine concepts, is today the main company activity. Among the numerous projects and concepts tested in the deep-water tank BGO FIRST, mention can be made of the followings:
- FloatGen Project: the France’s first offshore wind turbine – and floating – installed in 2017 off the coast of Le Croisic
- Kriegers Flak wind farm: Denmark´s largest offshore wind farm (fixed offshore wind turbine) with a capacity of ~600MW
- EolMed and PGL (Provence Grande Large) projects: 2 of the 4 French pilot floating offshore wind farms scheduled for installation in 2023
Offshore wind – Floating foundations
| Client | Projet |
|---|---|
| IDEOL / TOTAL QUADRAN | EolMed: floating wind farm pilot project |
| EDF-EN / SBM | Provence Grand Large: floating wind farm pilot project |
| UK Department of Energy and Climate Change / MEES-DORIS | AWC: Articulated Wind Column |
| DIETSWELL | EolFloat: semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine |
| MAREAL | XCF: semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine |
Offshore wind – Fixed foundations
| Client | Projet |
|---|---|
| ENERGYNET / JanDeNul | Kiegers Flak: Model tests on the GBS supporting the Offshore Substations |
| EIFFAGE / JanDeNul | Fécamp : Model tests on the GBS supporting the wind turbines |
| ACCIONA | ARGO: Model tests on the GBS supporting the wind turbines |
| Carbon Trust / SPT | SIWT: Suction Installed Wind Turbine |
| JanDeNul | Monopile installation template |
Offshore wind – Installation and maintenance vessels
| Client | Projet |
|---|---|
| TECHNIP | WFIV : Wind Farm Installation Vessel |
| CNIM | Windkeeper : Offshore wind farm support and maintenance vessel |
| SAIPEM | Castoro Vento : Offshore wind turbines installation vessel |
| TECHNIP | TECHNIP DISV : Deck Salvage Installation Vessel |
Other marine renewables
| Client | Projet |
|---|---|
| VirginiaTech | Current + Wave energy converter |
| FPP | Wind + Wave energy converter |
| ORECON | OWC : Wave energy converter |
| D2M | Bilboquet: Wave energy converter |
| OCEANLINX | Bluewave WEC: Wave energy converter |