A national resource centre for the ORE sector
RESCORE is the national resource centre dedicated to the French ORE sector. It takes the form of a web portal that provides centralised access to various useful information for players in the sector, such as environmental and physical data, reports, recommendations and bibliographies from France Energies Marines’ R&D projects.
Our service offer based on high added value expertise
In order to sustain its development model, France Energies Marines also offers R&D services based on a detailed analysis of the market and adapted to the needs of the industry. It is structured around four areas: engineering and software development, studies and audits, instruments and performance, and representation and coordination.
- Biofouling and measuring buoys
- Characterisation of the resource and sites
- Design, offshore operations and sea states
- Ecosystem approach
- Electric cables and moorings
- Marine life monitoring
- Mediterranean Observatory for Floating Wind
- Optimisation of wind farms
- ORE expert panels
- Training
Sheets summarising the results of our collaborative R&D project
At the end of each of the collaborative projects that we carry out, we prepare a fact sheet that includes the context, objectives, main achievements, output resources and a short conclusion on the work carried out.
- Site characterization:
- Wind characterisation: CARAVELE Project (2017-2021)
- Extreme sea states: DIME Project (2017-2021)
- Geotechnics and geophysics: GEOSISMEM Project (2018-2022), SOLCYP+ Project (2017-2020)
- Hydrodynamics and sediment transport: HYD2M Project (2016-2019), MUSCATTS Project (2018-2020), PHYSIC Project (2016-2019), THYMOTE Project (2016-2019)
- Offshore research platform: FOWRCE SEA Project (2020-2021)
- System design and monitoring:
- Biofouling: ABIOP Project (2017-2018), ABIOP+ Project (2019-2022)
- Electrical cables: STHYF Project (2017-2019), OMDYN2 Project (2018-2021)
- Durability of structures: INDUSCOL Project (2016-2020)
- Mooring in-service monitoring: MHM-EMR Project (2017-2020)
- Polyamide mooring: POLYAMOOR Project (2017-2020)
- Optimisation of farms:
- Farm design: VALARRAY Project (2018-2019), DTOCEANPLUS Project (2017-2021)
- Electrical substations: LISORE Project (2019-2020)
- Environmental integration:
A collection of publications resulting from R&D work
In 2018, France Energies Marines launched a publishing activity in order to bring together in a single collection books resulting from R&D work. Several recommendation reports, bibliographical summaries and teaching bulletins have already been published or are in the process of being published.
Reports
- Bibliographical Atlas of Biofouling Along the French Coasts in the Context of Offshore Renewable Energy (November 2018) Quillien N. et al., 70 p. > Order
- Characterisation of the potential impacts of subsea power cables associated with offshore renewable energy projects (May 2021) Taormina et al., 74 p. > Download
- Recommendations for the quantitative assessment of metal inputs in the marine environment from the galvanic anodes of ORE structures (December 2020) Michelet et al., 34 p. > Download
Bulletins
- Can fixed-foundation offshore wind farms generate dangerous waves? | COME3T Bulletin N°1 (December 2019) 11 p. > Download
- Does the colonisation of ORE farms facilitate the introduction and spread of non-indigenous species? | COME3T Bulletin N°2 (December 2019) 11 p. > Download
- The reef effect induced by wind farms and their grid connection | COME3T Bulletin N°3 (March 2022) 16 p. > Download
- How can the impacts of an operating wind farm on marine mammals be assessed? | COME3T Bulletin N°4 (March 2022) 20 p. > Download
- To study the effect on marine ecosystems of noise emitted by offshore wind farms during construction and operation phases, is it relevant to focus on a few species? | COME3T Bulletin N°5 (September 2022) 20 p. > Download
- Can the development of offshore renewable energy projects and their shore connection have an effect on the evolution of the coastline? | COME3T Bulletin N°6 (September 2022) 20 p. > Download
Valorisation of R&D in scientific publications
Since 2014, France Energies Marines has been committed to ensuring that the results of the R&D work carried out by its team, as well as those of its members and partners, are promoted and published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
List of published scientific articles (PDF)
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