A multidisciplinary team with cross-cutting skills dedicated to ORE R&D
A cross-cutting and complementary approach to R&D for greater efficiency
With its 70 employees, France Energies Marines has the largest dedicated ORE R&D team in France. This team tackles the locks of the ORE industry by relying on the network of experts from the national academic sector. The research carried out by the team is collaborative and focuses on issues shared by the players of the sector. The team has key skills in several complementary disciplines and can thus support the industry on a range of themes that are interdependent in concrete cases. This clearly illustrates the value of R&D carried out with a cross-cutting approach, particularly concerning technologies.
The profiles of the team members are distributed among the science and technology programs as follows:
Site characterisation: oceanographers who are experts in observing and modelling coastal sea states, hydrodynamic engineers, sedimentologists, information systems specialists…
Design and monitoring of systems: structural and fluid mechanics, specialized engineers in instrumentation and in-service monitoring…
Farm architecture and grid integration: offshore systems and structures engineers, electrical engineering…
This young team, but nevertheless endowed with cross-experience from the academic and industrial worlds, is the driving force behind the Institute’s service and research activities. To support its members, partners and clients, this team is recombined into small multidisciplinary units that join its network to carry out studies, deploy innovative methodologies, coordinate experts or support characterisation campaigns.
A thematic organisation reinforced by support services
France Energies Marines is headed by a Chairman and an Executive Director. The latter is in charge of the operational management of the teams. To carry out its collaborative R&D and services activities, the Institute is organised around four scientific and technological programmes. The head of each program, who reports directly to the Executive Director, leads a team of PhDs, engineers, post-docs and PhD students. The latter are either employees of France Energies Marines or staff provided by academic or industrial research teams. This gender mix is one of the Institute’s strengths, which also has another advantage, that of near parity between men and women.
The four programmes receive support in the following areas:
Scientific Management to coordinate the scientific activities of the Institute, to steer the process of generation and selection of projects, in particular those co-financed by the Investments for the Future Programme, to lead the R&D Committee of the members and to solicit the International Science and Technology Committee,
Development and Valorisation to develop partnerships, seek new associates and contributors, offer the Institute’s services to the sector and organise communication,
Operations and Quality to ensure the quality approach on all projects by monitoring the proper functioning and reporting of the R&D activity, but also to carry out reporting to French State departments and members,
Administrative, Financial and Legal to support the teams in the administrative management, to ensure that the contractual documents necessary for the operation of the Institute are drawn up and to ensure sound financial management.
The gender equality index for 2022 at France Energies Marines is 90/100. Designed by the Ministry of Employment, it is a simple and practical tool for advancing equality between women and men within the company. It enables the measurement of pay and status gaps and highlights the areas for improvement when these disparities are unjustified. Below 75/100, the company must implement corrective measures.
A presence spread throughout the territory for proximity to the sector players
Since its creation, the Institute has been keen to consider the specific nature of each of the maritime façades and to establish itself locally. This proximity to the academic players in the sector strengthens France Energies Marines’ scientific excellence and the alignment of its activities with the expectations of the blue economy.
The majority of the staff is based at France Energies Marines’ Headquarters in Brest within the Campus Mondial de la mer.
Two offices have also been created to enable the team to develop effective synergies with their local contacts. The Atlantic Office, located in Nantes, aims to develop partnerships with the abundant ORE ecosystem in the Pays de Loire region. The Mediterranean Office, located in Marseille, aims to support the development of floating wind farms in the Gulf of Lion.
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Chair and Executive Committee
Jean-Philippe Pagot
Chairman
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Herveline Gaborieau
Executive Director
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Hélène Lucas
Administration, Finance and Legal Director
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Jean-Francois Filipot
Scientific Director
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Site Characterisation R&D Programme
Florent Guinot
Site Characterisation R&D Manager
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Antoine Morvan
Postdoctoral research fellow in submarine cable thermics
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Nicolas Michelet
Hydrodynamics and seabed dynamics research engineer
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Maxime Thiébaut
Metocean Data Analysis Researcher
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Fabien Leckler
Modelling and Observation of Nearshore Sea States Researcher
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Rui Duarte
Tools and Methods for Site Characterisation Research Engineer
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Maëlle Nexer
Marine and coastal geosciences researcher
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Youen Kervella
Hydrodynamic Modelling Researcher
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Léo Vinour
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Development of a Parametric Model for Wind in Tropical Cyclones
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Robin Marcille
PhD student on probabilistic short-term forecasting of meteorological and oceanic data for maintenance optimisation
Marseille, Mediterranean Office of France Energies Marines
Florian Hulin
PhD Student in Hydrodynamic Loadings induced by Wave Impacts on Floating Wind Turbines
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Sophia Brumer
Postdoctoral research fellow in modelling the effect of sea spray on the marine atmospheric boundary layer
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Olivier Blanpain
Instrumentation and offshore deployment engineer
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Paul Renaud
Statistical Methods for Wind Energy Site Characterisation Engineer
Nantes, Atlantic Office of France Energies Marines
Marc Batlle Martin
Postdoctoral research fellow on the simulation of breaking wave impacts on floating wind turbines
Chatou, EDF R&D
Alban Gilletta
PhD student in numerical simulation of scouring around offshore wind turbine foundations
Grenoble, Laboratoire des Ecoulements Géophysiques et Industriels
Noémie Durand
Phd Student in Numerical Modelling of the Dynamics of Underwater Dunes
Chatou, Laboratoire d'hydraulique de Saint-Venant
Jean Dubranna
Engineer in calculation of offshore energy potential
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Olivier Mico
Offshore Operations Technician
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Nicolas Thébault
Atmospheric sensor data processing engineer
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Linta Vonta
Wind and Turbulence Characterisation Engineer
Marseille, Mediterranean Office of France Energies Marines
Design and Monitoring of Systems R&D Programme
Nicolas Ruiz
ORE Systems & Farms R&D Manager
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Romain Ribault
Mooring Systems and Offshore Monitoring Research Engineer
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Antoine Maison
Fluid and Structure Mechanics Research Engineer
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Guillaume Damblans
Expert in fluid-structure interactions
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Laure Civier
PhD Student in Monitoring of Polyamide Mooring Lines for Offshore Wind Turbines
Brest, ENSTA Bretagne, France Energies Marines and Ifremer
Jean-Sébastien Verjut
Mooring Systems and Marine Operations Research Engineer
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Adrien Hirvoas
Researcher in mathematics applied to ORE
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Mélanie Roulet
Structures for ORE research project manager
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Camil Matoug
Research engineer in ORE projects
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Environmental Integration R&D Programme
Jehanne Prevot
Environmental and Societal Integration R&D Manager
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Georges Safi
Head of the Ecosystem Approach Unit
Marseille, Mediterranean Office of France Energies Marines
Marie Le Marchand
Research engineer in ecosystem approach
Brest, Headquarters of France Energies Marines
Aurélie PORTAS
PhD Student in Biofouling Development on ORE Structures
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