IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
The list of partners indicated in this page is progressive and non-exhaustive.
OUR OFFER
Support to farm developers and government offices in quantification of the energy resource and characterisation of sea states at ORE sites
- Types of resources
- Waves: precise characterisation of wave breaking, coast and extreme sea states by coupling modeling with in-situ and satellite observations
- Tidal streams: characterisation of current and associated turbulence by coupling in-situ measurements and numerical modelling
- Winds: precise characterisation of winds and associated turbulence by coupling modelling and satellite observations
- Scope
- Selection of characterisation means (waves, currents, winds)
- Support for the preparation of measurement campaigns
- Assistance in the processing and analysis of collected data
- Selection of models and development of customised codes
- Preparation of digital studies integrating the parametrisation of models
- Short-term wind forecast for farm operation (under development)
OUR REFERENCES
Several collaborative R&D projects on the characterisation of offshore wind and tidal sites
- Tank tests and measurement campaigns from La Jument lighthouse, in the Alderney Race and in the Ria d’Etel (DIME, ELEMENT, HYD2M, PHYSIC and THYMOTE projects)
- Capturing high-resolution spatial variability of wind fields (CARAVELE project)
- Improvement of the representation of sea states in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea (DIME and DIMPACT projects)
- Improvement of the knowledge of hydrosedimentary processes and turbulence in the Alderney Race (HYD2M, PHYSIC and THYMOTE projects)
- Development of the site characterisation module of the DTOcean+ software suite dedicated to the optimisation of tidal and wave farms (DTOCEANPLUS project)
OUR RESOURCES
Team of physical oceanographers with complementary expertise: atmospheric flow, sea states, hydrosedimentary dynamics, water turbulence
Dedicated instrumentation
- Stereo video cameras to film waves propagation in real time and in 3D in a 100 m square
- 4 measuring cages and instruments that can be attached to them: 5-beam ADCP, hydrophones, acoustic receivers, stereo video, camera
Digital tools
- Waves: WAVEWATCH III®,SWASH
- Currents and sedimentary dynamics: CROCO
- Site characterisation: module of DTOcean+
- Python tools developed for data processing analysis of model results, machine learning, etc.
Databases
- Alderney Race
- Currentology and hydrosedimentary processes measured with ADCP, point current meters and hydrophones
- Hydrokinetic Resource Mapping by HF and VHF Radar
- Current and turbulence measurement with double ADCP
- 3D high-resolution maps of currents calculated taking into account the sea state
- Paimpol-Bréhat
- Currentology and waves measured with ADCP
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