Geps Techno-led IHES has installed its floating wave and solar demonstrator Wavegem at the SEM-REV test site located 30km off the coast of Brittany, western France.
The device includes 120kW of wave and 30kW of solar capacity and will stay in the water for up to 18 months.
The consortium is hoping to soon sign contracts for commercial devices in France and abroad which could go online in 2021.
The medium-power autonomous energy harvesting Wavegem platform has been designed to generate clean energy for offshore and subsea activities that require a power supply.
The platform can also accommodate energy storage and can supply the energy produced to external submarine or sea surface consumers in sectors including offshore wind, offshore oil and gas, aquaculture and all other types of off grid marine sites.
IHES also includes Ifremer, Chantiers de l’Atlantique, Ecole Centrale Nantes, Icam, Blue Solutions and Snef and is financed by BpiFrance and through European funds.