French renewables companies Sabella and Akuo Energy have signed a partnership agreement as part of the Phares multi-energy clean power project in France.
The project is currently under development on the island of Ouessant and will consist of tidal stream, wind, solar and energy storage components.
It also aims to be a model for integrating renewables technologies into a hybrid scheme to deliver electricity to an isolated network, the partners said.
Phares will comprise two Sabella D12 500kW tidal devices, a 900kW wind turbine, 500kW of solar and two megawatt-hours of storage.
The project, when combined with existing energy projects on the island, will increase renewable energy supply on the island to 70% when it comes online in 2023.
Sabella chief executive Franch Le Bris said: “Phares will see the implementation of the first tidal farm on the French coast, and confirms Akuo Energy’s confidence in innovation.”