French engineering university ESITC in the northern city of Caen will inaugurate a marine energy test facility today.
The deep water basin is 40 metres long, one metre wide and one-and-a-half metres deep. It will be able to simulate waves to the equivalent of up to 15 metres.
The facility will test both tidal and wave energy turbines.
The €300,000 facility has been financed by ESITC Caen, public institutions CEREMA, DGPR and DGITM, and the region of Normandy.
Image: ESITC Caen
Marine put to the test in France
By EBS