Ten companies have been awarded €10 million total for research and development projects related to marine renewable energy.
Following a call for projects issued in July this year by the French National Research Agency (ANR), in collaboration with France Energies Marines (FEM), with the aim of advancing the French marine renewables sector by developing knowledge and tools through competitive industrial research, 10 winners were announced on December 22, 2015.
The main themes covered by these projects are site characterization, modeling and evaluation of environmental impacts and technology development, and it is expected that the data acquired from the projects would help develop French marine energy sector, according the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME).
The following projects were granted funding:
The projects were awarded €9.68 million, with €4 million provided by the Future Investment Programme launched by the French government.
ADEME states that ANR will launch new €3 million call for projects in the first quarter of 2016.