NEPTUNE PROJECT

FROM JULY 1, 2016 TO DECEMBER 31, 2019

ABOUT NEPTUNE

Research on Renewable Marine Energies (RME) dealing with the whole
development chain of the EMR, in the mechanical, aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, electrical and control fields.
- development and optimization of EMR sources
- creation of three wind farms, tidal turbines, electric generation

The research program consists on the following tasks and actions:

Marine Energy

Study of the submarine acoustics of offshore structures and analysis of the turbulence impact and of swirls of wind turbines wake with sedimentary bottom by numeric holography.

Energie éolienne

Determination of dynamic interaction between two wind turbine rotating pales and between structures located upstream and turbulent flow developed on a rotating wind turbine pale.

Electric power generation from RME

Conception, realisation and analysis of energy convertor structures (which generate
electricity) adaptable to renewable energy needs.

Coordination and management

Project coordination in order to ensure that it is properly conducted, its communication and valorisation toward scientific research actors, and to foster interaction between partners at regional scale.

The project is co-financed by the European Union with the European Regional Development Found (ERDF) and the Normandie Regional Council.

OVERALL COST 2 891 163,07 € (with a European co-financing of 1 382 119,83€)

WEBSITE CREATION

CREATIVE DESIGN

STYLISH NOTEBOOK

MOUNTAIN WOMAN

OBJECTIVES

The project NEPTUNE 1 is part of the development of National academic research and international research in the field of Renewable Marine Energies (RME). It targets the entire development chain of RME, in the following sectors: mechanic, aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, electric and control. The very first phase of the research program, called Neptune 1, implies the building of 3 distinct platforms:

• wind sources : interaction between wind turbine blades, effects of the blade with the axis of the wind, interactions between wind turbines and blade vibration’s impact

• off-shore marine energy : underwater acoustic radiation, impacts of the environmental turbulence and of the wake turbulence on the off-shore marine energy farms

• electric power generation: development of innovative high power electric generation structures The project aims at coming up with researches for the development and optimization of RME: marine turbines, wave energy converters and off-shore solutions. In addition of removing scientific problems, this project is also structuring as it leads to the creation of three platforms on which the different tasks should hinge.