Sainte Anne du Portzic
| Lead Organisation | Fondation OPEN-C |
| Country | France |
| Type | Wave,Floating Wind |
| Website | https://fondation-open-c.org/en |
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Type of Testing Wave,Floating Wind Year Established 1970 Temperate/Tropical Temperate Commercial/Array/Full scale/Scale Scale Development Status Operational Overview
The sea test site of the Ste-Anne-du-Portzic, is placed in the immediate vicinity of the Ifremer research center of Brest, in France. This marine concession granted by the French maritime authorities since 1970 is used for long-term physical, chemical and biological monitoring of the sea water in the Brest bay by means of the COAST-HF MAREL Iroise data buoy and the SOMLIT network. It has also been historically used to test the ageing of materials in sea water, considering corrosion and biofouling, to develop aquaculture nets and oceanographic sensors.
Marine Renewable Energy prototypes are tested in the small-scale test site of Ste-Anne du Portzic since 2013, with the trials of the PMH wave energy buoy, in partnership with Geps Techno, followed by the Eolink floating offshore wind turbine in 2018. More recently, the WindQuest vertical-axis wind turbine developed by Hydroquest was tested in 2021, and the DIKWE wave energy converter developed by Legendre and Geps Techno started in 2022.
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Number of Berths 2 Water Depth 15m Min Water Depth (m) Max Water Depth (m) Avg Water Depth (m) Annual mean significant wave height 2m Maximum recorded wave height Mean (averaged current speed) 1 m/s Maximum current speed Maximum tidal range 7m Mean wind speed 20 m/s Max wind speed Seabed type Sand Total test area (km2) 0.05 km2 Distance to land 0 km Grid connected Y Grid connection capacity 50 kW Rated export capacity and connection Proximity to nearest harbour (km) 7km -
Demonstration Projects
- PMH - https://geps-techno.com/en/who-are-we/
- PH4S - https://www.pole-mer-bretagne-atlantique.com/fr/ressources-energetiques-et-minieres-marines/project/ph4s
- Eolink 10 - https://eolink.fr/fr/article-fp-fr
- WindQuest - https://rd-technologiques.ifremer.fr/Actualites-Informations/A-la-Une/2022/Projet-WindQuest
- TIM - https://geps-techno.com/en/who-are-we/
- Dikwe - https://www.groupe-legendre.com/nos-actualites/dikwe-une-digue-littorale-a-energie-positive/
R&D Projects
- PreDeMo-Nav - https://anr.fr/Project-ANR-15-ASTR-0006
- ABIOP+ - https://www.france-energies-marines.org/en/projects/abiop-plus/
- FMRID - https://littoral.ifremer.fr/.../FMRID-nouvelles-methodes-d-echantillonnages-detection
- Turbulence - https://carnot-mers.com/...
- JERICO - https://rd-technologiques.ifremer.fr/en/Projects/JERICO-S3
- Marmor - https://www.marmor-project.org/
- ECOCAP - https://www.france-energies-marines.org/en/projects/ecocap/
Infrastructure
- Dock and slipway
- Office container with electrical and internet connection
- 400V Grid connection
- Sample testing structure
- Seawater recirculation tank
Equipment available to support site deployments
- Wave buoys: Sofar Ocean spotter
- ADCPs: Nortek Signature 1000
- 10m-high wind measurement mast
- COAST-HF Iroise Data buoy that continuously monitors at high frequency the temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, in vivo fluorescence, turbidity, solar radiation and pH (Rimmelin-Maury et al. 2020).
Services of test programmes offered on site
- Wave tank and material test benches
- Diving team and service boat