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Friday 21 December 2018 Saint-Malo, France The Innovations
Energy Observer tests a new wind turbine thruster
Wind energy
On-board Technologies
Although it’s an inexhaustible resource at sea, wind is still difficult to exploit for large scale maritime transport. In its role as an experimental vessel, Energy Observer has set its mission to test all of the available and promising solutions.
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Tuesday 18 December 2018 Saint-Malo, France The Innovations
The wind, a challenge for maritime transport
Wind energy
On-board Technologies
Wind may be an infinite resource at sea, but its exploitation remains a challenge for large-scale maritime transport. During the first campaigns around France and in the Mediterranean sea, the Energy Observer tested two vertical-axis wind turbines for producing energy, and a traction kite to reduce energy consumption.
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Sunday 16 December 2018 Saint-Malo, France The Innovations
Solar energy, the crew’s number one ally
Renewable energies
Solar energy
On-board Technologies
Solar energy is the primary source of energy production aboard the Energy Observer. The team enjoyed optimal sunshine whilst navigating in the Mediterranean where they fully exploited the potential of the photovoltaic panels covering the hulls, nacelle and wings of the craft.
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Friday 14 December 2018 Saint-Malo, France The Innovations
Three months of optimization work for Energy Observer
On-board Technologies
Energy Observer has just come out of the water for a three-month technical pause. Three months of work during which the hydrogen powered catamaran will undergo optimizations and transformations before taking up its world tour again next spring.
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Tuesday 20 November 2018 Saint-Malo, France The Innovations
Energy Observer begins its third shipyard
Renewable energies
On-board Technologies
Energy Observer is of course a marine vessel and a media platform, but above all it’s a floating laboratory. The crew has tasked itself to test, over six years and in extreme conditions, an innovative energy architecture, heralding tomorrow’s energy systems.
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Wednesday 7 November 2018 Saint-Malo, France The Innovations
Nigel Irens: It's a pleasure to see the new life of the boat
Renewable energies
On-board Technologies
Francis Joyon, Ellen MacArthur and before them, Mike Birch, winner of the first Route du Rhum and Sir Peter Black, Enza, have put their trust in Nigel Irens to design their record-chasing engines. Energy Observer came off the naval architect’s drawing board in 1983 under the name of Formule TAG.
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Monday 20 August 2018 Balearic Islands, SP The Innovations
Saint-Tropez – Balearic Islands: fast and low cost sailing
Renewable energies
On-board Technologies
Energy management
Energy Observer’s Late Morning Departure on Thursday, August 16 from Saint-Tropez and arrival this Saturday, August 18 in Menorca, in the archipelago of the Balearic Islands of Spain. Sailing worth 250 nautical miles (460 kilometers) where a pressure drop assisted the demonstrator ship during the crossing.
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Thursday 19 July 2018 Italy The Innovations
Already 8000 nautical miles of navigation with our demonstrator
On-board Technologies
Interviews
Launched in April 2017, Energy Observer, the first hydrogen vessel around the world, reached the Mediterranean part of its Odyssey toward the Future in Marseille last March. Now, at its halfway point, captain and founder Victorien Erussard has conducted the first technical and technological assessment.
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Monday 2 April 2018 Golfe de la Revellata, FR The Innovations
The energetic roadmap of the journey Marseille - Corsica
On-board Technologies
Energy management
Having left Marseille on Wednesday 28th of March at 7 pm, Energy Observer arrived in Corsica on Friday 30th of March at 8 am, in the Revellata Gulf. After sailing essentially along coastal lines during the Tour of France, sailing the open seas was a first for the crew, with good weather conditions.
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Tuesday 6 February 2018 La Seyne-sur-Mer, FR The Innovations
Energy Observer’s winter technical stopover
Hydro generation
On-board Technologies
Fuel Cell
After several months touring France, and an historical conveyance around Spain and Portugal, Energy Observer is back to the shipyard for a few weeks, in la Seyne-sur-Mer.
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Monday 4 September 2017 Saint-Nazaire, FR The Innovations
The first tests of Energy Observer’s traction wing
Wind energy
On-board Technologies
Following the Saint Nazaire halt, Energy Observer, the vessel of the future, tested two Beyond the Sea traction kites.
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Friday 25 August 2017 Saint-Malo, FR The Innovations
Edouard Philippe and Nicolas Hulot onboard of Energy Observer
On-board Technologies
According to Édouard Philippe, Energy Observer opens up some “quite incredible” opportunities for the hydrogen sector.
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