FARWIND ENERGY
Antoine Caillaud currently serves as Directeur Technique Navire at Farwind Energy, a position held since January 2022. Previously, Antoine worked at NAVAL GROUP from September 2016 to December 2021, first as a Project Manager focusing on R&D studies for innovative ship concepts, including the Digital Twin Project and autonomous ships, followed by a role as a Naval Architect managing technical projects and system integration. Prior experiences include hydrodynamic engineering at Hydros Innovation, where Antoine developed a dynamic simulator, and a research internship at Centrale Innovation focused on atmospheric studies. Early career experiences also involved a petroleum engineering internship at DWC Supplies Nigeria Limited and leadership as a first-aid crew commander with the Brigade des Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris. Antoine holds a Diplôme d'ingénieur de l'École Polytechnique in Fluid Mechanics and a Master's degree in Naval Architecture from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
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FARWIND ENERGY
FARWIND ENERGY is a spin-off of Centrale Nantes, one of the world leading university for marine renewable energy research. Farwind Energy is a pioneering company of far-offshore wind energy capture and delivery solutions, using energy ship technology, a disruptive technology for offshore wind energy conversion. It was founded in July 2020 by Aurélien Babarit (co-inventor of the technology and former researcher at the Ecole Centrale de Nantes), Arnaud Poitou (former director of the Ecole Centrale de Nantes), and Félix Gorintin (former Director of Operations at the INNOSEA design office). FARWIND ENERGY is growing rapidly and now has a team of 15 people and aims at producing its first ship in 2024. The company is supported by the innovation cluster Atlanpole, French public investment bank Bpifrance and the economic development subsidiary Airbus Développement as well as ESA BIC.