FARWIND ENERGY
Philippe Baclet is an experienced energy professional currently serving as the Directeur of conversion et stockage de l'énergie at FARWIND ENERGY since February 2022, focusing on innovative solutions involving wind-powered energy ships. Prior to this role, Philippe Baclet was the Directeur at WEAMEC (West Atlantic Marine Energy Center) from 2015 to February 2022, where efforts were concentrated on federating the Marine Renewable Energy ecosystem in the Pays de la Loire region, particularly in developing bottom-fixed offshore wind technologies suitable for extreme Atlantic coastal conditions.
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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.