D10 tidal turbine subsea platform
Main activity
Tidal turbine in operation on site (Fromveur) from Q4 2018
Description
Category
Land-based tests and test sites for engineering and ocean observation
In situ tests and experimentation
In situ tests and experimentation
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Scientific disciplines
Marine geosciences / Geology / Sedimentology / Seismology
Bioinformatics
Acoustics
Marine Engineering
Marine geomatics / Habitat mapping
Microbiology
Hydrology / Hydrography
Biological oceanography
Marine Ecology
Fisheries
Marine renewable energies
Bioinformatics
Acoustics
Marine Engineering
Marine geomatics / Habitat mapping
Microbiology
Hydrology / Hydrography
Biological oceanography
Marine Ecology
Fisheries
Marine renewable energies
Strategic areas of action
Marine energy and mining resources
Environmental and coastal planning and development
Marine biological resources
Maritime safety and security
Environmental and coastal planning and development
Marine biological resources
Maritime safety and security
Examples of work
Interreg VA France-Manche ICE Project
Type of entity
Platform
Keywords
Tidal turbine, Experiments, Trials
Modification date: 09/04/2025 01:18:10
D10 tidal turbine platform
Concerned publics
Companies
Research partners
Other researchers
Research partners
Other researchers
Terms of access
Research collaboration access
Supervised access
Supervised access
Movable ?
yes
no
Description
Underwater testing platform for environmental monitoring. Open to additional experiment proposals
Located in Quimper and Brest and founded by four Finistère-based SMEs, this engineering and project management company in the field of marine energies, and more specifically tidal turbines, has set a pioneering reference by immersing, in 2008, sabella D03 , the first French submarine tidal turbine. This first experimental prototype of a 3 meter diameter tidal turbine has been successfully tested in Bénodet for one year. After this promising experiment, Sabella wished to establish its industrial credibility by producing a scale 1 demonstrator: sabella D10 (500 kW of power), intended to be immersed in the passage of the Fromveur, between Molène and Ouessant. This project was selected by ADEME for public support of Future Investments (? 3.6M). This turbine was the first in 2015, and remains the only one to date, to have injected electricity of marine origin on the French electricity grid. After recovery in 2016 and improvements works, it is laid again on the site in 10/2018 for a campaign of continuous exploitation of 3 years connected to Ouessant
