Marine Renewable Energies

The ocean is a huge reservoir of renewable energy sources, such as wind,
currents, tides, waves, marine biomass, thermal energy, osmotic power, and so
on. Like other maritime nations in Europe, France enjoys significant potential
to develop these energy sources, especially overseas. In March 2007, Ifremer's
chairman launched a prospective foresight study on these energies for the time
horizon of 2030. With support from the Futuribles consulting group, twenty
French partners representing the main stakeholders in the sector carried out
this work. Their objective was to identify the technologies, specify the
socio-economic prerequisites for them to emerge and be competitive and assess
their respective impacts on power sources and the environment. What was
learned from this study can be applied well beyond France, at a time when a
European maritime strategy is taking shape.



The French version of this book, Énergies renouvelables marines, is available
on our website.

La version française de ce titre, Énergies renouvelables marines, est
disponible sur notre site.