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GE: first turbines for Merkur windfarm

Par Skipper le dimanche 7 janvier 2018

The two-year-old GE Renewable Energy plant at Montoir-de-Bretagne near Saint-Nazaire is producing wind turbines at maximum capacity. The plant, developed and commissioned by then-owner Alstom, is the only one in France building turbines for offshore windfarms. GE Renewable Energy (France) recently delivered the first 6-MW Haliade 150 turbine for Germany’s Merkur programme in the North Sea.

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DriX, a hydrographic ASV

Par Skipper le dimanche 7 janvier 2018

iXblue has been testing a prototype DriX autonomous surface vehicle for over six months. Meanwhile the first production batch is approaching completion at the group’s boatbuilding yard at La Ciotat on France’s Mediterranean coast. More production batches are in the pipeline and the system, comprising an ASV and its payload, has been selected by New Zealand to map the country’s seabed.

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New iXblue vessel for MRE research

Par Skipper le dimanche 7 janvier 2018

French inertial navigation specialist iXblue commissioned and began operating its new hydrographic research vessel in June 2016. The FeliX is a composite catamaran designed, built and outfitted by iXblue companies. Although the design c… […]

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