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America’s Cup : Les Suédois gagnent à Toulon, les Français 4è

 L’équipe suédoise Artemis Racing a remporté dimanche les America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) de Toulon, régates préliminaires à la « Cup » 2017, Groupama Team France prenant la 4e place. 
Artemis Racing (Nathan Outteridge) n’a pas dominé les trois courses de dimanche (comptant double) comme il l’avait fait la veille (2 victoires) mais a tout de même gagné la première manche, Land Rover BAR (Ben Ainslie) s’adjugeant la 2e et SoftBank Team Japan (Dean Barker) la 3e et dernière.
 Les régates se sont déroulées avec des vents mollassons de 5-6 noeuds.

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Ideol: foundations for floating wind turbines

Ideol’s first inroads into the French and Japanese markets are a result of its innovative foundation concept for floating wind turbines. Made from steel or concrete and designed to support 2–8 MW turbines, Damping Pool® foundations are square structures with a typical side length of 35 to 55m. “We developed and patented a ‘square form’ foundation limiting the motion of a barge carrying an offshore wind turbine. This technology promises to radically improve the economics of offshore wind farms given that it will reduce unit costs and is scalable to the largest projects.

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CEO of iXBlue, Philippe Debaillon-Vesque

When asked what is important to iXBlue, CEO Philippe Debaillon-Vesque’s preferred reply is “Our aim is to work in France and remain independent.” Known as iXSea until 2010, iXBlue is a family-owned holding specialising in solutions and services for navigation, positioning and imaging. Starting with ten people in the early 2000s, the group now has more than 600 employees located throughout France serving clients around the world. “Our strategy to date has been to integrate innovative SMEs with know-how that fits in well with our core business.

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