FOWT Conference

📸 Throwback on FOWT Conference ! +1400 professionals from the floating offshore wind energy sector gathered in #Marseille this week to debate, exchange ideas and shape the future of this booming industry; +650 B2B meetings between participants; +60 international speakers and 12 talented moderators shared their thoughts and experiences at 8 plenary conferences and 4 technical sessions. A big thank you to all the participants, speakers, exhibitors, partners & sponsors who helped make this event a real success! 📅 We look forward to seeing you in #Brest, from April 23 to 25, for the 2025 edition of the world's largest event dedicated to floating offshore wind! An event organized by Pôle Mer Méditerranée and France renouvelables, sponsored by the Secrétariat d’État chargé de la Mer et de la Biodiversité and the Ministère Chargé de l'Industrie et de l'Energie, co-financed by the Région Sud - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. #FOWT24 #FOW25 Région Bretagne Région Pays de la Loire La Région Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée

🔴📣 At the closing speech of the event we announced that the next edition of the event will take place in #Brest, Région Bretagne in April 23-25, 2025! We are looking forward to meet you again these 3 days of incredible high-level conferences, BtoB / Meet the Buyers meetings and conviviality which shows that Floating Offshore Wind Turbines is an industry with a brilliant future ahead! #FOWT24 #FOWT25 Secrétariat d’État chargé de la Mer et de la Biodiversité Pôle Mer Méditerranée France renouvelables Région Sud - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur La Région Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée Région Pays de la Loire Région Bretagne

We explore in a technical session recent advances in the numerical models implemented for the design of the FOW systems and farms : from extreme wave loads to wake interactions modeling in a round table moderated by Adrià Borràs Nadal, IFP Energies nouvelles with : 💬 Jason Jonkman, Principal Engineer National Renewable Energy Laboratory 💬 Jean-François Filipot, Scientific Director France Énergies Marines 💬 Jérôme de Lauzon, Head of hydro-structure & monitoring team, Research Department, Bureau Veritas | Marine & Offshore 💬 Michael Irmer, Head of department "New Materials and Processes", Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering IGP 💬 Patrick Schrijvers, Team Leader, MARIN #FOWT24

Great speech this morning where we discovered how to develop profitable floating wind projects when dealing with interest-rate hikes, inflationary pressure on the supply chain, delays in tender launches, overall market perspectives and design life extension in a round table discussion moderated by William Lim from the Danish Energy Agency with : 💬 Dr.-Ing. Denis Matha, Global Head of Floating Wind of Ramboll 💬 Holger Grubel, Head of Portfolio Development Offshore Wind of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG 💬 Sybille Grandgeorge, Industry Banker, Energy Transition and Natural Resources of Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking 💬 Thomas Marty, Business Development Manager, Principle Power 💬 Volkert Oosterlaak, Business Development Manager of COWI #FOWT24

Great insights revealed in the plenary session "Key projects: concrete examples" moderated by Florence Simonet, Managing Director France, Vattenfall, where we discovered Concrete REX illustrating real progress, market-readiness, and local value creation within the context of commercial-scale projects with the valued participation of: 💬 Bertrand Jacquet, Senior Project Manager at Green Giraffe Advisory 💬 Christine de Jouëtte, PGL Project Director at EDF Renouvelables 💬 Daniel Ribeiro, WindFloat Atlantic Asset Manager at OW Ocean Winds 💬 Mike Case, Business Development Manager-Clean Energy at HR Wallingford Rémi Costantino, Deputy Managing Director in charge of Major Projects of Grand Port Maritime de Marseille - Port de Marseille Fos 💬 Severine Baudic, Managing Director New Energies of SBM Offshore #FOWT24

PROGRAM OF THE DAY ⤵️📝 2nd day #FOWT24 ! Discover all the conferences & speaker on our website 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eXFFp4Vt

Great session where we discovered price remains a determining scoring criterion, aspects such as local content, carbon footprint, social responsibility and community engagement, acceptability, coactivity, and legacy are increasingly being valued in a round table discussion moderated by Pierre TARDIEU from WindEurope with : 💬 Cyril Tarde, Floating OSS business development manager, Chantiers de l'Atlantique; 💬 Kate Johannesen, Deputy Country Manager - Scotland of OWC; 💬 Manon Derelle, Director of Baringa; 💬 Mary Harvey, Senior Associate at The Carbon Trust; 💬 Mette Torjusen, Impact Management and Consenting at Equinor; #FOWT2024 Pôle Mer MéditerranéeFrance renouvelables Région Sud - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur La Région Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée Région Bretagne Région Pays de la Loire

Christophe AVELLAN, Director of the Pôle Mer Méditerranée, Anne-Catherine de Tourtier President of France renouvelables take the floor to open the event as co-organizers alongside Christophe Madrolle, Président Commission Biodiversité, mer et littoral, Parcs Naturels Régionaux, Risques of Région Sud - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Philippe Z., VP of the CCI Aix Marseille Provence! #FOWT24

🔴📣 Welcome back ! We are pleased to see that so many of you have joined us for these 2 days of conference, B2B meetings and conviviality which shows that Floating offshore wind turbines is an emerging industry with a brilliant future ahead! Don't forget to mention us on social media with #FOWT24

🔴📣 We can't wait to see you again today to meet all the floating wind industry community ! PROGRAM OF THE DAY ⤵️📝 1st day #FOWT24 ! Discover all the conferences & speaker on our website 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eXFFp4Vt