The NAVALIS project will design an innovative, high-speed crewboat to safely transport personnel to offshore wind turbine sites in difficult sea conditions, which will feature a robotic gangway for greater ease and comfort. Designed to meet low-cost construction and operating performance targets, Navalis will minimise the vessel's environmental impact within the renewable energy process.
In the course of the project, several R&D programmes will be carried out relating to hydrodynamics, embedded artificial intelligence, powertrain, vibroacoustics, eco-design and optimising enterprise organisation and management. The results of this work will be validated by real-life tests on a demonstrator boat - the 'Navalis Crewboat' - several versions of which may be constructed during this time.
The NAVALIS project is part of a move to develop marine wind farms in France and in Europe, opening up the potential for growth over the next twenty years in the market for crewboats (where demand at a European level already outstrips supply) to innovative companies working in the shipbuilding, shipyard and ship-fitting sector in France.
Partners
Companies
- - MSIS Chantiers ALLAIS, Cherbourg [Project Developer]
- - ACEBI, Saint-Herblon
- - C-Sense, Quimperlé
- - Det Norske Veritas France, Marseille
- - La Compagnie du Vent (GDF SUEZ), Montpellier
- - Marinelec Technologies, Quimper
- - Paulstra groupe Hutchinson, Paris
- - TSM Windcat, Rouen
Research centers
- - École Centrale de Nantes
- - École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers, Paris
- - Institut de Recherche en Systèmes Électroniques, Saint-Étienne du Rouvray
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