en.Wedoany.com Reported - French wave energy company Seaturns has deployed a full-scale wave energy demonstrator off the coast of the French Atlantic, launching a sea trial campaign lasting at least one year. This deployment marks a key milestone for the company in achieving commercial deployment and technical certification by 2027.

The Seaturns S1 demonstrator is installed 27.5 kilometers from the port of Le Verdon-sur-Mer at the mouth of the Gironde estuary. The company claims this is the first such achievement in France and a significant step for the European wave energy sector.

The sea trials will evaluate the performance and reliability of the buoy under real sea conditions, while collecting turbine output and operational data to support technical certification and future industrialization efforts. An environmental impact monitoring program will also be conducted throughout the trial period.

The project aims to validate the dynamic behavior of the buoy, optimize offshore operation and maintenance procedures, confirm the performance of the energy conversion system, and generate data required for certification. Seaturns expects the trial results to support certification by mid-2027 and contribute to the development of its first planned 2 MW pilot project in Mauritius, paving the way for a 10 MW commercial project.

This deployment builds on over a decade of research and development, including 1:30, 1:10, and 1:4 scale testing projects conducted in collaboration with European universities and the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer).

Irish state-owned energy company ESB has established an industrial partnership with Seaturns to monitor key phases of the deployment and sea trials. Under the arrangement, ESB will receive technical and performance data from the demonstrator. Seaturns stated that this collaboration reflects the industry's growing interest in wave energy as a scalable renewable technology and may help support the planned early 2027 funding round.

Seaturns also announced a funding plan for early 2027 to support the advancement of its technology toward commercialization, industrialization, and future project development.

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