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Tuesday 28 February 2023 Avoriaz, FR The Innovations
Electric and hydrogen mobility challenges in the mountains
Renewable energies
Hydrogen
Fuel Cell
Energy management
From the 4th to the 24th of February 2023, Energy Observer Foundation's exhibition village was set "On top of positive energies" in Avoriaz. An opportunity to assess how electric and hydrogen mobility can contribute to limiting the carbon footprint of a day of skiing.
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Friday 6 May 2022 Pattaya, Th The Innovations
Energy balance from Singapore to Thailand
Renewable energies
Hydrogen
On-board Technologies
Energy management
It took us 8 days of sailing to reach Thailand from Singapore. Facing the absence of sun and wind for 5 days, hydrogen once again proved to be an indispensable ally in the ship's energy mix!
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Thursday 23 September 2021 Nice, France The Innovations
The multiple challenges of the maritime energy transition
Hydrogen
On-board Technologies
Energy management
GEH2
The environmental impact of maritime sector is multiple, and concerns industrialists, institutions, and individuals alike. Our team participated in several events in the south of France to present concrete solutions and meet the players who put these concerns at the heart of their strategy.
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Tuesday 28 July 2020 Fort-de-France, Martinique The Innovations
Energy Balance: from Nassau to Fort-de-France
Renewable energies
Hydrogen
On-board Technologies
Energy management
Our catamaran left the Bahamas on 15th July to set sail for Martinique, where she arrived on 28th July. A navigation of more than 1,500 miles carried out in one go with difficult weather conditions.
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Friday 5 June 2020 Caribbean Sea The Innovations
A 100% self-sufficient system
Solar energy
Hydrogen
Wind energy
Energy management
Only consume what we are capable to producing, and no more than what nature can give us: that's what the boat and crew manage to do on a daily basis!
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Monday 30 September 2019 Saint-Malo, France The Innovations
High-tech plumbing for Energy Observer
On-board Technologies
Energy management
Energy Observer takes care of the details. The experimental catamaran optimizes all its systems to improve its performance as well as the crew’s comfort. Explanations by Roland Reynaud, the on-board engineer.
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Monday 2 September 2019 North Sea The Innovations
The electric consumption of the life on board
Energy management
Do you know how much energy is consumed for a coffee? A tea? Preparing a pizza for 6 people? We tend to forget it, but each gesture of daily life, however simple it may be, requires energy, and often much more than we think!
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Saturday 24 August 2019 Saint-Malo, France The Innovations
The EMS: Energy management system
On-board Technologies
Energy management
This is the brain of the vessel’s energy supply. Combining multiple intermittent renewable energy sources and storage is one thing. Optimising their use to propel the boat and ensure the crew’s comfort is another! This is where the Energy Management System (EMS) comes in.
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Saturday 15 June 2019 Saint-Malo, France The Innovations
Another step forward in 2019: thermal storage
On-board Technologies
Energy management
To avoid losing the energy dissipated as heat, the Energy Observer engineers installed a recovery system for the heating and hot water used in the living quarters nacelle.
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Monday 20 August 2018 Balearic Islands, SP The Innovations
Saint-Tropez – Balearic Islands: fast and low cost sailing
Renewable energies
On-board Technologies
Energy management
Energy Observer’s Late Morning Departure on Thursday, August 16 from Saint-Tropez and arrival this Saturday, August 18 in Menorca, in the archipelago of the Balearic Islands of Spain. Sailing worth 250 nautical miles (460 kilometers) where a pressure drop assisted the demonstrator ship during the crossing.
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Monday 13 August 2018 Bastia, FR The Innovations
MYRTE a terrestrial example of our vessel’s energy system
Solar energy
Hydrogen
Energy management
Island territories are the best energy-autonomy laboratories. Cut off from the continental grid, and often only having access to reduced infrastructures, they have to handle the variations in electrical production and demand and adapt to the intermittent availability of renewable energies.
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Friday 3 August 2018 Frosinone, IT The Innovations
Rethinking public lighting
Partners' projects
Energy management
20% of the world’s electricity production is dedicated to lighting, 13% of which is allocated to public lighting. And with the growing urbanisation of society, demand will only continue to grow. The town of Frosinone took the problem very seriously by replacing all of its light bulbs with LED ones.
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