Interviews, surveys, key events and news from Eurolarge Innovation members… Every quarter, the Bretagne Sailing Valley® News covers the economic and technological news of the Breton competitive sailing industry. Discover below the survey dedicated to aerodynamics. The 36th America’s Cup set the bar: while in recent years architects and designers have focused mostly on how best
From 14th to 19th September, the Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomeration will see IMOCA skippers come together for five days of racing; a unique opportunity to showcase Brittany’s sector of excellence in the technology of competitive sailing. The whole industry is gearing up to satisfy a full order book while continuing to innovate efficiently and sustainably. Internationalization,
INTERVIEW available in the last Bretagne Sailing Valley® News – Newsletter #6 – Summer 2021 A page turned at the end of 2020 for nke when, after 14 years at the head of the Hennebont-based group, Jean-Claude Le Bleis sold nke Marine Electronics and nke Instrumentation to Alain Boschet, now Managing Director of both structures.
INVESTIGATION available in the last Bretagne Sailing Valley® News – Newsletter #6 – Summer 2021 When the first Jumbo and Pogo 40s were built just more than 15 years ago, who would have imagined that the numbers assigned to the new Class40s would be reaching 170? That the class would be looking at 70 places
What is the technical assessment for the Vendée Globe? The first of the two Bretagne Sailing Valley® online TechTalk offered by Eurolarge Innovation on April 14 and 21 took stock of the technical design aspects in light of the Vendée Globe, looking at future lessons from the design point of view. Online Techtalk #1 :«
What is the technical assessment for the Vendée Globe? Eurolarge Innovation offered two Brittany Sailing Valley® video cafes in April to take stock after the Vendée Globe. The second one, which took place on April 21, looked at the lessons learned by the teams in various fields (electronics, sails, ergonomics, etc.) Three speakers took part:
In April, Eurolarge Innovation posted a Bretagne Sailing Valley® online TechTalk offering a technical appraisal of the America’s Cup with the designer Guillaume Verdier, member of the design team of the winner of the 36th edition, Emirates Team New Zealand, the engineer Dimitri Despierres, in charge of systems for the American Magic design team and
Bretagne Développement Innovation, and its program Eurolarge Innovation, support the international opening of the Breton sector. A unique ecosystem in the world, the Bretagne Sailing Valley® is attracting a growing number of foreign skippers and clients with a growing reputation. What are these foreigners looking for in Brittany? We asked Yann Penfornis, Managing Director of
Transforming pig urine into renewable hydrogen is now a reality. The GreenPig project, sponsored by a farmer in Plumieux (22), plans to transform pig urine into renewable hydrogen. The project, part of a global circular economy approach, will stabilise employment in a rural area, while respecting the animals and the environment. It is potentially replicable
From 2016 to 2020, the BDI’s involvement in the bi-regional (Brittany – Pays de la Loire) programme, SMILE, contributed to the deployment of collaborative projects linked to smart grids across the Brittany territories. With SMILE, Brittany saw a new dynamic at the crossroads between digital and energy, bringing together stakeholders from private and public industries.
Seeking to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, Solid Sail/Aeol Drive, an initiative steered by Chantiers de l’Atlantique, aims to fit three-masted cruise ships with huge articulated rigid sails of 1,200 m2 each. In February, the Saint-Nazaire-based company took another step forward by announcing the installation of a full-scale demonstrator on its site by
The Langouët (35) project, initiated in April 2017, arose from the desire of residents to boost local energy production. Their motivation was materialised by the implementation of a collaborative self-consumption loop for renewable energy in the village. The energy is produced via diverse photovoltaic installations on the rooftops of public and private buildings. The project’s