DCNS Rebrands to Naval Energies

French floating wind developer DCNS Energies has changed its name to Naval Energies.

The move is within the framework of DCNS, the company’s parent, changing its name to Naval Group.

Naval Energies is part of a consortium including Eolfi, CGN, and Vinci which is currently developing the 24MW floating wind farm in the Groix area in Brittany.

In the past few years, Naval Energies has taken part in the US Aqua Ventus project in Maine and partnered with GE on developing a floating offshore wind system featuring the 6MW Haliade wind turbine on a Naval Energies floating platform.

In 2013, Naval Energies and Nass&Wind completed the Winflo demonstrator design phase and were planning to deploy a small-scale demonstrator with a 1MW turbine, while the final device planned by manufacturers would have had a capacity of about 5MW. However, the developers decided to reconsider the project the following year.