Under the high patronage of Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister of State, Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning
ICOE 2008, organized by EDF and Ifremer, gathered the ocean energy stakeholders: producers, engineers and scientists, sea users, energy politicians and planners to share updated information about marine renewable energies.
The ICOE 2008 conference has been a great success, with 460 participants from 26 different
countries, including 20 techno developers, but also 15 large energeticians, who listened to 150 contriibutors over 3 days.
Thanks to all of them !
The conference proceedings, gathered on a DVD, will be sent to every participant in the weeks to come.Finally, given the success of this 2nd edition, the ICOE Committee is pleased to invite you in Bilbao, Spain, in October 2010 for the 3rd edition.
ICOE 2008 will cover every marine renewable energy also called ocean energy or offshore renewable energy: waves, currents (tidal or ocean currents), tide (tidal energy), ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), salinitiy gradient (osmotic pressure), offshore wind, biomass.
