What is the BlueInvest Project Pipeline?

See our showcase of innovative projects and entrepreneurs who are shaping the Blue Economy.

Projects consist of innovative, scalable and sustainable business ventures from traditional and emerging sectors of the maritime economy.

The graphs below provide an overview of the country distribution, sector, and TRL of projects currently listed in the BlueInvest Project Pipeline.

 

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Selection Criteria:

Your company is EU-based or from an eligible sea basin region (Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Mauritania, United Kingdom, or Norway)

Your project TRL is 4 or higher

Your project sector is in one of the 10 blue economy sectors identified for this initiative

Your solution has a clear sustainable impact on the blue economy

Your project is looking for investment

Project Country

Country in which the project is being developed and / or implemented. 

Project Sector

Main blue economy sector the project relates to.

Project TRL

Current technology readiness level of the project. 

ARE UIRA SAS

portfolio of 15 projects for 40MW capacity and >100GWh/yr after 5yrs of project development

  • Blue renewable energy

Company behind project
YS ENERGIES MARINES DEVELOPMENT SAS

French Polynesia

About Us
Miss Corinne DUBOIS (Msc Eng. - CEO & Founder)
After 17 years as a project manager with Cegelec (Vinci Energie), a major French electrical contracting group, Corinne first founded a wind energy expertise & consultancy company in 2005, which works internationally on large and small wind power plants.
Corinne founded Ys Energies Marines Developpement, drawing on her diverse experiences in France, Europe and the rest of the world, with the aim of accelerating the take-off of this new sector. Corinne is also detached professor in IMT Atlantique and INSA, and in particular in Universite de Polynésie Française for marine energies. She is also from time to time called for european programs files evaluations as Europaid, H2020, EIC, Horizon, etc..
Miss Céline CAZES (MscEng-CAO-Associate Director)
Céline spent 8 years at the helm of independent wind farm producer and operator Atalante Energies, after working as a field project manager for wind farm development for the previous 10 years.
Céline is now at the helm of the Ys Energies Marines Developpement venture, putting to good use her extensive experience in the field, in setting up collaborative projects, and in team and company management.
Bruno LEMORT (Msc Eng. - CTO- Director & Associate)
Bruno has extensive experience within the Engie Axima group. He spent 4 years as branch manager in Malaysia, and also spent 12 years as a project manager at the Lorient and Nantes sites for customers such as DCNS, Chantiers de l'Atlantique and Thalès Underwater System.
A graduate of Centrale Nantes in naval hydrodynamics and ocean engineering, Bruno puts his skills at the service of YS Energies Marines Développement for feasibility studies and technical management.


Problem we are solving
Wave energy electricity production for remote islands

Sustainable Impact on Blue Ecconomy
clean, renewable, sustainable and affordable electricity for islands

TRL
  • TRL 8 - Actual system completed through test and demonstration

  • Readiness Assistance Beneficiary


Financial NeedsNow: 5M€ for DEVEX
2026: 20M€ for CAPEX first 3 projects in Tahiti
2027-28: 20M€ for the next 12 projects in French Polynesia

Planned Funding Allocation
  • Operations
  • To hire more resources
  • Other, please specify: investment on project prospection , projects feasibility assessment and development , then on Projects construction