At an awards ceremony held in Paris, OpenHydro was selected as The Best Irish Company in France owing to its major technological breakthrough in the area of tidal technology, while in the process linking up with two major French companies, EDF and DCNS.
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Presented by the Ireland France Chamber of Commerce and NetworkIrlande, the Irish France Business Awards were hosted at the Embassy of Ireland in Paris, France. Ambassador of Ireland to France, H.E. Paul Kavanagh and Ambassador of France to Ireland, H.E. Mme. Emmanuelle d'Achon attended the prestigious annual event.
Accepting the award for OpenHydro, James Ives, Chief Executive, said: "Over the last two years we've been very privileged to work with two incredible French companies, EDF and DCNS. Both these companies share our vision for tidal energy and with their support last month, we deployed our first tidal turbine in French waters. This is the first stage in a project which in 2012 is set to be the world's first large-scale, grid-connected tidal energy farm and France's first offshore tidal installation. We look forward to building on this partnership by developing other utility scale tidal farms in France in the future with their continued support."
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