VISION AND VALUES
We promote inclusion at large (e.g. genders, origins, religions).
History
FARWIND ENERGY is a spin-off of Ecole Centrale de Nantes. Ecole Centrale de Nantes is a world-leading university for marine renewable energy research. It deployed the first floating offshore wind turbine in France in 2016.
Aurélien Babarit, as the head of the marine renewable energy research at Ecole Centrale de Nantes group from 2012 to 2020 started investigating the energy ship technology in 2016 with Jean-Christophe Gilloteaux, offshore wind energy expert.
The results being very promising, FARWIND ENERGY was created in July 2020 along with his co-founders, Félix Gorintin and Arnaud Poitou.
TEAM
FARWIND is a spin-off of Ecole Centrale de Nantes, one of the world-leading university for marine renewable energy research. As such, at FARWIND, we believe and listen to science. That’s why acting for climate is one of our core values.

Arnaud Poitou - Chairman & cofounder
Arnaud Poitou brings its joint experience of ambitious public private partnership in Deeptech and executive management.
Education: PhD in Materials engineering of Mines ParisTech, MSc of Ecole Polytechnique (Paris)

Félix Gorintin - CCO & cofounder
Education: MSc of Ecole Centrale Paris
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM
Amélie BARDIN, Fluid mechanics and CFD engineer
Philippe BACLET, Energy conversion and storage Director
Brice BOGNET, R&D Project Manager
Antoine CAILLAUD, Engineering Director
Titouan COMMUNIER, Mechanical design apprentice
Baptiste ELIE, R&D Project Manager
Hugo GAYRARD, Hydro structural engineer
Antoine GROSSE, Apprentice (routing)
Stéphanie HOUEL, General Secretary
Giovanni JUIN-GAUTHIER, PhD student, real time optimisation
Fatiha MOHAMMED ARAB, Hydrogeneration Engineer
Grégory PAYNE, Experimental Projects Manager
Fabio PILI, PhD student in naval architecture
