01 · The Moon

The Moon sets the tempo

Twice a day, the tide raises and lowers the sea. It changes the water depth along the coast, and with it the swell that breaks there.

02 · The wind

The wind gives birth to the swell

Far offshore, storms raise the swell. It crosses the Atlantic and reaches our coasts, stronger in winter and predictable several days ahead.

03 · The float

HFI rides every wave

A floating unit, moored without foundations, follows the slope of the water. Instead of resisting the sea, it dances with it and turns this rocking into useful motion.

04 · Electricity

From oscillation to electricity

This motion becomes electricity. Every shape is first refined in simulation, then tested in a wave basin: an engineering method, wave after wave.

The playing field

Designed for the Atlantic swell

Every value is traced in the project's design register, with its status.

1:5
Scale of the basin test model, the next step
1.5m
Mean wave height targeted by the study, full scale
8–12s
Period of the design swell
2030
Our course: a first production site serving desalination
Our ambition

Working with the sea rather than against it

HFI starts from a simple idea: a machine that adapts to the day's waves. Four ambitions guide every design choice.

  • 01
    Set down, lifted upNo foundation on the seabed: the unit floats, held by anchor weights. It is designed to be set and lifted with light means.
  • 02
    Tailor-madeWe start from your need, consumption and target output, then put together the set of HFI modules that meets it.
  • 03
    In tune with the seaAn adjustable architecture, designed to adapt to the waves actually present, from calm sea to heavy swell.
  • 04
    Every watt countsMore useful energy, fewer losses, fewer parts, easier maintenance: cost is a design criterion from the very first calculation.