Missions

Oceans offer many ressources. They generate numerous activities. But most importantly they regulate the climate. We must protect them if we still want to benefit from what they offer us. To reconcile these challenges, the maritime sector can count on the Carnot MERS institute and its network of public scientific research laboratories.

Missions

The Carnot MERS institute supports companies and industries in their innovations, to make maritime economic activities ever more sustainable, by collaborating with research laboratories with exceptional skills, technical resources and test sites.

The Carnot MERS institute works on :

• the performance of offshore structures
• minimizing the impact of these structures on marine ecosystems
• the impact of the marine environment on these structures
• the emergence of new responsible and value-adding ocean industries.

The Carnot MERS institute focuses on 3 major areas of support:

• SAFE : making maritime activities more resilient
• SMART : supporting digital transformation towards more efficient industries
• SUSTAINABLE :  moving sea-based activities towards a more sustainable and responsible model

The Carnot MERS institute is led by Ifremer and Ecole Centrale de Nantes and includes CNRS, Nantes Université, l'Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) and l'Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS). It brings together 9 internationally-recognized units and laboratories on all of France's coastlines.

The team

The Carnot MERS team, based on both Centrale Nantes and Ifremer sites.