FOUR MAIN MARKETS, ONE GLOBAL AMBITION Wind power Sailing PRODUCTS CONCERNED: PRODUCTS CONCERNED: wind turbine blades. sailboat hulls and decks. ADVANTAGES OF ELIUM: ADVANTAGESOF ELIUM:® • delivers improved productivity •improved productivity and lower costs during (more energy efficient manufacturing compared production) in building the to thermoset resins: quicker boat; and more energy efficient • durability of the compo- production; site material made using •Ensures that blades are Elium;® recyclable, delivering • recyclability. similar performances to thermoset resins, or even stronger STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: first models to be brought to performance in terms of damage resistance. market in mid-2021. STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: test phase; ZEBRA (Zero wastE CUSTOMERS: composites manufacturers, boat builders, equip- Blade ReseArch) project, production to begin in 2022. ment suppliers. CUSTOMERS: wind turbine blade manufacturers, composites GROWTH: The leisure sailing market is valued at €33.3 billion manufacturers; energy companies; recycling companies. in 2020, and €44.7 billion in 2027. Growth of 4.1% between GROWTH: Installed wind power capacity of 60.4 GW 2020 and 2027. worldwide in 2019, representing a 19% increase in facilities Source: Grand View Search relative to 2018 (out of total capacity of 651 GW). Additional 355 GW planned between now and 2024. Source: Global Wind Report 2019 Hydrogen Concrete storage reinforcements PRODUCTS CONCERNED:composite hydrogen tanks for vehicles. PRODUCTS CONCERNED: composite concrete reinforce- ADVANTAGES OF ELIUM: ment bars or FRP rebars • Improved productivity for ma- . nufacturing hydrogen tanks; ADVANTAGESOF ELIUM:® • Same safety and performance improved productivity, standards as tanks made from • flexibility and responsiveness epoxy thermoset resins; compared to epoxy thermoset • Recyclability. composite reinforcements; STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: test phase, to be launched on • Elium reinforcements can be® the market in 2024. bent when hot and cut at just the right time on site, compared CUSTOMERS: equipment suppliers, engine manufacturers, to thermoset composite energy companies. reinforcements which have to be calibrated and and bent in GROWTH: the factory six or seven weeks in advance, and therefore risk • in 2020, engine manufacturers had 75 hydrogen car proto- becoming obsolete; types; 6,000 composite hydrogen tanks produced for passen- • limited losses and recyclability. ger cars. • Worldwide target for 2030: production of 6 million hydrogen CUSTOMERS: reinforcement manufacturers, construction and tanks per year. Potential demand for 10 to 15 million cars and civil engineering companies. 500,000 trucks. GROWTH: The worldwide composite reinforcements market was • Target for France in 2030: 342,000 tons of low-carbon hy- worth €480 million in 2015 and grew by 8.5% a year between drogen for 300,000 light vehicles, 5,000 heavy vehicles, 250 2016 and 2024. Total revenues will be €1.02 billion in 2024. trains, 1,000 boats. Sources: Hydrogen Council; FW Engineering in JEC Composites Magazine – Sept 2018; 07 Source : Global Market Insights. French Multiannual Energy Program (PPE).