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  • Timelapse of Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Plant Construction (Video)

    14 January 2015

    In December, Alstom inaugurated its plants in Saint-Nazaire, dedicated to assembling nacelles and producing generators for the Haliade™ 150-6MW offshore wind turbine. The construction of two plants, located in the port of Saint-Nazaire, commenced in 2013. The video below introduces the only offshore wind plants in France made of timelapse images and drone footage. Offshore […]

  • Prysmian to Work on French Offshore Wind Projects

    3 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Italy-headquartered Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract by Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to provide power grid asset management services for Saint-Nazaire, Fécamp, and Calvados wind farms offshore France. Under the contract, Prysmian Group will provide inspection, maintenance, and repair services for the submarine export cable links connecting the three offshore wind farms near the […]

  • All Inter-Array Cables In Place at Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm

    17 August 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Louis Dreyfus TravOcean (LDTVO) has installed all 80 inter-array cables at the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire, France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. A consortium of LDTVO and Prysmian officially secured a contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables at the 80-turbine Saint-Nazaire in 2018. Prysmian was responsible for cable manufacturing, while LDTVO was in […]

  • PHOTO: France Celebrates Floatgen, Deployment Preps Underway

    13 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The Floatgen wind turbine is currently being prepared for deployment off Croisic at the École Centrale de Nantes SEM-REV demonstration site in France. This is both the first offshore and floating wind turbine to be installed off the French coast.

  • Offshore Wind Brings Acta Marine to Saint-Nazaire

    7 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Acta Marine has opened an office in Saint-Nazaire, France, off whose coast a 480 MW offshore wind project is being built, for which the company’s vessel Coastal Chariot recently supported the export cable pull-in operations. Acta Marine said the move to open the office in Saint-Nazaire was in support of the growing offshore wind requirements […]

  • First Made-in-France Crew Transfer Vessel Launches

    29 April 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit have launched the first of the three crew transfer vessels (CTVs) dedicated to the operations and maintenance of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. On Thursday, 28 April, the launch of the vessel was attended by representatives of the French shipyard OCEA, GE Renewable Energy, EDF Renouvelables, and Louis Dreyfus […]

  • EIB Nods to Two French Offshore Wind Farms

    12 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved the financing for the Saint-Nazaire and Fécamp offshore wind projects in France. EIB did not disclose the amount of the approved financing. The two projects are being developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a joint venture of EDF EN and Enbridge. The 498MW Fécamp offshore wind farm will comprise […]

  • CHC Helicopter to Back DEME at Saint-Nazaire

    15 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    CHC Helicopter has secured a contract to provide crew change services to DEME Offshore throughout the construction phase of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. CHC will operate its flights from Saint-Nazaire Montoir Airport and will service three offshore support vessels during the various construction phases. CHC has appointed DHSS to be the helicopter […]

  • Saint-Nazaire OSS Jacket Ready to Set Sail to France

    4 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm’s offshore substation is ready to be transported from Italy to France, according to Rosetti Marino’s latest update posted on social media. The jacket, 50 metres tall and weighing 1,200 tonnes, has been loaded onto a barge in a vertical position and will travel to the Saint-Nazaire […]

  • Tekmar’s CPS to Protect Export Cables at Saint-Nazaire OWF

    2 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Prysmian has selected Tekmar Energy’s Generation 10 Cable Protection System (CPS) for the export cables at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. Tekmar will deliver the latest generation of its TekTube® CPS this year from its manufacturing facility in the North East of England. In 2020, the company won a CPS contract for the […]

  • France’s First Offshore Wind Farm Halfway There

    30 June 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s jack-up Vole au vent is installing the 37th of the 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW wind turbines at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm site offshore France. Vole au vent is transporting the wind turbines from the Nantes-Saint Nazaire Port and installing them at the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in France, being built between […]

  • LD Tide Inks New CTV Contract for Saint-Nazaire OWF

    12 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit, through a joint venture named LD Tide, have signed a crew transfer vessel (CTV) contract with the developer of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, Eolien Maritime France. The CTV is the third such vessel to be operated by LD Tide on the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, following an order […]

  • French Offshore Wind Farm Clears Final Legal Hurdle

    7 June 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Conseil d’Etat, France’s supreme administrative court, has dismissed the appeal against the operating permit for the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project. All the administrative permits required for the construction and operational phases of the project are now secured, the project developers said. EDF Renewables, a subsidiary of the EDF Group, and Enbridge, a North […]

  • DEME Installs Saint-Nazaire OSS Foundation

    23 April 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has installed the foundation for the offshore substation of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. The installation of the four subsea foundation piles was completed on 21 April, in record time despite having to be drilled into rock, according to DEME. The company added that its vessel Innovation […]

  • French Consortium Completes Offshore Substation Trifecta

    9 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium has also cut the first steel for the electrical substation for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm at Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire.

  • Saint-Nazaire Export Cable Installation Kicks Off

    11 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian has started installing the export cables which will connect the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm to the French grid. The Italian cable manufacturer deployed its cable-laying vessel Cable Enterprise on the project. The cable pull-in operations started off the Courance beach on Sunday, 9 August, Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE), the French transmission […]

  • ProCon Wins New Contract for Saint-Nazaire Foundations

    21 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    ProCon Wind Energy has secured a contract to carry out the offshore commissioning of the foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. Starting from May, ProCon will be doing the electrical testing and commissioning of the monopiles and transition pieces until estimated completion by end of 2022. The company was also in charge […]

  • Fugro Wraps Up Saint-Nazaire Survey Campaign

    17 July 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has completed a geotechnical survey campaign at the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France.

  • All Turbines Up at France’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    6 September 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s jack-up Vole au vent has now installed all 80 GE Haliade 150-6 MW wind turbines at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm site offshore France. Vole au vent transported the wind turbines from the Nantes-Saint Nazaire Port and installed them at the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in France, being built between 12 and 20 kilometres […]

  • Alstom Launches Construction of Its Plants in Saint-Nazaire, France

    21 January 2013

    Alstom CEO, Patrick Kron, and Alstom Renewable Power President, Jérôme Pécresse, accompanied Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, in Saint-Nazaire, when he officially launched construction works of Alstom’s first two offshore wind turbine factories on Monday 21 January. The exclusive supplier to the consortium headed by EDF EN within the framework of France’s first call for tenders […]

  • Saint-Nazaire OSS Jacket Set for Installation in August

    14 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the offshore substation that will be part of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm is scheduled to be installed at the project site off France in August. This is according to the latest update from the jacket’s builder Rosetti Marino, which has just sent the structure on a 22-day journey from its […]

  • GE Pulls Plug on Two French Offshore Wind Projects

    17 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Eolien Maritime France (EMF) to provide and service Haliade 150-6MW turbines to the first French EMF offshore wind farm to be cleared of any legal recourse. This memorandum of understanding terminates GE’s exclusive supplier status on the two other projects carried out by EMF for […]

  • Smulders Produces 2,000th Transition Piece

    21 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Smulders has produced its milestone 2,000th transition piece, destined for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. Smulders says it started with the production of the 2,000th transition piece this month, which is barely six years after celebrating the 1,000th transition piece. The milestone transition piece called TP 69 is one of the total 80 […]

  • GE Begins Turbine Production for French Offshore Wind Project

    10 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has begun the production of turbines for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. GE, in charge of providing 80 Haliade 150-6MW turbines for the project, said that the routing of components and materials is currently underway at its Saint-Nazaire production site. The Haliade unit destined for the 480MW French wind farm was tested onshore […]

  • Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Maintain Substations It Will Deliver for Three French OWFs

    27 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Atlantique Offshore Energy has signed long-term maintenance contracts for three offshore substations its parent company Chantiers de l’Atlantique is building for three offshore wind farms in France. Chantiers de l’Atlantique reported on 27 July that its Marine Energy Business Unit, Atlantique Offshore Energy, had just signed a five-year preventive maintenance contract for the offshore substation […]

  • Endiprev Completes Installation Test for First French Offshore Wind Farm

    15 March 2021
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Endiprev has carried out the installation test for the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire project, set to be the first commercial-scale wind farm installed in French waters. Endiprev France concluded the installation test in the Antwerp Port, during which the team investigated if the T1 and the transition piece fit perfectly. Over three weeks, the company said […]