192 results found for 'Fécamp offshore wind farm'

192 results found for 'Fécamp offshore wind farm'
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  • Akrocean Deploys WINDSEA FLiDAR at Fécamp Met Mast

    20 April 2018
    R&D, Technology

    French floating LiDAR developer Akrocean has deployed a WINDSEA buoy at the Fécamp met mast as part of the type 2 validation process of the OWA Carbon Trust Roadmap.

  • French Issue UXO Target Investigation Services Call

    23 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has issued a contract notice seeking unexploded ordnance (UXO) target identification surveys across two offshore wind subsea cable routes. The work will be carried out along the export cable routes of the Fécamp and the Courseulles-sur-mer (Calvados) offshore wind projects. The tender covers the investigation and […]

  • CPP Earmarks Around EUR 350 Million for French OWFs

    12 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) will pay approximately EUR 80 million for its recently bought stake in Éolien Maritime France (EMF) from Enbridge. The Canadian company, through its fully owned subsidiary CPP Investment Board Europe, has acquired 49 per cent of Enbridge’s 50 per cent stake in EMF, the developer of three offshore […]

  • EIB Enters French Offshore Wind Market with EUR 450 Million Loan

    9 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 450 million credit line for co-financing the construction of the Fécamp offshore wind project in France. According to EIB, this is the first such operation it is financing in France, reinforcing the objectives set by its shareholders to make it the EU climate bank. The financing will […]

  • Prysmian Secures Contracts for Three Offshore Wind Farms in France

    29 August 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian Group has secured inter-array cable contracts worth over EUR 220 million for three offshore wind farms in France.

  • Calvados Offshore Substation Topside Touches Down

    30 March 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The substation topside has been installed on the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind project in France, also known as the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm. The operation was carried out by DEME’s installation vessel Gulliver more than ten kilometres off the coast of Nacre and Bessin. The substation topside was designed and manufactured by Atlantique Offshore […]

  • Atlantique Offshore Energy Sends Off Calvados Substation

    6 March 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Atlantique Offshore Energy, in a consortium consortium with GE Grid Solutions and SDI (DEME Group), has sent off the offshore substation for the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind project in France, also known as the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm. The offshore wind farm is being built by a consortium comprising EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge, CPP Investments […]

  • RTE Seeks Cable Storage for French Offshore Wind Triplets

    15 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has opened a tender seeking cable storage services for the Saint-Nazaire, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fécamp offshore wind projects in France. RTE is looking for a provider of storage services for the 225kV submarine power cables, and optionally junctions and accessories for the three projects. The contractor will be in charge of […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Le Havre Port Embarks on EUR 12 Million Offshore Wind Upgrade

    11 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    HAROPA – Port of Le Havre has awarded a EUR 12 million contract to the NGE group for the construction works related to Siemens Gamesa’s offshore wind turbine plant in the Port of Le Havre, France. NGE’s subsidiaries NGE Genie Civil, Guintoli, NGE Fondations, and Maia Sonnier will build a roll-on, roll-off (RORO) platform and reinforce […]

  • Three French OWFs Greenlighted; Courseulles-Sur-Mer Could Face Appeal

    12 July 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The first three offshore wind projects off the French coast, to be developed by EDF and Enbridge off Saint-Nazaire, Fécamp and Courseulles-sur-mer, have received prefectural orders “authorizing the installation and operation” of wind farms. However, the 450MW project off Courseulles-sur-mer could face an appeal from several associations preparing a legal action opposing the project construction, according to the national media. […]

  • Boa Bison OSV Operates on Fecamp Site

    19 February 2015

    Boa Bison, an offshore support vessel, has just completed her work at the Fecamp offshore wind farm. During the installation of a met mast at the Fecamp offshore site, the vessel was in charge of the pre-lay of anchors for a gravity base structure and ROV work during submerging. Supplementing the data collected since 2007 in technical and environmental […]

  • France: RTE Seeks Contractor for Hydrographic Services

    2 November 2012

    Réseau de transport d’electricité SA (RTE) is seeking for a contractor to provide hydrographic services in France. As part of the environmental impact studies underway for projects with connections to offshore wind farms (only “export” cables), samples and benthic analyses are needed to establish the initial state of the environment. The four areas covered are […]

  • European Commission Okays Support for Six French OWFs

    26 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has approved the support for six French offshore wind farms selected in the country’s first two tendering rounds. The projects include Courseulles-sur-Mer, Fécamp, Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Brieuc from the Round 1 tender in 2012, as well as Round 2 winners Dieppe-Le Tréport and Ile d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier from 2014. The selected offshore wind farms will receive support in […]

  • GDF SUEZ, VINCI and CDC Infrastructure Submit their Bids for French Wind Farms

    12 January 2012

       GDF SUEZ, VINCI and CDC Infrastructure submitted yesterday their bids to the Government to develop offshore wind energy, further to a call for tenders covering an expanse off the coast of France, encompassing 3,000 MW of wind energy, from 2015. They are bidding on four of the five zones identified by the State as […]

  • Enbridge Selling Part of Stake in French Offshore Wind Projects

    7 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Enbridge is selling 49% of its 50% stake in Éolien Maritime France (EMF), the developer of three offshore wind projects in France, to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). After the transaction closes, through its investment in EMF, Enbridge will own equity interests in the Saint-Nazaire (25.5%), Courseulles-sur-Mer (21.7%), and Fécamp (17.9%) offshore wind projects […]

  • GDF SUEZ Plans to Bid in Offshore Wind Tender from French Government

    8 July 2011
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      GDF SUEZ has announced it will bid in the tender from the French government for the offshore installation of 3,000 MW of wind turbines by 2015. The Group recently entered a partnership with VINCI and AREVA to design the best business, energy and environmental proposal. This partnership brings together the main industrial French actors […]

  • France Ponders OW Subsea Substations

    25 March 2016
    Grid Connection

    RTE France has invited tenders for a feasibility study on HTB submarine substations (>50kV). RTE aims to question the market on feasibility of implementing high-voltage submarine substations as part of connections for offshore wind farms. “This type of technical solution could be integrated seamlessly through connecting turbines in commercial wind farms to avoid the realisation of energy collecting stations on platforms,” French […]

  • France: EDF Requires Offshore Wind Consultancy Services

    7 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    EDF is looking to award contracts for consultancy services for two proposed offshore wind farms in France, one at Fecamp and the other at Courseulles-sur-Mer. The work is related to assistance to the special committee for public consultations (CPDP), which includes design, editing, layout, printing and distribution of communication tools, as well as preparation of […]

  • Contractors Invited to Bid for Inter-Array Cabling of Three French OWFs

    31 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Eolien Maritime France, a subsidiary of EDF EN France and DONG Energy, has invited tenders for the delivery and installation of inter-array grid for Courseulles sur Mer, Fecamp and Saint-Nazaire’s offshore wind farms. The scope concerns the design, engineering, procurement, construction, transport, storage, installation, commissioning, testing and other services for the three wind farms. Divided in three lots, […]

  • RTE Looking for Assistance on Offshore Wind Connections

    16 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    French transmission system operator, Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) is seeking contractor for connection of four offshore wind projects. Namely, the company is inviting tenders for project ownership assistance (AMOA) for the preparation and support of connections works for Fécamp, Saint-Nazaire, Calvados and Saint-Brieuc wind farms. The four projects, covered by this tenderc are four […]

  • VIDEO: The Story of Alstom’s Haliade Offshore Wind Turbine

    9 October 2015

    Alstom has published a video about its Haliade™ 150-6MW offshore wind turbine, its onshore and offshore installations and projects that will feature the turbine.  The first prototype of this turbine was tested at an onshore site at Carnet, near St Nazaire. In November 2013, Alstom installed the second prototype at the Belwind site 45km offshore Ostend harbor in Belgium. In April 2012, the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Project Launch Set for Friday

    13 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    France’s minister for ecological transition, François de Rugy, will launch the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in Saint-Nazaire on Friday, 14 June. Minister de Rugy will launch the project at GE’s Montoir de Bretagne factory accompanied by Jean-Bernard Levy, CEO of EDF Group, and Hugh Bailey, General Manager of GE France. As reported last week, the Conseil […]

  • France: Siemens Gamesa Awards Wind Turbine Plant Construction Contract

    2 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Siemens Gamesa has selected a consortium led by GTM Normandie-Centre for the construction of its offshore wind turbine plant in Le Havre, France. The 20-hectare factory, to be built on the Quai Joannès Couvert in the Port of Le Havre, will be the first in the world to manufacture all main offshore wind turbine components […]