The figures for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm alone, the first offshore French power plant, are impressive; 80 wind turbines with a capacity of 480 MW installed on a rocky coast, 78 km.2: the surface surface, a network of interwind cables protected and stabilized by cast iron half-shells and bags, an electrical substation at sea (a large transformer), a double submarine, then an underground connection to the electrical grid at very high voltage, 200 French companies involved, 2,300 jobs mobilized in France, that including 1,200 for construction in the Pays de la Loire and 100 created for maintenance, 2 billion euros in investment… and strong and regular offshore wind converted into electricity. “With this wind farm, which is a complex industrial project, we faced challenges such as installing structures on rocky bottoms; immediately shows Olivier de La Laurence, director of the wind project…
Source: Le Figaro
