For nearly a thousand years, right up to the 1970s, the French harbor city of Fécamp was associated primarily with the fishing industry Today, in the small town situated on France’s northern coast in the presence of Roland Lescure, French Minister Delegate for Industry and Energy, Enbridge and its partners inaugurated the Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm Enbridge’s second offshore wind energy project in the country The 497 megawatt (MW) Fécamp project consists of 71 offshore Siemens Gamesa turbines located between 13 and 22 kilometres off the French coast Enbridge’s first French offshore wind farm entered service in November 2022 and was the first such project in the country’s history “The successful completion of the Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm marks a significant milestone for Enbridge and our project partners,” says Matthew Akman Enbridge’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and President of our Power group whose ownership also includes EDF Renewables CPP Investments and Skyborn Renewables has the capacity to supply 60% of the Seine-Maritime region Enbridge’s plan to advance our offshore wind projects including the 24 MW Provence Grand Large floating pilot project later this year and the 448 MW Courseulles-sur-Mer (Calvados) in 2025 also aligns with France’s target of generating 33% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 “These projects further highlight our commitment to being a leader in the energy transition and providing reliable clean and secure energy to the region,” says Akman Find out more about our operations in natural gas pipelines/LNG exports Fécamp joins Enbridge’s portfolio of operational European offshore wind assets including: Saint-Nazaire (480 MW) Rampion (400MW) off the southern English coast and Hohe See (497 MW) and Albatros (112 MW) projects off Germany’s north coast.  Throughout the development and construction phases over the past 12 years the Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm project team has worked in close consultation with all local stakeholders enabling optimal protection of the landscape and surrounding environment and helping to ensure shared use of the sea Numerous meetings with fishing professionals elected representatives and other stakeholders have resulted in a project that combines a commitment to the energy transition consideration of local needs and resources the configuration of the wind farm was adapted with turbines aligned in the direction of the current to allow fishing Cooperation with local stakeholders and environmental monitoring measures will continue throughout the operational phase of the Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm the Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm has relied on a network of regional infrastructures and skills to help build the project This included construction of 71 gravity-based foundations and production of wind turbine blades and pre-assembly of components in Cherbourg the project created about 3,000 jobs in the Normandy region for project construction and represents a total investment of about 2 billion euros With the maintenance base located on the Grand Quai peninsula in Fécamp about 100 local jobs have been created to operate the wind farm Day-to-day tasks will range from planning maintenance operations to optimizing electricity production (TOP PHOTO: The 497-megawatt Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm off the northern coast of France is now fully operational and Skyborn. © Parc éolien en mer de Fécamp-CAPA Corporate-CBeyssier) Our 37 renewable energy projects (operating or under construction) produce enough electricity to power about 1.3 million homes we take seriously our responsibility to deliver it safely and reliably 160 community projects benefit from Rampion Community Benefit Fund a joint venture between the French company EDF Renouvelables; EIH S.à.rl and CPP Investments; and Skyborn Renewables (formerly wpd offshore) The inauguration ceremony was held by the project partners and Roland Lescure French delegated Minister for Industry and Energy This content is available after accepting the cookies Nous inaugurons, avec @EDFofficiel et les élus, les 71 éoliennes en mer, au large de Fécamp, qui fournissent de l’électricité à plus de 750 000 Français ! C’est un projet exemplaire et c’est fabriqué en France : des fondations à la station électrique jusqu’aux pâles d’éoliennes! pic.twitter.com/kFxuqldiPC Located between 13 kilometres and 24 kilometres off the coast of Normandy this is the first offshore wind farm in that region The project features 7 MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbines which were installed by DEME’s vessel Innovation from the port of Cherbourg The first unit was installed at the Fécamp project site in July 2023 and produced its first electricity shortly after installation By January 2024, more than half of the 71 wind turbines were in place and the final wind turbine was installed in March All Siemens Gamesa units are standing on gravity-based foundations supplied and installed by a consortium of Boskalis the project involved about 3,000 jobs in the Normandy region and represents a total investment of about EUR 2 billion “This new low-carbon electricity production facility would not have been possible without close ongoing dialogue with elected representatives and local authorities economic players and local residents,” said Luc Rémont “The development of the Saint-Nazaire and Fécamp Offshore Wind Farms has contributed to the emergence of the wind industry in France essential for the development of future wind farms With the maintenance base located on the Grand Quai peninsula in Fécamp around a hundred local jobs have been created to operate the wind farm The 500 MW offshore wind farm will be able to supply electricity to almost 770,000 people the equivalent of about 60 per cent of the annual power consumption of the Seine-Maritime department Fécamp is the third commercial-scale offshore wind project in France to be completed, following Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farms “Following the successful completion of Saint-Nazaire in 2022 Enbridge continues to advance the development and construction of several offshore wind projects in France including the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project Dunkirk and Normandy offshore wind projects,” said Matthew Akman Executive Vice President Corporate Strategy and President Get in front of your target audience in one move OffshoreWIND.biz is read by thousands of offshore wind professionals daily Daily news and in-depth stories in your inbox Leveraging 20 years of experience with offshore windDecember 2023 will forever mark a milestone in our company history as we became part of the world-wide CS WIND group The acquisition goes beyond a mere change in ownership; it marks a leap into a future where our combined strengths will pave the way for optimized production […] Canada Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and Skyborn inaugurated the 500MW Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm Located between 13 and 24km off the northern coast of France the Wind Farm will help support France's energy transition objectives which aim to achieve a 33% share of renewable energy in its energy mix by 2030 From the production of its first megawatt-hour in July 2023 to the installation of the 71st wind turbine the Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm has been progressively connected to the national grid it will be able to supply nearly 770,000 people with low-carbon electricity equivalent to 60% of the annual electricity consumption of the Seine-Maritime department the Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm project team has worked in close consultation with all local stakeholders which has enabled to best protect the landscape and surrounding environment and help ensure shared use of the sea elected representatives and other stakeholders have allowed us to successfully complete a project that combines a commitment to the energy transition the configuration of the wind farm has been adapted with the turbines aligned in the direction of the current to allow fishing Cooperation with local stakeholders and environmental monitoring measures will continue throughout the operational phase of the Fécamp offshore Wind Farm Throughout the three-year construction phase the Fécamp offshore wind farm relied primarily on the regional infrastructure and skills of Le Havre and Cherbourg to build the gravity foundations and wind turbines the project has mobilized some 3,000 jobs in the Normandy region and represents a total investment of around 2 billion euros around a hundred local jobs have been created to operate of the wind farm We are very proud to inaugurate the first offshore wind farm in Normandy less than two years after the commissioning of the Saint-Nazaire wind farm in Loire-Atlantique I would like to sincerely thank all the players in the Normandy region for their support all the teams at EDF Renewables and our partners Enbridge CPP Investments and Skyborn for the work they have accomplished This new low-carbon electricity production facility would not have been possible without close The development of the Saint-Nazaire and Fécamp offshore wind farms has led to the emergence of a new industrial sector in France The successful completion of the Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm marks a significant milestone for Enbridge and our project partners Following the successful completion of Saint-Nazaire in 2022 Dunkirk and Normandy offshore wind projects These projects further highlight our commitment to being a leader in the energy transition and providing clean and secure energy to the region Thank you to our partners – EDF Renewables and Skyborn – with whom we have helped to grow the French offshore wind industry The global energy transition requires significant long-term and flexible capital and we are pleased to be bringing our capital and expertise Following the success of our first project alongside our partners the commissioning of Fécamp is an important step in the advancement of France’s offshore wind capacity Offshore wind projects are a focus of our investment activities as we see significant opportunities in the sector due to global decarbonisation goals and energy needs We're proud of everyone's efforts to realize Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm a project Skyborn has been committed to since 2007 Commissioning Fécamp is a significant step in advancing the clean energy transition in France and Europe We extend our gratitude to our partners EDF Renewables for leading the execution and to Enbridge and CPP Investments for their collaboration Fécamp et Nice - Nous poursuivons notre série de brèves consacrées aux nominations récentes à la tête des musées français et nous intéressons au Musée de Grenoble aux Pêcheries-Musée de Fécamp et au Musée Matisse de Nice qui ont accueilli trois nouveaux directeurs ces derniers mois Sébastien Gokalp a pris la direction du Musée de Grenoble en janvier dernier suite au départ à la retraite de Guy Tosatto qui y officiait depuis un peu plus de vingt ans Sébastien Gokalp travailla six ans au Centre Pompidou avant de devenir conservateur du patrimoine en 2007 Pour avoir accès à ce contenu, vous devez vous abonner à La Tribune de l’Art. 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Les avantages et les conditions de cet abonnement, qui vous permettra par ailleurs de soutenir La Tribune de l’Art, sont décrits sur la page d’abonnement Si vous êtes déjà abonné, connectez-vous Fécamp wind farm is a 500MW offshore wind farm being developed off the coast of Fécamp in France The wind farm will generate sufficient electricity to fulfil the demands of 770,000 people in Seine-Maritime It will also offset two million tonnes of carbon dioxide EDF Renewables and Enbridge own 35% each through Éolien Maritime France while wpd offshore owns the remaining 30% interest Fécamp wind farm project is in line with EDF’s CAP 2030 strategy which is aimed at doubling the company’s renewable capacity to 50GW between 2015 and 2030 The project is being developed with an estimated investment of €2bn ($2.25bn) A majority of the capital will be arranged through non-recourse project-level debt The electricity generated from the project will be sold under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) signed by the partners in June 2018 the wind farm project is expected to be completed in 2023 It will employ 100 people for maintenance operations over 25 years of operational life Fécamp wind farm will be located in Seine-Maritime in the Normandy region of northwest France The wind turbines will be located between 13km and 22km off the coast of Fécamp The site was selected due to strong and regular wind and shallow depth of 30m The wind farm will include 71 SWT-7.0-154 offshore wind turbines with a capacity of 7MW each The turbines are specifically designed for sea installation while the high power rating enables high overall power for the wind farm with a lower number of turbines The streamlined shape of the blades ensures maximum wind is captured while the nacelle contains the generator for producing electricity The mast houses essential electrical elements and also supports the nacelle and the blades Each turbine will be installed on a gravity foundation which is a large concrete structure filled with ballast The gravity foundations will be built in concrete and placed on the seabed The gravity foundation of the measurement mast has a total weight of 1,800t The large mass of these foundations will provide stability while also supporting the weight of the equipment The wind turbines will convert wind energy into electricity and will be connected by cables buried at an electrical substation at sea The substation will be connected to the electrical network in Normandy by an underwater link first and then by an underground link The wind farm will be connected to the public electricity transmission network by a double bond at 225,000V underwater and underground connection A double bond is made up of two electrical circuits with each circuit comprising three cables The project will involve the installation of 71 gravity-based foundations for the wind farm The structures will be built at the Grand Port Maritime site in Le Havre The turbines will be manufactured at the Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) manufacturing plant to be built in Le Havre while assembly will take place at the Port of Cherbourg Onshore construction works will begin in 2020 including site preparation works to facilitate the construction of gravity-based structures as well as the construction of the Siemens plant and construction of the maintenance base at Fécamp The project activities in 2021 will continue with land-based works followed by the installation of the wind farm between 2022 and 2023 SGRE will manufacture and supply the wind turbines and provide maintenance for 15 years Saipem and Boskalis was contracted for the design construction and installation of the foundations Chantiers de l’Atlantique, GE Grid Solutions and SDI will carry out works for the offshore electrical substation Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) will connect the wind farm from the electrical substation to the grid A consortium led by GTM Normandie-Centre will construct the new Siemens Gamesa manufacturing plant Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network By 2022-11-04T09:00:00+00:00 Boskalis has deployed its ocean-going tugs Bear Manta and Sovereign to tow 71 gravity-based structures to the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France The company’s fallpipe vessel Rockpiper handled the bedding layer underneath each gravity-based structure that were all ballasted by Boskalis’s trailing suction hopper dredger Willem van Oranje assisted by conducting surveys and by serving as diving support vessel The final monopiles for the Eoliennes en Mer Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm have been delivered by Boskalis’ heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin The first turbine has been installed at the 500 MW Fécamp wind farm The country also awarded almost 1.2 GW of wind projects in an oversubscribed tendering round The Netherlands-headquartered Boskalis has been awarded a contract by Ocean Winds – a 50:50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE – to transport and install monopiles for the Moray West wind farm project off the east coast of Scotland.  Australia’s port of Townsville is investing in a 14 ha project cargo laydown area at its East Port Precinct that will support future industry development and renewable energy projects across the region The Baltic Exchange has launched a free fuel equivalence converter to help owners brokers and charterers understand the cost and commercial implications of greener fuel options The UK’s port of Blyth reported record financial performance for the fourth consecutive year Site powered by Webvision Cloud The 497-megawatt (MW) wind project features 71 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 7-MW turbines manufactured in France The project generates electricity equivalent to the power needs of more than 416,000 homes Turbines are located between 13 and 22 kilometres off Fécamp’s coast and deployed in an area of about 60 square km Enbridge has a 17.9% ownership stake in the Fécamp Offshore Wind Project Visit the project website for more information world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry announces the successful commissioning of the inter-array cable system for the Fécamp offshore wind farm The Fécamp offshore wind farm is composed of 71 WTGs with a total capacity of nearly 500 MW generating clean electricity equivalent to the power needs of over 770,000 people Prysmian had secured this project in 2020 with a contract awarded by EDF Renewables and its partners “This important project marks a further significant milestone for the Group being one of the first large-scale offshore wind farms located in France in which the Group has full EPCI responsibility for the inter-array supply and installation contract,” stated Alberto Boffelli termination and testing of a total of 118 km of 33 kV submarine cables with 630mm2 cross-sections and both aluminium and copper cores to connect the 71 wind turbines with a capacity of 7 MW each to the offshore substation Prysmian also offered its strategic expertise and extended ability to provide a complex and complete installation solution whilst ensuring a tighter control over the entire supply chain,” concluded Boffelli The complex offshore installation was performed under Prysmian’s full and dedicated project management This contract confirms the trust and confidence that EDF Renewables and its partners place in Prysmian having already awarded the Group other projects such as those for the St The 71st and final wind turbine was installed on 25 March at the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France the first project of this kind to be built in Normandy the last wind turbines that were installed are expected to produce electricity in the coming weeks The 500 MW Fécamp features 7 MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbines which were installed by DEME’s vessel Innovation from the port of Cherbourg Innovation returned to port in the morning on 26 March [#MissionAccomplie✅] Hier, la dernière éolienne du parc éolien en mer de Fécamp a été installée avec succès au large de la @RegionNormandie ! ⚡🌊 Une étape majeure pour le parc qui alimentera bientôt l'éq. de la conso de 770 000 habitants ! ⚡🌬En savoir plus… pic.twitter.com/0K2qNIdoeA The first wind turbine at the Fécamp project site, located between 13 and 24 kilometres off the coast of Normandy, was installed in July 2023 and produced its first electricity shortly after installation By January 2024, more than half of the 71 wind turbines were in place and the last 20 units were installed over the past two months All wind turbines are standing on gravity-based foundations supplied and installed by a consortium of Boskalis Fécamp is the third commercial-scale offshore wind project in France to be completed, following Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farms the 500 MW offshore wind farm will produce enough electricity to meet the annual electricity consumption of 770,000 people equivalent to 60 per cent of the population of Seine-Maritime The project is owned by Eolien Maritime France (EMF) All 71 gravity-based foundations have been installed at the Fécamp wind farm offshore France The installation of the foundations started on 1 August and was completed on 17 September with the installation of the final gravity-based foundation at the site located between 13 and 22 kilometres off Fécamp The consortium of Boskalis, Saipem, and Bouygues Construction is in charge of supplying and installing the foundations for the 500 MW offshore wind farm The foundations were transported by barges in sets of three from the Bougainville yard in the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre and installed at the site by Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir Boskalis is in charge of carrying out scour protection and ballasting of the foundations after the installation The operations of ballasting the gravity-based foundations with gravel are currently ongoing according to the established schedule Prysmian Group is expected to begin the installation of the inter-array cables which will transport the electricity produced by the wind turbines to the electrical substation this autumn the 71 Siemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines will be installed on the foundations Once the entire wind farm is in service at the end of 2023 it should produce the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 770,000 people or the equivalent of 60 per cent of the electricity consumption of Seine-Maritime The project is being jointly developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF) 70 per cent or a total of 50 out of 71 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines have been installed at the Fécamp offshore wind farm site in Normandy The wind turbine installation work is being carried out by DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation which is currently located at the offshore site The first Siemens Gamesa 7 MW unit was installed at the construction site some 13-24 kilometres off the coast of Normandy in July 2023 started generating electricity and feeding it into the grid upon the installation of its first turbine All wind turbines will be placed on gravity-based foundations which were supplied and installed by the consortium of Boskalis the offshore wind farm will supply low-carbon electricity for the annual electricity consumption of 770,000 people equivalent to 60 percent of the population of Seine-Maritime The first of the 71 gravity-based foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm has been completed at the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre and Boskalis is in charge of supplying and installing the foundations for the 500 MW wind farm located between 13 and 22 kilometres off the coast of Normandy Each foundation weighs 5,000 tons and measures 31 metres in diameter at its base depends on where the unit will be installed Water depths at the installation site range from 25 to 30 metres The fabrication of the foundations started 14 months ago and will continue until the summer of 2022 with the site mobilizing more than 1,000 employees at its peak of activity Boskalis will carry out the design and preparation of the seabed rock foundation prior to the installation The Dutch company will also carry out scour protection and ballasting of the foundations after installation The transport and installation of ​​the foundations will be done using the Saipem 7000 one of the largest heavy lift vessels in the world The installation work is scheduled to start in early summer 2022 Offshore construction work at the wind farm will continue until the end of 2023 The Fécamp offshore wind farm is being jointly developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF) The wind farm will feature 71 Siemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines scheduled to be fully operational by the end of 2023 The 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm in Normandy has started producing the first electricity and feeding it into the grid after the first wind turbine was installed at the beginning of this month #EolienEnMerFecamp 🌊 La première éolienne en mer normande produit déjà ses 1ers kWh ! Après quelques jours de tests et essais, les 1ers kWh ont été injectés ce week-end dans le réseau national depuis le poste de Sainneville. ©EDF Renouvelables-DDC pic.twitter.com/tuKfALSJdu Following the load-out of the first four wind turbines from the port of Cherbourg DEME Offshore’s Innovation proceeded with the installation of the components of the first Siemens 7 MW wind turbine on the construction site located between 13 and 24 kilometres off the coast of Normandy the first kWh from the unit were transmitted last weekend into the national grid from the Sainneville substation The Fécamp offshore wind farm features 71 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines, installed on gravity-based foundations The wind farm is expected to be put into operation by the end of this year when it will produce the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 770,000 people or 60 per cent of the inhabitants of Seine-Maritime Fécamp is the third commercial-scale wind project offshore France to reach the turbine installation phase, following the now-inaugurated Saint-Nazaire, and the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm The first components for wind turbines which will spin at the Fécamp offshore wind farm are being transported to the storage and assembly site at the Port of Cherbourg ahead of the installation at the offshore site that is scheduled to start in the late Spring The 497 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm will comprise 71 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines scheduled to be operational by the end of 2023 Siemens Gamesa started manufacturing blades and nacelles for the project in 2022 at its facility in Le Havre with the tower sections being produced in Spain will be assembled at the quay in Cherbourg before being loaded onto the installation vessel together with four nacelles and twelve blades for the installation of four complete wind turbines in one batch around 60 people will be mobilised on land and some 70 people will be mobilised on the installation vessel to install the wind turbines a joint venture between EDF Renouvelables; EIH S.à.rl and CPP Investments; and Skyborn Renewables The 497 MW offshore wind farm is expected to be put into operation by the end of this year renewable energy is key to the future of our planet we have over 60 years’ experience and an in-depth understanding of the power and temperature control needs of wind farms We have a dedicated Wind Energy Team whose innovative strategies […] This article was updated at 11:19 CET on 2 August Heerema Marine Contractors’ vessel Sleipnir has started installing the gravity-based foundations at the site of the 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm in France according to an update Heerema posted via social media Yesterday morning (1 August) HAROPA – Port of Le Havre announced the first three gravity-based foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm set sail from Le Havre towards the project site on 29 July the installation of the first foundation was completed on 1 August A total of 71 foundations will gradually leave the Bougainville yard to reach their installation site According to earlier information on this part of the project the gravity-based foundations were planned to be installed by Saipem 7000 the vessel’s AIS data is still showing it to be working at the Seagreen 1 offshore wind project site in Scotland The fabrication of the foundations started in 2020 with the first unit loaded onto its transport barge last month Each foundation weighs 5,000 tonnes and measures 31 metres in diameter at its base Bouygues Construction is responsible for the construction of the foundations while Boskalis will carry out scour protection and ballasting of the foundations after installation The Fécamp offshore wind farm will feature 71 Siemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines the offshore wind farm will produce the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 770,000 people or 60 per cent of the inhabitants of Seine-Maritime 37 out of 71 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines are installed at the Fécamp offshore wind farm site in Normandy DEME Offshore’s Innovation installed the components of the first Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbine at the construction site located between 13 and 24 kilometres off the coast of Normandy All wind turbines will be placed on gravity-based foundations which were supplied and installed by the consortium of Boskalis one of the developers of the 500 MW wind project said that half of the turbines from Fécamp are now operational The offshore wind farm has been producing and injecting electricity into the grid since the summer of 2023 and it will soon reach a capacity of nearly 250 MW the 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm will supply low-carbon electricity for the annual electricity consumption of 770,000 people The wind farm will contribute to achieving France’s objective of 40 per cent of electricity production from renewable sources by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050 The requested URL was not found on this server The operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm in France was officially inaugurated on 28 June 2022 Located on the Coastal Fishing Quay side on the Grand Quai peninsula in Fécamp the facility will first serve the construction of the wind farm the building will accommodate the wind farm’s operation and maintenance teams The teams will carry out various missions from the facility on a daily basis including preventive and corrective maintenance of the installations monitoring and optimisation of the wind farm’s production as well as monitoring of weather conditions and surveillance of access to the offshore wind farm manufactured by Manche Industrie Marine in Dieppe will be moored at the base’s pontoons to transport maintenance technicians to the offshore wind turbines designed by Franc Architectures Group and built by Eiffage with an area of approximately 2,000 square metres consists of a control and telecommunications room and a warehouse area of 800 square metres to store the material necessary for the maintenance of the offshore wind farm 70 per cent of the construction work was carried out by companies from the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region The O&M base will employ around 100 people during the operating life of the wind farm Recruitment has already started and will end in 2023 The Fécamp offshore wind farm is being built by EDF Renouvelables The project will feature 71 Siemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines, all of which will stand on gravity-based foundations, the first of which was completed at the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre at the beginning of this year Asso.subsea has completed the inter-array cable installation and protection operations for the 500 MW Fécamp wind farm offshore Normandy Asso.subsea was contracted by Italy-headquartered Prysmian Group to execute the seabed preparation involving four different vessels and various subsea tools the project was characterized by very hard soils and demanding burial requirements so it designed and built a new trenching vehicle the AssoTrencher IV Mk13 with an innovative approach to enhance backfilling capabilities The tool performed more than 100 kilometers of backfilling re-utilizing the previously excavated material thus providing a more unique environmentally sustainable solution for seabed reinstatement operations The firm also utilised its recently converted cable-laying vessel (CLV) Ariadne and the trenching support vessels Athena and Argo both equipped with the latest version of the AssoTrencher IV burial tools “This important project marks a significant milestone for Asso.subsea being the first inter-array project that the company has ever executed,” said Dimitris Panagos Director of Offshore Wind Projects at Asso.subsea “As a one–stop-shop service provider for offshore activities we have successfully installed and protected a total of 71 cables protection and backfilling of more than 118km of submarine cables offering our expertise and extended ability to execute an extremely complex project thanks to a full vertically-integrated solution.” Aside from being responsible for the supply of inter-array and export cables for the Fécamp offshore wind farm, Prysmian Group is also in charge of providing inspection and repair services for the export cables connecting Saint-Nazaire The Fécamp offshore wind farm will feature 71 Siemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines with the first unit being installed in July this year. That same month, the 500 MW offshore wind farm started producing its first power The Pioneers of Offshore Engineering GustoMSC part of NOV’s Marine and Construction business is recognized for providing advanced design & engineering consultancy for mobile offshore units and reliable equipment and technical knowledge into realistic & innovative ideas The performance of new and existing jack-ups and wpd have launched the Fécamp offshore wind farm following the finalization of financing agreements between the consortium and its financial partners Located between 13 and 22 km (8 and 14 mi) off the coast of northwest France the 500-MW Fécamp offshore wind farm will consist of 71 turbines connected to the gravity-based foundations installed on the seabed at depths between 25 and 30 m (82 and 98 ft) Project commissioning is scheduled in 2023 The wind farm is expected to provide enough annual electricity to meet the power needs for 770,000 people or more than 60% of the Seine-Maritime department’s population The construction of the project will create more than 1,400 local jobs about 100 local ongoing full-time jobs based at the port of Fécamp will also be created to maintain the wind farm The total project capital cost is estimated to be EUR2 billion ($2 billion) of which the majority will be financed through non-recourse project level debt Fécamp is underpinned by a 20-year power purchase agreement granted by the state in June 2018 The consortium has signed equipment supply contracts with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy plus Saipem and Boskalis; and Chantiers de l’Atlantique SGRE will manufacture 71 SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines at the plant it is to build in Le Havre and installation on the seabed of the 71 gravity-based foundations with an individual weight of up to 5,000 metric tons (5,512 tons) Boskalis is tasked with the design and preparation of the seabed rock foundation prior to GBS installation and the scour protection and ballasting of the GBS’ after installation on the seabed The foundations will be constructed in the Bougainville maritime works yard in the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre and will be transported by barge to the offshore wind farm site are expected to be completed by the end of 2022 Atlantique Offshore Energy (the marine energy business unit of Chantiers de l’Atlantique) will design and commission the substation topsides and jacket foundation GE’s Grid Solutions will deliver high-voltage equipment and protection control systems SDI will transport and install the platform responsible for connecting the wind farm from the substation to the coast and then to Normandy’s electricity grid Bouygues Construction, Saipem and Boskalis will supply and install the wind turbine foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm under a EUR 552 million contract with the project developer The contract value is divided between each of the three contractors according to to their share of work scope: 40.5% for Bouygues Travaux Publics construction and installation of 71 concrete gravity-based foundations (GBS) Boskalis will carry out the design and preparation of the seabed rock foundation prior to GBS installation The company will also take care of scour protection and ballasting of the foundations after installation will be installed at the Fécamp project site off Normandy The foundations will be manufactured at the Bougainville yard in the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre and will be transported by barge to the offshore wind farm site According to a press release from Boskalis the works will start in the next few days and are expected to be completed by the end of 2022 will feature 71 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines The wind farm is set to be operational in 2023 DEME Offshore’s installation vessel Orion has installed the offshore substation for the 500 MW Fécamp wind farm offshore France After being constructed at the end of June the 2,200-tonne topside for the offshore substation left the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard a month later Atlantique Offshore Energy, a marine business unit of Chantiers de l’Atlantique, secured the contract for the construction of the substation in 2020 together with its partners GE Grid Solutions and DEME Group’s SDI Atlantique Offshore Energy was in charge of the topside and jacket foundation design, manufacturing, and onshore commissioning. Under a contract signed last year the company will also be responsible for the maintenance of the offshore substation GE Grid Solutions was in charge of high and medium-voltage electrical equipment and protection control systems design while SDI was responsible for the transport and installation The four piles for the OSS jacket foundation were installed by DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer in April 2022 all of which will stand on gravity-based foundations with the first units already installed at the construction site located more than 13 kilometres off the coast of Normandy Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has picked Global Wind Service (GWS) as a partner for the complete pre-assembly scope for the 497 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm in France also known as Parc éolien en mer de Fécamp The Global Wind Service’s scope of work includes pre-assembly of the tower components as well as assembly of the HSBM tool on the nacelles GWS started mobilising in February and the first vessel load out is expected to take place in May This is not the first time Siemens Gamesa is working closely with GWS. The two companies already teamed up on Greater Changhua 1 & 2a for 111 wind turbines and for all 89 units at the Windpark Fryslân project in the Netherlands When it comes to the Fécamp offshore wind farm Siemens Gamesa started manufacturing blades and nacelles for the project in 2022 at its facility in Le Havre are assembled at the quay in Cherbourg before being loaded onto the installation vessel together with four nacelles and twelve blades for the installation of four complete wind turbines in one batch and wpd has launched the construction of the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France following the finalisation of agreements with its financial partners French transmission system operator RTE will start onshore construction works this month RTE is responsible for connecting the wind farm from the substation to the coast The total project capital cost is estimated to be EUR 2 billion of which the majority will be financed through non-recourse project level debt the consortium said in a press release issued on 2 June The construction of the Fécamp project will create over 1,400 local jobs and the wind farm’s 25-year service life will create approximately 100 local ongoing full-time jobs to be built at a site between 13 kilometres and 22 kilometres off the coast of northwest France The power generated by the wind farm will provide enough annual electricity to meet the power needs for 770,000 people The Fécamp offshore wind farm has a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) granted by the state in June 2018 The 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm will be composed of 71 wind turbines located between 13km and 22km from the coast of northwest France The power generated by the wind farm will provide enough annual electricity to meet the power needs of approximately 770,000 people or over 60% of the Seine-Maritime department’s population The construction of the project will create over 1,400 local jobs in total approximately 100 local ongoing full-time jobs based at the port of Fécamp will also be created to maintain the wind farm EDF Group senior executive vice-president Renewable Energies and chairman and CEO of EDF Renewables commented “We are thrilled to have contributed to the creation of an industrial sector that creates value and jobs for the territories These large-scale projects fit with EDF’s strategy under which it aims to double its renewable energy capacity worldwide between 2015 and 2030 to 50 GW net This is how we will build a CO2-neutral energy future as well.” The total project capital cost is estimated to be €2 billion Fécamp offshore wind farm is underpinned by a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) granted by the state The consortium has sealed equipment supply contracts with top-tier suppliers responsible for connecting the wind farm from the substation to the coast and then until Normandy’s electricity grid SGRE’s new turbine manufacturing plant in Le Havre at which construction is set to begin this summer The manufacturing of the gravitational foundations for the wind turbines will commence this summer at the Grand Port Maritime site The wind turbines will be assembled at the Port of Cherbourg These orders come at a time when the country intends to boost its activity after two months of lockdown This project has been guided by extensive consultation carried out for over 10 years with local stakeholders (state services and son-government organizations) and is supported by in-depth environmental studies undertaken with local environmental associations Specific work was also carried out in close collaboration with the fishing industry to ensure the coexistence of various maritime activities on the site All the project partners possess considerable experience in offshore wind farms and in the delivery of large-scale industrial projects: “We are pleased to mark this important milestone with our partners The start of construction of Fécamp demonstrates our continued commitment to offshore wind development in Europe and further positions us as a diversified energy infrastructure leader.” Caption: Lillgrund Offshore Wind Farm at sunset Siemens 2.3 MW Offshore Wind Turbines and Energy Substation (Transformer) MILAN, Italy — Prysmian Group has completed commissioning of the inter-array cable system for the Fécamp wind farm 24 km from the Normandy coast in northern France Fécamp comprises 71 wind turbine generators with a total capacity of nearly 500 MW Operator EDF Renewables awarded main contracts in 2020 termination and testing of 118 km of 33-kV submarine cables These would have 630-sq-mm cross-sections and both aluminum and copper cores to connect the 7-MW turbines to the offshore substation Prysmian now plans to expand its offshore cable-lay fleet by investing about €350 million (%386.8 million) in two new vessels an evolution of the design for the Monna Lisa that the shipyard is currently constructing It will be about 185 m long with a breadth of 34 m and three carousels providing total capacity of 19,000 metric tons This should lead to reduced transportation times from the factory to the vessel A bollard pull of more than 180 metric tons should allow it to perform simultaneous laying and burial of up to four cables with a variety of heavy-duty ploughs for an unrivalled optimisation of offshore operations It will also have DP3 positioning and seakeeping systems and is due to start operation by early 2027 The other vessel will be the evolution of the design for the Ulisse vessel 167 m long with a breadth of 40 m and two carousels (one split in two concentric sections) providing a total cable loading capacity of 10,000 mt Its DP2 positioning and seakeeping systems and eight-point mooring system will suit shallow-water cable laying and burial installation This vessel should be operational by first-half 2025 Both new ships will be equipped with HV shore connection systems to receive electrical power during loading operations with the deeper-water Monna Lisa also featuring diesel generators suitable for biodiesel blends and battery hybrid systems Italy-headquartered Prysmian Group has installed thirty inter-array cables at the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France The cabling contracts for the 500 MW offshore wind farm were awarded to Prysmian which is in charge of supplying and installing both the inter-array cables and the export cables for the wind farm To carry out this operation, four ships are currently mobilised in the area of the future offshore wind farm: the 2009-built Ariadne, the 83.7-metre long ESVAGT Froude, the DP3 trenching support vessel (TSV) Athena and the offshore construction vessel Argo with nearly 300 people on board The inter-array cable installation will continue until the summer of 2023 Prysmian was also awarded a contract by Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to provide inspection all of which will stand on gravity-based foundations The topside for the offshore substation of the 500 MW Fécamp wind farm has left Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard and is headed toward the project’s construction site located more than 13 kilometres off the coast of Normandy a marine business unit of Chantiers de l’Atlantique completed the construction of the topside at the end of June The company secured the contract for the construction of the substation in 2020 together with its partners GE Grid Solutions and DEME Group’s SDI Atlantique Offshore Energy was in charge of the topside and jacket foundation design while SDI is responsible for the transport and installation The four piles for the OSS jacket foundation were installed by DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer in April 2022 According to the project’s most recent social media update the second batch of gravity-based foundations have been placed on a transport barge at the Bougainville yard in the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre The offshore wind farm is being built by EDF Renouvelables Offshore construction is scheduled to be completed and the wind farm fully commissioned by the end of 2023 French floating LiDAR developer Akrocean has deployed a WINDSEA buoy at the Fécamp met mast as part of the type 2 validation process under the OWA Carbon Trust Roadmap WINDSEA is a hybrid LiDAR (wave and solar energy) stabilised and monitored from an onshore control center Akrocean reached an agreement to deploy the WINDSEA buoy with the developers of the Fécamp offshore wind project via DNV GL the certification body for the validation process The wind farm is being developed by Eoliennes Offshore des Hautes Falaises Director of the Fécamp offshore wind project said: “We are creating an industrial sector in France so it is a great satisfaction to enable the rise of companies’ skills present in the value chain of the sector The creation and development of AKROCEAN fall within this approach and our teams are pleased to contribute to the emergence of a new player in the Marine Renewable Energy ecosystem.” The next step for Akrocean is the type 2 validation trial tests of the platform Equipped with two LiDARs; Zephir and Leosphere the buoy is installed off the Fécamp coast for a six-month wind measurement campaign Project Manager and Sales Director at Akrocean will confirm our ability to provide bankable data to project developers and will enable us to expand our prospection to European and international contractors .” Akrocean entered the floating LiDAR market in 2017 by winning a public call for tenders from Météo France for a one-year wind measurement campaign on the site of the future offshore wind farm off the Oléron coast we offer our clients an extensive range of DNV offshore equipment including offshore containers tanks and bespoke designs for both long term contracts and short-term hires with no minimum […] Windar Renovables has completed the manufacturing and loading for the last shipment of tower sections for the 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm in France The tower sections were manufactured at Windar Renovables’ Avilés facilities in Spain and will be installed between 13 and 24 kilometres off the coast of Normandy before being loaded onto the installation vessel together with nacelles and blades for the installation of complete wind turbines The Global Wind Service company is responsible for the pre-assembly of the tower components as well as the assembly of the HSBM tool on the nacelles The first Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbine was installed by DEME Offshore’s Innovation in July this year the 500 MW offshore wind farm started producing its first power Construction has started on the operations and maintenance base for the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France Located in Fécamp in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region the facility will first serve as the construction base for the 500 MW project with the offshore construction work scheduled to start in 2022 Up to three vessels will be moored at the base’s pontoons to transport maintenance technicians to the offshore wind turbines is carried out by Eiffage and is expected to be completed in less than fourteen months including 1,200 m² of offices and 800 m² of warehouse space the building is located on the Coastal Fishing Quay side on the Grand Quai peninsula in Fécamp The pontoon work will be carried out by ETPO’s Le Havre agency The pontoons will be manufactured by Manche Industrie Marine in Dieppe This base will employ around one hundred people during the operating life of the wind farm Developed EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge, and wpd Offshore, the Fécamp offshore wind farm will consist of 71 Siemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 offshore wind turbines located between 13 and 22 kilometres off the Normandy coast the wind farm will produce the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 770,000 people “The maintenance base for the Fécamp offshore wind farm is the result of long-standing collaborative work with the municipality port stakeholders and port users,” Bertrand Allanic Director of the Fécamp offshore wind farm project ”About a hundred people will work there to carry out the operations and maintenance of the wind farm one of the first maintenance bases for offshore wind power in France which we will be delighted to inaugurate with the Fécamp residents within 14 months