Low resolution Medium resolution Original resolution Saint Nazaire is France's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm Saint Nazaire is a 480MW offshore wind farm being located in the Loire-Atlantique region of France it is the country’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm Parc du Banc de Guérande is a subsidiary of Eolien Maritime France (EMF) a joint venture between EDF Renewables and EIH SARL which is jointly owned by Enbridge and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) EMF won the competitive bidding for the project in 2012 from the French Government while the operating permit was received in August 2016 The final administrative permit to operate the wind farm was granted in June 2019 Construction works on the project started in September 2019 with the first turbine erected in April 2022 The wind farm became fully operational with all 80 turbines in November 2022 The €2bn ($2.21bn) project was developed as part of the government’s aim to increase renewable energy’s share in consumption to 32% by 2030 KfW IPEX-Bank contributed €100m ($111.6m) for the development of the wind project Apart from the Saint Nazaire project, EMF is developing three other wind farms in France, namely Dunkirk which will have a combined capacity of 1.42GW The Saint Nazaire wind farm is situated on the bench of Guérande The site was selected due to strong and steady winds such as regulatory easements and maritime safety and was located away from major commercial shipping routes The Saint Nazaire offshore wind farm is equipped with GE’s 80 Haliade 150-6MW wind turbines The Haliade 150-6MW wind turbine has a rotor diameter of 150m and swept area of 17,860m² The rotor of the turbine is fitted with blades stretching 73.50m Located approximately 12km to 20km offshore the wind turbines are installed 1km apart on monopole foundations Each turbine features a Pure Torque design and direct drive permanent magnet generator for enhanced efficiency GE Renewable Energy manufactured the first turbine nacelle The nacelle was the first in a series of Haliade 150-6 MW wind turbines The first foundation for the wind farm was installed off the Guérande peninsula The foundations were transported from the port of La Rochelle Each foundation includes a monopile structure and transition piece The monopiles were installed in the seabed at water depths between 12m and 25m while the transition pieces on top of them were equipped with maritime signal lights for safety The excavation of 73 monopile foundations with 7,700mm was performed at water depths between 6m and 24m using the newly developed Herrenknecht offshore foundation drilling (OFD) technology of Herrenknecht AG to install large-diameter monopiles for wind turbines the Pioneering Spirit vessel was used to install the jacket for the electrical offshore substation 12km away from the coast The offshore substation was installed on the jacket in the same month and 19 wind turbine foundations were also installed at the same time The electricity generated by the wind farm is transmitted through a 33km submarine link and 27km underground link to Saint-Nazaire Trignac A substation in Prinquiau was also constructed The 2,100t electrical offshore substation manufactured for the project by GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions’ AC Systems division is integrated with high and medium voltage systems The systems include five 220kV gas-insulated switchgears (GIS) supplied by French company Aix-les-Bains two 220/33kV transformers manufactured by German company Monchengladbach two SCADA systems developed in Montpellier one 33kV GIS and a telecommunications system The power generated from the offshore wind farm is evacuated to the national grid operated by Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) which was responsible for the construction of the transmission infrastructure The port of La Turballe was selected as the base port for operation and maintenance activities of the project The site features a control room and telecommunication office The maintenance building is located just before the shroud area and has a surface of 1,250m² The base was inaugurated by EDF in October 2021 One 25m-long and two 30m-long vessels are moored on three pontoons along the Spanish wharf of the port The vessels are used to transfer 12 maintenance technicians to the project site daily COWI was awarded the contract for the detailed design of the monopile foundations in 2019 Eiffage Metal received a €500m ($559.5m) contract from EDF Renouvelables and Enbridge to design manufacture and install 80 monopile steel foundations for the offshore wind farm in August 2019 Eiffage Metal subcontracted Sif Group to manufacture the foundations Jan De Nul Group was responsible for installing the wind turbines on the monopile foundations Brunel was contracted to provide high voltage control engineering Scada supervision and commissioning services for the wind turbine generators foundations and inter-array grid of the project The electrical substation for the project was constructed by a consortium of Atlantique Offshore Energy, GE Grid Solutions and DEME Group’s French subsidiary SDI. The transportation and installation of the offshore substation were carried out by DEME Offshore SPIE constructed the test bench in Saint-Nazaire to check the operations of the offshore wind farm’s turbines before installation GE Renewable Energy signed a contract with ACTA MARINE to charter the ACTA AURIGA service operation vessel for the project’s commissioning activities were involved in environmental monitoring for the project while Fugro was involved in conducting geotechnical surveys Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network Medievalists.net French archaeologists have identified more than 2,000 medieval coins from four different caches in the city of Guérande Discovered between 2021 and 2022 during work on a real estate project INRAP (Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives) conducted an excavation and has now posted their findings Archaeological research indicates the development of a medieval settlement from the 12th and 13th centuries The first discovery in 2021 is the oldest treasure of the four consisting of an isolated deposit dating back to the years 1180-1204 The coins were put into a small chest and then forgotten Then a new building covered the space in the 14th century The other three monetary deposits were found in the corner of one of the rooms of this 14th-century building These treasures are deposited in ceramic pottery Experts suggest that it is a multiple cache meaning a single treasure distributed in three hiding places It is estimated to have been hidden in the years 1341-1342 The discovery also shows how people in the Middle Ages recycled old pots One of the treasures was sealed by a lid made from the bottom of an inverted pot and fitted on top of a jug broken at the neck level but under the lid (damaged during the discovery) there was a textile wrapping the coins Having damaged the containers of the treasures during the excavations archaeologists decided to keep the earth mound surrounding the last treasure and pass it through a scanner to see how the coins were arranged in the supposed pot Experts know that within a monetary deposit and one of the main challenges is to understand how and in what form their distribution was planned Therefore this is one of the first times a scanner has been used to obtain a three-dimensional image of a monetary deposit The use of the scanner in 2D and then 3D dimensions allows obtaining an image without damaging the original fragile content and disposition This analysis revealed the presence of an extra layer between the fabric already enveloping the coins and the coins The presence of which according to archaeologists could not have been detected otherwise A mystery remains as to why the people of the 14th century chose to hide their treasure at the same spot as another treasure 150 years older which they were not aware of why the people who hid these pots never came to retrieve their treasure The date corresponds to the Black Death in France and the individuals perhaps died without ever revealing the hiding place of their treasure Archaeologists have announced that they will continue examining the coins and textiles from the deposits. 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The drought wind and extreme high temperatures boosted production "Unlike all the other agricultural professions we can't complain about the effects of the summer weather," said Charlotte Le Feuvre president of the Le Guérandais cooperative "We have already harvested more than double the amount of salt of an average season." each of the 10,000 marsh ponds which supply the group's stocks has yielded "nearly 2.7 metric tons of salt." If the sun returns the record set in 1989 – 35,000 metric tons of white gold – could be "equaled the harvest of the high-quality fleur de sel "We have almost all reached the quota of 100 kilograms of fleur de sel per pond set by the group," said Mr You have 59.58% of this article left to read Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil Vous pouvez lire Le Monde sur un seul appareil à la fois Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil Vous ne pouvez lire Le Monde que sur un seul appareil à la fois (ordinateur En cliquant sur « Continuer à lire ici » et en vous assurant que vous êtes la seule personne à consulter Le Monde avec ce compte Que se passera-t-il si vous continuez à lire ici Ce dernier restera connecté avec ce compte Vous pouvez vous connecter avec votre compte sur autant d’appareils que vous le souhaitez mais en les utilisant à des moments différents Nous vous conseillons de modifier votre mot de passe. Votre abonnement n’autorise pas la lecture de cet article Pour plus d’informations, merci de contacter notre service commercial. The Nantes Administrative Court of Appeals has dismissed the appeal filed by three environmental organisations which contested the environmental permit granted to the 480MW Parc du Banc de Guérande wind project located some 12 kilometres off the coast of  Saint-Nazaire. Back in August 2016, Aspen from the Pouliguen commune, GRSB from the La Baule commune and Prosimar from the Pornichet commune lodged an appeal against the environmental permit for the project issued by the Prefect of Loire-Atlantique in March 2016. The three organisations claimed that the environmental impact of the project was not properly assessed and that the wind farm should be moved further offshore by five to ten kilometres so as not to impact the local protected biodiverse area. The Parc du Banc de Guerande project is being developed by Éolien Maritime France SAS (EMF), a special purpose company controlled by EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) and Canada’s Enbridge. The wind farm, comprising 80 GE Haliade 6MW turbines spread across an area of 78 square kilometres, is scheduled for commissioning in 2021. 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 […] This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker You don't have permission to access the page you requested. What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed. 2021Alex LauAll products featured on Bon Appétit are independently selected by our editors we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links The best salt to cook with is the one you cook with most often. Seasoning is about consistency above all else, and picking one box and sticking with it means that a pinch today will be the same as a pinch tomorrow will be the same as a pinch next week. But what kind of salt should you buy? Should you use sea salt or kosher salt Most types of salt you buy are at least 97.5% sodium chloride and thus nearly identical But they vary based on how and where they’re made and what goes into that last 2.5% Here’s an overview of three common kinds and when to use them: It has an added anti-clumping agent to keep it “free-flowing.” Cubic a vestige of a widespread deficiency in early-20th-century diets Many people (read: us) think iodized salt has a metallic aftertaste and don’t prefer it for cooking Use it: to season pasta water; it dissolves quickly The tiny size of the crystals can easily lead to oversalting Alex LauWhat Is Kosher Salt?This is the workhorse of restaurant kitchens: Chefs know what they’re getting with every pinch This (usually) highly processed type gets its name from the fact that the crystals are good at drawing out moisture from meat Diamond Crystal and Morton are our go-to brands because they’re cheap Use it: any time you’re seasoning during the cooking process Alex LauWhat Is Sea Salt?As you might imagine sea salt is what’s left behind when seawater evaporates Some kinds are highly refined and pretty close to neutral in flavor; some much less so and contain minerals that give them a distinctive taste Fine sea salt is usually easier to season with while coarse sea salt is better for brines Use it: to add a hit of salinity and crunch to finished dishes like salads, seared meats, and chocolate desserts After a lifetime exploring the country’s cities, coast and countryside, our France expert chooses her personal highlightsMy favourite places to eat in France Its Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe chapel sits atop a basalt needle while its other peaks are topped by the cathedral and a Notre Dame de France statue The one that really sticks in the memory, though, is Brittany’s Ushant (Île d’Ouessant in French) past lighthouses and green-shuttered cottages the most westerly point of metropolitan France I couldn’t believe the roar as the Atlantic waves crashed against the tumble of brown rocks we’ve swung and climbed through the trees on accrobranche treetop adventures Of course, the activity the French excel at is le cyclisme, and the Île de Ré off the west coast was made for it We’ve pedalled along smooth cycle paths between whitewashed villages adorned with hollyhocks our legs powered by salted butter caramels as he made those distinct and colourful brush strokes as a penniless artist he would never know his impact on the art world 135 years later which blends historical model ships and paintings with modern innovations such as a giant CGI wave to bring the history of seafaring alive But smaller museums can be as engaging. In a beautiful mansion in the north-eastern walled town of Langres, the House of Enlightenment tells the story of the town’s most famous son art critic and writer who wrote most of the 1751 Encyclopédie View image in fullscreenStained glass in St Joseph’s church in Le Havre. Photograph: Alan Gillam/AlamyFrance’s many chateaux and cathedrals get the most attention, but I’ve been enchanted by more modern architecture, too. On my visit to Le Corbusier’s concrete Saint-Pierre church in Firminy I caught a group of music students practising four-part harmony in the extraordinary acoustics of the sloped walls while the sunlight was shining through dozens of tiny windows like a constellation of stars In Le Havre, towering above the Lego-like apartment blocks, is the similarly impressive St Joseph’s church I sat beneath the kaleidoscopic octagonal tower in reverence as I stared up at its 12,000 panes of coloured glass Driving in France is a joy (certainly compared with the much busier UK): those empty roads lined with plane trees are justly famous. The A49 from Grenoble is an awesome route as it skirts past the Vercors mountains and walnut groves, while the Millau viaduct on the A75 is always a thrill to cross efficient and comfortable; I love the route along the Côte d’Azur from Marseille to Nice – TGV OuiGo trains depart from Marseille’s Saint-Charles station and arrive in Nice Ville in less than three hours offering glimpses of the shimmering Mediterranean between the terracotta roofs and cypress pines In lesser-known Lorraine, the rustic cabin with its own sauna next to the Lake de Pierre-Percée felt wildly remote. And then there was the eco-lodge shaped like a cow: in deepest Burgundy, a region rightly proud of its beef and cheese, the Vache Ecolodge sleeps 12 and is decorated on a bovine theme throughout Commissaire Dupin is back in The Fleur de Sel Murders the third Brittany mystery from international bestselling author Jean-Luc Bannalec A lapse in a spattering of crime novels of late is that they are often atmospherically deficient stagnant—the plots go straight to the ripening corpse with no care for the surroundings they are so generic in nature that it wouldn’t matter whether a body was found in Central Park in NYC or among the “floating hills” of Pluto it’s just the reverse; we remember where the great ones lived and worked: Marlowe in Los Angeles and both Kinsey Millhone and Lew Archer in the fictional town of Santa Teresa that McDonald created which feels more real than some of these newbie gumshoes’ stomping grounds and introduced me to the French salt marshes of the Guérande Peninsula The fleur de sel gave off a curious fragrance of violets in the days after the harvest; it mingled with the smell of rich clay and the salt and iodine in the air that people here in the middle of the White Land—the Gwenn Rann the far-reaching salt marshes of the Guérande—smelled and tasted more strongly with every breath than anywhere else on the coast the distinctive scent filled the salt gardens used to say that it made people faint sometimes A landscape of the four elements needed for the alchemy of the salt: sea It should be noted this isn’t where Bannalec’s Commissaire Dupin usually plies his craft; he’s somewhat outside his Brittany jurisdiction (also dotingly described) snooping around the picturesque terrain at the behest of a journalist friend she has disappeared after asking Dupin to investigate the marshes and required rescuing by one Commissaire Rose take kindly to his trespassing on her turf The dead body in this utterly peaceful scene They were standing on the ocean floor of a wide bay hundreds of meters of coarse sand with huge numbers of oyster and mussel beds nestled in it adorned with a few scattered fair-weather clouds like balls of cotton and the inky blue Morbihan shimmered in the distance It looked as though her head had got caught between two wooden struts of the long I’m not sure if it’s an issue of translation but many passages are tripped up by repetition of words (“narrow” makes many appearances) as well as the overly excitable exclamation point But the worst offender is the use of measurement I lost count of “not one millimeter,” “after a few more meters,” “not budge a millimeter,” and “a few meters deep” that ran kilometers of chapters Georges Simenon’s Jules Maigret is the French detective by which all others are gauged level-headed Maigret steps away from the throng of imitators in defiance to their ordinariness Perhaps Dupin will evolve to match those giant shoes as his persona in The Fleur de Sel Murders is a bit underwhelming though making up for any shortcomings is Bannalec’s rich description of the French backdrop The Fleur de Sel Murders is a good mystery and I’m hoping to appreciate the next in the series even more Mr Ruto won after portraying himself as a “hustler” who was challenging an attempt by two dynasties – the Odingas and Kenyattas – to hang on to power يمكن تنظيف الأسطح الخشبية الأخرى ، مثل الأوعية الخشبية ، بمنظفات منزلية غير سامة وآمنة باتباع هذه الخطوات نقطع الليمون إلى نصفين ، ونزيل اللب والبذور ، ونعصرهما في وعاء أضف 1 ملعقة كبيرة من زيت الزيتون و 1 ملعقة كبيرة من الماء قلّبي المزيج جيداً بملعقة أو ضعيه في وعاء وغطّيه ورجّيه جيداً للسماح لعصير الليمون وزيت الزيتون بالانتشار جيداً فوق الماء ، ويضاف الخل لكل ثلاث ملاعق كبيرة من زيت الزيتون خذ قطعة قماش قطنية وانقعها في المحلول ورطبها واعصرها حتى تجف ثم امسح الوعاء الخشبي بقطعة القماش هذه ، وننصح باختبار هذا الخليط على منطقة لضمان خلط جيد مع السطح الخشبي A new murder mystery that involves martinis Kelly Mullen has a fresh take on the cozy mystery in her premiere novel This Is Not a Game Over the course of 24 hours a woman and her granddaughter progress from guests at a cocktail party to amateur sleuths hunting… When something is described to me as a metaphysical mystery I know I’m going to be either highly entertained by intelligent storytelling (as I was here) or incredibly bored by self-conscious navel-gazing (which I thankfully wasn’t) while reading Sara Gran’s first short story collection The previous book in the Pentecost and Parker series ended on a cliffhanger with Will Parker coming back to 1948 New York City after a well-earned vacation celebrated private investigator Lillian Pentecost Lillian is being arrested for the murder of Jessup Quincannon,… yet another pandemic has sent the world into lockdown Those who survive emerge with a renewed lease on life seeming almost enlightened as they shed their most negative feelings and embrace happiness instead France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm The last of the wind farm’s 80 GE Haliade 150-6 MW wind turbines was installed at the site located between 12 and 20 kilometres off the coast of the Guérande peninsula by Jan De Nul’s Vole au vent in early September The first offshore wind turbine was installed in April and the wind farm delivered its first power to the French national grid in June Back in September, France’s President Emmanuel Macron visited Saint-Nazaire to inaugurate the wind farm also known as Parc éolien en mer du Banc de Guérande is owned and developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF) ”This renewable electricity production facility would not have been possible without a close cooperation with the French government and its stakeholders economic players and local residents,” Bruno Bensasson EDF Group Senior Executive Vice-President Renewable Energies and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDF Renewables this project has contributed to the construction of the offshore wind power industry in France and has mobilized a significant number of jobs during construction and now in the operating phase This first wind farm is part of the EDF Group’s strategy to double its net capacity of global renewable energy to reach 60 GW in 2030 We are also participating in the National Low-Carbon Strategy of the government which aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 through energy conservation nuclear power and the acceleration of renewables.” About one hundred people will continue to be employed at the site to help ensure the operation and maintenance of the wind farm in La Turballe ”Enbridge is excited about the arrival of the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in France and about our role as a leader of the global energy transition,” Matthew Akman ”We’re advancing several renewable energy projects in Europe and North America and we are proud to have met this achievement ahead of schedule We extend our appreciation and thanks to our partners and look forward to continuing our work together to grow France’s offshore wind sector.” Get in front of your target audience in one move OffshoreWIND.biz is read by thousands of offshore wind professionals daily 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 […] French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm located between 12 and 20 kilometres off the coast of the Guérande peninsula where he will inaugurate the country’s first commercial-scale project of this kind This content is available after accepting the cookies the last of the total of 80 wind turbines was installed at the project site by Jan De Nul’s jack-up Vole au vent Also known as Parc éolien en mer du Banc de Guérande the offshore wind farm features GE Haliade 150-6 MW turbines that were transported and installed out of GE’s logistics hub at the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port The 480 MW offshore wind farm is owned and developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF) France will soon get two more commercial-scale offshore wind farms as construction works are currently under way on the Saint-Brieuc and Fécamp project sites The 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm is located 16 kilometres off the northwest coast of France in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc in the English Channel which will comprise 62 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines is being developed by Iberdrola’s wholly-owned subsidiary Ailes Marines The 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm is being built between 13 and 22 kilometres off the coast of Normandy and will have 71 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines. The Fécamp project is being jointly developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF) and wpd offshore. Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account The first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in France and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is now fully operational following three years of construction on the country’s southwest coast Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience The 80-turbine wind farm is touted as helping advance France’s goal of reaching 32 per cent of energy from renewable sources by 2030 By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc The next issue of Top Stories will soon be in your inbox Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. The news comes as Europeans continue to grapple with skyrocketing energy bills amid a global surge in electricity and gas prices thanks in part to supply disruptions linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February The French government has said it plans to spend approximately €45 billion to shield households and businesses from energy price shocks this year and the next Calgary-based Enbridge is best known for its oil and gas pipeline network throughout North America but its investments in renewable energy are among the largest in Canada and growing “Enbridge is excited about the arrival of the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in France and about our role as a leader of the global energy transition,” said Matthew Akman Enbridge’s senior vice-president for power “We’re advancing several renewable energy projects in Europe and North America and we are proud to have met this achievement ahead of schedule.” Enbridge’s investment in renewables such as wind solar and waste-heat recovery currently comprise five per cent of the company’s business according to a recent estimate by Zacks Investment Research Canada’s largest pension fund said it was proud to deliver France’s first major offshore wind project despite the challenging economic circumstances “Saint-Nazaire is the first of many wind investments for us in France that will develop its energy sources and continue its energy transition,” said CPPIB’s managing director of sustainable energies “It will be a flagship project and an excellent example of our long-term commitment to developing major renewable projects through our global network of renewable energy businesses and partnerships.” which manages the pensions for 21 million Canadians has approximately $26 billion invested in sustainable energy through private equity investments according to figures from the end of March CPPIB ended its second quarter of fiscal 2023 on Sept The fund has set a goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 for its portfolio companies and its own operations transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account Carefully scooping off a white crust, like frosting on a cake, they harvest a delicacy called flor de sal (literally, "flower of salt"), a prized - and pricey - condiment that will be dispatched to specialty stores around the world. This centuries-old local salt business, however, faces a new global challenge: The economic downturn has sent shoppers into a frugal frame of mind. Portuguese salt company Necton has responded with a counterpunch. It is slashing the price of flor de sal, its top-end item. An 8.8-ounce jar of flor de sal, more commonly known by its French name fleur de sel, has traditionally retailed for around $14 in the U.S. and Europe. The hefty price tag makes it look less like salt and more like an extravagance. But Necton is now selling 250-gram plastic sachets of its flor de sal at Portuguese supermarkets for just $2.50. Luis Salas, the company's commercial director, says that trump card is helping put this aristocrat among salts on regular dining tables in Portugal. Do the math, he says: using a few flakes at mealtimes means a jar can last a family a month, making it relatively inexpensive. Overseas, however, flor de sal's shelf price will depend on the markups by importers and retailers. Necton claims to be the world's second-biggest producer, after the more famous Guerande cooperative in France's northwest Brittany region, which has long dominated the world market. The French type of fleur de sel has a gray hue because rain stirs up the salt pans there. In southern Portugal, where rainfall is rare during the summer harvest season, the local flor de sal is snowy white. Food connoisseurs rave about fleur de sel, crediting the creamy, moist flakes with unlocking flavors that make taste buds tingle. International campaigns to reduce salt intake have underscored its health risks, making consumers wary. But Necton says this unrefined salt is good for you - containing micro-nutrients that should be part of a balanced diet, replacing the more common and less nutritious table salt. "There's room for people to ... swap quantity for quality," said Joao Navalho, a biologist and one of Necton's founders. Barbara Fairchild, editor-in-chief of U.S. food magazine Bon Appetit, says the market for these so-called finishing salts - ones used on already cooked food - has surged in recent years, though financial worries have lately dampened enthusiasm. Portuguese flor de sal isn't as well-known as its French rival, but cutting the price could change that. "The bottom line is the taste," Fairchild said. "If the taste is similar and the texture is similar, then why wouldn't I buy the one from Portugal?" Necton produces 132 tons of flor de sal a year from its patchwork of salt pans over 67 acres on Portugal's Algarve coast. Most of it is sold in Europe. The growth in its production of flor de sal - up from 44 tons in 2005 - reflects the increasing popularity in recent years of a product that once catered mostly to gourmets. Nicolas Lescuyer, sales manager of Les Salines de Guerande, corroborates that trend, saying sales of its fleur de sel have increased every year for the past five years and its popularity "has never been so strong." The company has no plans to cut prices, he says. Salt production has a long tradition on the southern Portuguese coast. Historians conclude from archaeological evidence that this area also provided Romans with what then was a valuable commodity. The modern word 'salary' comes from the Latin words "sal," meaning salt, and "salarium," a payment made in salt, usually to Roman soldiers. Centuries later, harvesting salt from the sea remains a low-tech, labor-intensive business. Refined salt, on the other hand, is mostly mined and industrially processed. Plentiful sunshine and hot summers make the Algarve an ideal spot for the evaporation of salt pans. Seawater from the Atlantic passes through local marshland and gushes into the salt pans through sluice gates. The rectangular salt pans are not much bigger than a king-size bed and are less than a foot deep. Lined up in rows, they are hollowed out of the clay-rich soil that acts like a stopper, preventing the seawater from seeping away. By 9 a.m., the sun already stings bare skin. The salt harvesters, called "marnotos" in Portuguese, walk along dykes with the long poles that look like snow-pushers resting on their shoulders. They begin by scraping grainy sea salt left behind on the bottoms of the pans from the evaporating water. They pile it up in elongated, snowy mounds. By late afternoon flor de sal has started to form on the surface. It starts as wisps drifting over the salt pans and slowly thickens into crystals that resemble small white flowers. The hardening surface is skimmed, like cream off milk. "You need a light touch. You've got to have patience," says Maximino Guerreiro, a 56-year-old, second-generation salt harvester for more than 30 years. Tipped into crates, the flor de sal is left to dry for up to five days. Navalho, the biologist, reckons these traditional methods will help the flor de sal business plug into the market for natural products. "It's got history, culture, something more than just industrial production," he says. France is currently one blade short of having its first commercial offshore wind turbine as the team on board the vessel Vole au vent is completing the installation of the first GE Haliade 150-6MW unit at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm site. Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel sailed out of the Nantes-Saint Nazaire Port last week, loaded with the first four sets of offshore wind turbines for the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in France, being built between 12 and 20 kilometres off the coast of the Guérande peninsula. Also known as Parc éolien en mer du Banc de Guérande, the offshore wind farm will feature 80 GE Haliade 150-6 MW turbines, all transported and installed out of GE’s logistics hub at the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port. According to a recently issued construction update, 60 monopile foundations and 22 inter-array cables were installed at the wind farm by the end of March, with the construction teams returning at the wind farm to install the remaining foundations and inter-array cables. DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation will install the remaining 20 foundations in the coming months, while the remaining 58 inter-array cables are being installed by Louis Dreyfus TravOcean using the vessel Olympic Triton. The 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, scheduled to be commissioned this year, is owned and developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a consortium of EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Embed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/11/05/apollonia-poilane-bread-bakery-book"></iframe> food for the soul,” baker Apollonia Poilâne says daughter of the famed Parisian baker Lionel Poilâne She made that decision within hours of learning of her parents' tragic death in a 2002 helicopter accident after nearly two decades of running the family bakery her pride in the craft remains rooted in her father’s “revelation” that bread connects people around the world Continuing the family legacy, Poilâne’s published a new cookbook, filled with tips and recipes for the curious baker. One flavor tip? Use French salt, if you can. She uses Sel de Guerande — a salt that comes from the Guerande region of France. “It's very distinctive,” she says, “and it's definitely part of our signature.” Investing in some of her tips, such as purchasing European butter with higher fat content or a 12-inch heavy-duty pot with a lid for sourdough, is about baking bread that meets standards passed down generations, she says, then getting to feel “the satisfaction of producing that handmade loaf.” "Poilane: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery" by Apollonia Poilane (Allison Hagan/Here & Now)Interview HighlightsOn her father and the art of baking bread “So you have to imagine that on rue du Cherche-Midi there is a small brick-clad storefront, and in the basement, you have the bakehouse with a 100-ton heavy wood-fired brick oven. We bake that bread by hand, not because we want to do it the old fashioned way, but because that is where we have found our balance in baking. Load YouTube videoOn whether the everyday baker can replicate her family’s world-famous bread “I offer recipes so that people can reproduce the sensory experience of baking bread like we do at the bakery. … The limit of it is that when we bake one loaf or two loaves at the time, we don't have the same volume and we don't also have the same equipment that we do at the bakery. Unless you have that big oven that I was describing previously, you're not going to replicate the exact same environment. “In many ways, when we're working in the bakehouse, we have the momentum and we have the volume to make our life so much easier than the home baker. And I think that was the hardest part of creating a recipe for this book because I've heard all too often people be discouraged by bread baking despite having a true passion. “I remember my father would have me hand knead brioche every morning so that I can get a sense of what it is to hand knead a loaf. And it was a tremendous learning experience.” Loaves of bread near the oven. (Photo by Philippe Vaurès Santamaria)On when Poilâne bakery opened in London, and her father had her light the ovens, a sort of passing of the torch “You know, what's funny is that despite being very annoyed at being there and pausing for the picture, both my sister and I, we both felt however annoying it was, we knew that it would be something that in time we'd come to appreciate. And we did.” Dali Bread Chandelier (Photo by Philippe Vaurès Santamaria)On one of her father’s recipes, the bread sandwich, where the filling is bread “Because it’s that filling and that sustaining! In the book, there are recipes of how to use bread as an ingredient, and that is beyond making bread or some of the Poilâne recipes. I wanted to show people that bread can also be a fantastic ingredient from crust to crumb. My recipes are intended to provide ideas to not toss away bread because when you know how much time it took to grow the grain, to mill it, to create the breads, I think you just can't just toss it away in the trash. On whether you can tap on a load of bread, using your knuckles, to know if it’s fully baked “Absolutely. And that is the best test to know. You can be misled by the color of the crust. The crust could be entirely burnt and the dough could be barely cooked inside.” Rye loaf with currants (Photo by Philippe Vaurés Santamaria)My father regularly ran home from the bakery before we went to school to drop off a small version of this loaf for our morning snack. He would cut it in half, add a generous pat of butter, and pack it for us to enjoy in his car. Today I still love to have a few slices—buttered or not—for breakfast or as a midmorning treat. We make this in metal loaf pans, but you can also shape it freeform. NOTE: As with our sourdough, you will either need to have the starter on hand or plan ahead to make it, which takes a couple of days. Bread crumbs tabbouleh (Photo by Philippe Vaurès Santamaria)Peek into a Parisian’s picnic basket and you may just find tabbouleh the bulgur salad featuring loads of chopped parsley and tomatoes we tend to make the dish with more grain than the classic version and the tang of the sourdough crumbs balances the sweetness of the ripe tomatoes Excerpted from POILÂNE: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery © 2019 by Apollonia Poilâne Photography © 2019 by Philippe Vaurès Santamaria Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Karyn Miller-Medzon produced and edited this interview for broadcast with Todd Mundt. Serena McMahon adapted it for the web.  Robin Young Co-Host Here & NowRobin Young brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her role as host of Here & Now Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardHow a South Philly grocer stacked up some of the world’s best canned seafoodInterest in artisanal canned seafood is rising worldwide for its luxurious quality and stylish packaging The weekend blizzard was coming fast, and though the flurries were already swirling through the South Philadelphia streets, I could not be deterred from my next stop for essential provisions: Herman’s Coffee Herman’s roasts some excellent beans and stocks a bar’s worth of various cocktail mixers and an entire rack of 80 hot sauces for that cold weather stewpot of chili But I was really coming for the ultimate commodity to survive a storm in good taste: tinned fish And I don’t mean Bumble Bee (my wife’s preferred brand for her very excellent tuna salad) I’m talking about charcoal-grilled sardine loins from Asturias and Brittany sardines packed with Guérande sea salt in French butter that turns to liquid gold when you warm the tin in the oven (or by the campfire) “I wish people appreciated tinned fish more,” mused Herman’s owner Mat Falco “Just put it on a nice cracker with a little hot sauce after he’d converted his 24-seat Pennsport cafe into a gourmet grocery and was banking on the durable shelf life of tinned fish and the pandemic’s stay-at-home cooking push to boost his prospects Falco has transformed Herman’s into a true paradise of seafood conservas with over 150 cans from around the globe — and counting encouraging Falco’s initiative with leads on coveted new cans to acquire “We got him obsessed,” said Shola Olunloyo, the Philadelphia chef behind Studiokitchen, whose love of tinned fish dates to his schoolboy days in Nigeria when he’d spread canned mackerel with tomatoes and butter on soft agege bread daily for lunch “I like salty fish and it was just one of those delicious things.” » READ MORE: Where to buy and taste the best tinned fish in Philly The childhood connection is similar for Olunloyo’s chef friend a Spaniard who was delighted to discover his old favorite coffee shop had become a source for delights from his native Galicia But [Herman’s] has some wonderful things for $6 like a can of imitation baby eels,” said LeMieux-Ruibal who was laid off from a catering company because of the pandemic “I haven’t had real baby eels since I was a child They have this freshness and a very particular murky-water as LeMieux-Ruibal is now set to cook a pop-up Spanish tapas gig on March 12 at Herman’s food cart using the store’s canned fish collection as inspiration Interest in such premium artisanal canned seafood brands has spiked nationally in recent years and is continuing to rise during the pandemic even after other staples that saw the early rush due to food disruptions (like flour) eventually level off “There has just been an explosion of different products onto the market in the last two years,” says Caputo who frequently gives seminars on the finer points of tinned fish showcase sustainability missions and charitable initiatives to appeal to a younger who says most Gen Zers and millennials consider tinned fish to be “boring” and Americans in general are more than twice as likely to buy frozen fish Educating the public on the virtues of these artisanal products may be the key There’s a huge difference in quality between these seafood conservas and the 99-cent cans of mass-produced fish commonly found in most supermarkets from the quality and sustainable sourcing of the seafood to the processing and dauntingly expensive slice of ventresca tuna belly from Ortiz has been a gateway bite for many fancy-fish first-timers — including Caputo 15 years ago “I found out that what I had grown accustomed to [with tuna] was essentially what the modern-day food industry had done to something to make it cheap,” he said “Americans tend to think of canned fish as a convenient substitute for something fresh that’s better But Europeans see the same transformation [of processing] high-quality tinned seafood as they do when they take a leg of pork and turn it into prosciutto including a vintage-style tin of La Molènaise sardines from Les Mouettes d’Arvor in France that owner Vincent Finazzo prizes for its beautiful packaging “It’s like buying a tiny piece of artwork,” he said these fillets are so neatly packed in olive oil and they’re gorgeous.” Beverage-focused restaurants have seen the appeal, as well. Bloomsday Cafe sells tinned-fish platters to go with its trove of natural and fortified wines Jennifer Sabatino, manager of Manatawny Still Works’ tasting room on East Passyunk found that tinned fish not only offered an appealing food solution for a space with a limited kitchen and staffing but also had bold enough flavors to pair well with the assertive character of the distillery’s spirits who serves José Gourmet’s fish with Grandma Utz potato chips (”because lard”) and chimichurri She also pairs the distillery’s mezcal barrel-aged whiskey with smoked mussels from Patagonia Provisions or briny Espinaler razor clams tinned fish has become another means of substitute travel during the pandemic Their sardines are the freshest sardines I’ve ever had The notion of fish so fresh that’s preserved captures a moment in time and takes me to a place I want to be.” but also came inside a deep orange pool of lobster butter that was ready made to enrich a serving of pasta like the ones that Di Bruno’s e-commerce manager Rocco Rainone made for New Year’s Eve good tinned seafood is a ready-made snack with little more than a stack of crackers and a wedge of lemon needed But simple preparations like pasta are also easily enhanced with a can of razor clams and their brine or a few fillets of anchovies melted into hot oil And, as Olunloyo notes, high-quality tinned seafood doesn’t have to be expensive. Two of his favorites — Sapori di Mare’s grilled fillets of branzino and salmon — cost $6.99 a can at Claudio’s which imports them: “Just put them on toast and they’re fantastic.” Olunloyo has been searching the Russian markets of Northeast Philly to find the canned Serbian cod liver that he likened to an oceanic foie gras: “I mixed the cod liver with butter and make a maitre d’ butter for steak-frites Rotech Subsea has completed export cable de-burial and re-burial work at the Saint-Nazaire project which is to become the first commercial offshore wind farm in France Rotech Subsea carried out the de-burial and re-burial of two export cables using its RS2 controlled flow excavator (CFE) at the 480 MW wind farm off the Guérande peninsula The project comprised de-burying cables C1 and C2 situated at two meters below MSBL with the cables re-buried to the same depth following jointing operations The subsea spread of equipment was mobilized on the Zwerver 1 in Q2 2021 and was deployed via crane to operate in water depths of between 8 and 30 meters LAT experiencing soil conditions with dense sands with a hard layer present at two meters “With another successful high profile contract completed on time and on budget Rotech Subsea’s CFE suite of tools is firmly established as the method of choice for cable trenching in Europe and beyond,” said the director of Subsea at Rotech “The enhanced capabilities of our Suspended Jet Trencher RS tools mean they can provide deeper and narrower trenches than ever before with trenching speeds more than double that of competing older Mass Flow Excavation or other methods tools such as contact trenching systems and ploughs.” The Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm will comprise 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian started the installation of the export cables at the project in August using its cable-laying vessel Cable Enterprise The company is also in charge of the delivery and installation of the wind farm’s inter-array cables in consortium with Louis Dreyfus TravOcean Saint-Nazaire will become France’s first operating commercial offshore wind farm 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 The jacket foundation for the Saint-Nazaire offshore substation was installed off the coast of the Guérande peninsula in France over the weekend The 48-metre jacket will be held in place by four foundation piles installed in April 2021 by DEME Offshore using an in-house designed subsea template and tailor-made drilling equipment The expertise gained in this project will be implemented for the installation of the pile foundations for the Fécamp and Courseulles offshore substations A consortium of SDI/DEME Offshore, Atlantique Offshore Energy and GE Grid Solutions was awarded the EPCI contract for the Saint-Nazaire substation. DEME Offshore chartered the heavy-lift construction vessel, Pioneering Spirit, for the transport and installation of the jacket and the topside. The topside is expected to leave the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port and head to the installation site this week. DEME’s jack-up vessel Innovation is also busy at the site with the installation of the XL wind turbine monopiles deploying the offshore foundation drill jointly developed with Herrenknecht AG. The 480 MW Saint-Nazaire wind farm is located between 12 and 20 kilometres off the coast of the Guérande peninsula and will comprise 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines scheduled for full commissioning in 2022. The wind farm, also known as Parc du Banc de Guérande, is being developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a consortium of EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Nous mettons tout en œuvre pour rétablir le service dans les meilleurs délais. French salt maker Francois Durand harvests sea salt from a salt pan in Le Pouliguen, west France, August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Yann Tessier LE POULIGUEN, France: Through blistering heatwaves and drought that have parched the French countryside in recent weeks, one group has emerged a reluctant winner: salt farmers in the northwestern region of Guerande. Guerande's snow-white Fleur de Sel (‘flower of salt’), which crystallizes on the water's surface, is one of the finer salts on world markets, retailing in the United States at over $100 a kilogram. As temperatures climbed in recent months and almost inexistent rainfall turbo-charged salt water evaporation in the region, production has soared. "We're heading towards record production," said producer Francois Durand, who has worked on the salt marshes for more than 20 years. Sea salt production over the last 10 years had averaged around 1.3 tonnes per salt pan but this year the yield was nearly double at 2.5 tonnes, he said. He acknowledged that makes him one of the few short-term winners of climate change whilst parts of the country deal with wildfires and water shortages. "You could say that, yes. Unfortunately," he continued. "It's clear it's good for us." "The workers are tired," said Mathilde Bergier, a salt producer who runs a local shop. "There hasn’t been enough rain on the flats to justify a break." Bergier also worries that the intensive pace made necessary by this summer's endless sun is unsustainable, concerned that the fragile mud structures in which the seawater evaporates might not survive such rigorous work year after year. When the sun finally sets on this year’s record-breaking season, the region’s salt producers may wonder what to do with all the salt if uninterrupted hot weather becomes the norm. Several farmers told Reuters they now had reserves to cover the next couple of years. 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To learn more see our FAQ Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division Remove items from your saved list to add more Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime ShareJack Gaffney makes what may be Australia’s most expensive butter While $4 will buy a 250g block of supermarket butter Gaffney’s handmade Madeleine Signature Butter fetches $12 for 120g at farmers’ markets in Melbourne a copywriter by day and butter maker at weekends is part of a growing number of artisans who go to extreme lengths to produce butter worthy of a premium price tag “It’s probably the best butter in Australia,” says cheesemonger Anthony Femia Making French-style butter is a labour of love for Jack Gaffney flecked with sel de Guerande (French sea salt flakes) is meant to be eaten in the French style a homage to the butters he fell in love with while living in France with his now wife “I learned to make butter on a small farmhouse dairy with just 12 Bretonne pie noir cows,” he says he spent years perfecting his Brittany-style cultured butter using a secret blend of French butter cultures to ferment the cream a process that changes the sugars into lactic acid a machine designed to remove the buttermilk and ripen the butter by kneading it slowly with a rippled rolling pin “I wanted to bring this level of artisan excellence to Australia,” Gaffney says His first batch of Madeleine was hand-formed She made her first batch of artisan butter in 2007 under the Myrtleford Butter Factory label Artisan butter pioneer Naomi Ingleton.Melissa Brauer“Making artisan butter is an art,” she says only with a new vintage every day.” Now working with CopperTree Farms in Frenchs Forest which means healthy cows and quality milk,” she says “We have a problem in Australia with weeds in the pastures CopperTree is particular about the animals’ feed supplementing pasture with energy-dense fermented lucerne called silage Corey Costelloe is a fan of CopperTree Farm butter.Wolter PeetersOne fan of CopperTree butter is Corey Costelloe, owner-chef of 20 Chapel restaurant in Sydney’s Marrickville the butter’s lactic acid adding a creamy tang to the seafood not too cheesy like some cultured butters,” says Costelloe “It’s fresh and lacks the rancidity of other Australian-made butters.” This notion of rancidity irks Alberto Borghi from Del Bocia in Melbourne. After working at That’s Amore Cheese in Melbourne’s Thomastown, he longed to make butter like that which he remembers growing up with on a self-sustaining farm near Italy’s Dolomites – sweet butter that is churned but not fermented. Alberto Borghi of Del Bocia.Silvia ZanonAdvertisementHe believes many Australian industrial butters are rancid due to poor technique. “You must remove the buttermilk, or it spoils the butter,” he says. After churning his cream for hours at low speed, Borghi washes the butter in near-freezing water to remove the buttermilk. The result is a pale yellow northern Italian-style butter with a clean finish and delicate aroma of sweet pasture. “Australians’ taste for quality butter is becoming more refined,” says Borghi. “People are willing to pay for something so carefully made, of such high quality, and truly delicious.” Madeleine Salted Cultured Butter, 200g, $15 Hand-formed, this golden-yellow butter is flecked with French salt. 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This French village is situated south of Sainte-Anne. Once at the location, prepare for a clash against the French ships that protect Guerande. Use good vessels in Skull and Bones and strategies to defeat them Look for any suspicious documents or items linked to a traitor Find Scurlock near the bar or the governor's palace Share your Lanitra and Guerande findings with him He will study the data and offer more insight into it you will get the "Unshakable Focus" ship cosmetic or unique equipment based on your decisions and activities throughout the mission It is recommended that you use your map to locate objectives and points of interest Upgrade your ship and crew to increase your chances of success in naval combat Pay attention to dialogue and clues to piece together the mystery Explore the open world to discover additional secrets and side quests Check out our other Skull and Bones guides: Find the manager of Palka Buta in Skull and Bones || Moyenne Crique Your perspective matters!Start the conversation The Fall of Lanitra in the Skull and Bones investigations details a tale of a mysterious traitor who betrayed their associates by destroying a “pirate utopia” Follow a mysterious trail of clues that tell the story about the fall of Lanitra is a quick walkthrough of all objectives and clue locations for Skull and Bones investigation titled The Fall of Lanitra The Fall of Lanitra Investigation Objectives head to the Lanitra Outpost just west of Angaya Coast You can fast-travel for 315 silver from there if you’ve discovered previously discovered this outpost it would take about 3 minutes of sailing at full speed head further into the outpost towards the back lower part of the island that is accessed by repelling down the rope At the base will be a sword in the ground with a glowing newspaper next to it To the right you should see a glowing newspaper Next Clue: “The mysterious traitor met the French Governor at Guerande Don’t forget to light the bonfire on your way out (optional) Located on the way back to your ship (optional) you can sail south 4300m directly to the Guerande settlement or you can pay 315 silver to fast travel back to St It should take 1-4 minutes of sailing depending on if you fast travel or not Follow Red Line from Sainte Anne to Guerande activate a plunder but annihilation of the settlement is unnecessary Leave the area when finished to stop the plunder you’ll find out your next clue lies with none other than Kingpin John Scurlock Jessica Major (or “Jess”) is an Alaskan gamer and news writer at KeenGamer She started going steady with the site in October crafting articles about story-driven or strategy games she enjoys In addition to that she delves and dispatches industry insights and gaming culture stuff You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong> Notify me of followup comments via e-mail Here’s How You Can Complete the “Strike the Iron” Quest in Skull and BonesCover-Credits:  InFlame The “Strike the Iron” quest in Skull and Bones requires you to take down Compagnie Rammer ships that have supposedly been stealing supplies from the Saint Anne Pirate Den.Along with Silver and Ingots you will also be rewarded with Iron Husk 1 which improves your ship’s defense and durability Ubisoft’s highly awaited Pirate game has finally hit the store shelves on 16th February and several gamers are excited to get their hands on it Inspired by 2014’s Assassin’s Creed Blackflag Skull and Bones overhauls the naval gameplay experience from that title giving it a new and exciting narrative while also improving its combat mechanics Skull and Bones offers numerous quests that players must complete to earn valuable rewards for their character and ship available at the Blacksmith in the Saint Anne Pirate Den Finishing this quest will reward you with an Iron Husk significantly improving the defensive abilities and durability of your ship the Blacksmith found in the Saint Anne pirate den on the southern side of the Indian Ocean you will know that he wants you to take down ships of the Compagnie that have been stealing their supplies you simply need to sail in the Southern direction from Saint Anne until you find the Guerande settlement you need to equip your Spyglass by pressing R on your PC or the right analog stick on consoles to zoom in and scan the Rammer Ships belonging to the Compagnie Royale fleet.  ReaperDigital Considering that the Compagnie Rammer is an attack ship there is a chance that you might not spot it out in the open sea therefore you need to plunder the nearby settlement (Guerande in this case) to lure these ships into your trap All you need to do is fire a cannonball at the Guerande outpost to begin the plundering which alerts all ramming ships in the area to respond Most of these ships will only be level one and destroying just one or two of them will be enough to complete this quest Once you’ve successfully taken down the Compagnie Rammer ships If you wish to increase your rewards and you’ve reached level 3 or higher you can attempt to plunder from this settlement by taking down more powerful ships that will attempt to stop you If you find yourself only reaching a maximum of level 2 we recommend fleeing the area after taking down the Rammers as engaging further can be a losing battle at lower levels Once you’re done with sinking Compagnie Rammer ships you need to head back to the Saint Anne Pirate Den and speak with the Blacksmith to claim your earned rewards A pirate’s life isn’t always about plundering settlements and looting gold coins from the bottom of the ocean as you’ll occasionally spend time completing investigations that overlap with plundering Here is how to complete the Fall of Lanitra in Skull and Bones Upon obtaining The Fall of Lanitra investigation the quest will immediately ask you to return to Lanitra along the Angaya Coast It’s one of the more northern settlements in the area and tough to miss Screenshot by Prima Games Once here where you will find a rope hanging from a tree You can interact with this rope to swing down to the area below where you’ll see the Sea People campsite and the next clue to push forward in your investigation Screenshot by Prima Games The clue is up the path to your left near the marker with a flag hanging overhead and a sword in the ground providing some much-needed information about the next stage in the quest You must travel back down the coast to the Red Isle It’s a small settlement just south of Sainte-Anne and wholly owned by the Compaigne Three enemy ships were anchored just offshore when I arrived at the site clear them out and sail up to the settlement proper to begin plundering You’ll likely fight off the occasional wave of reinforcements during the haul They’re usually around your level and are relatively simple to take down you’ll receive the next clue in the mission which tasks you with returning to John Scurlock at Sainte-Anne for answers You can confront him back at base to complete Fall of Linatra You can open up the Rugged Chest for additional rewards from your inventory It’s a minor prize for a relatively tame quest While you’re in the area of Lanitra, why not sail across the ocean to the Coast of Africa to find the Kaa Mangrove?!