The 500 MW offshore wind farm at Fécamp in Normandy, France, has started producing energy after the installation of the first wind turbine just a few days ago.
The offshore wind farm has 71 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines, installed on gravity foundations, of which Windar will build 35 at its facilities in Aviles.
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.
The project is being jointly developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a joint venture between the French company EDF Renouvelables; EIH S.à.rl, owned by Enbridge Inc. and CPP Investments; and Skyborn Renewables (formerly wpd offshore).
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, for which Windar has previously manufactured 62 jacket foundations.
