EDF Energies Nouvelles has today on behalf of a consortium
consisting of strategic partners submitted four robust and
realistic projects in response to the French offshore wind
energy call for tenders. These projects go hand in hand
with a highly ambitious and balanced industrial plan to
manufacture the wind turbine designed by Alstom in France
that will create around 7,500 jobs.
EDF Energies Nouvelles on behalf of the Consortium with
Alstom acting as its exclusive supplier is participating in
the offshore wind energy call for tenders launched by the
French government in July 2011, by submitting a total of
four projects for the Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Brieuc,
Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fécamp sites.
Implementation of these projects is based on a highly
ambitious and unique industrial plan that will bring in
investment and create around 7,500 jobs in total. With the
only wind turbine manufactured completely in France,
Alstom's ground-breaking technology would help to create a
sustainable industry that will ultimately generate exports
of French technology.
This balanced industrial plan will deliver economic
benefits for numerous ports on the French coast. Alstom,
the exclusive supplier of the next-generation 6 MW turbines
that will be used by the consortium, plans to set up four
plants at two sites, namely Saint-Nazaire and Cherbourg, to
manufacture all the turbine's key components, leading to
the creation of around 5,000 sustainable equipment
manufacturing jobs for qualified workers, including 1,000
direct jobs. In parallel, the consortium plans to set up as
many as eight units to build the foundations and assemble
wind turbines at the Saint-Nazaire, Brest, Cherbourg and Le
Havre port facilities, as well as four Operations &
Maintenance centres in the local ports of La
Turballe, Saint-Quay-Portrieux, Caen-Ouistreham and Fécamp.
This industrial programme
will also help to shape and develop the activities of a
network of industrial operators and local subcontractors
during construction and operation of the wind farms. It
will be supported by local engineering and R&D units,
working in harmony with regional university-based
partners.
The four projects submitted by the consortium are based on
wind and environmental studies conducted over a period of
around four years, as well as in-depth geotechnical surveys
carried out at each location to determine the
characteristics of the sea bed. All this data is crucial
for selecting the best technical solutions at each location
and designing robust projects that are well-suited and
realistic by the key project submission stage. Through its
rigorous and forward-looking approach, the Consortium has
gained a project development lead.
In addition, the consultation it launched some considerable
time ago with local stakeholders-fishermen, municipalities,
elected officials, neighbours- has already enabled it to
achieve a broad consensus in favour of the projects at the
four sites.
EDF Energies Nouvelles leads the consortium of strategic
partners including DONG Energy, Nass&Wind Offshore, wpd
Offshore and Alstom.
PRESS CONTACTS
ALSTOM
Stéphane Farhi: +33.1.41.49.33.08 -
stephane.farhi@chq.alstom.com
Jérôme Bridon: +33 (0)1 41 49 38 78 -
jerome.bridon@power.alstom.com
EDF Energies Nouvelles
Clotilde Nicolas: +33 (0)1 40 90 48 02 -
clotilde.nicolas@edf-en.com
Aurélia de Lapeyrouse (Brunswick): +33 (0)1 53 96 83 72
About EDF Energies Nouvelles
With operations in Europe and North America, EDF
Energies Nouvelles is a market leader in green electricity
production. With a development focused on wind energy for
several years and more recently on solar photovoltaic, the
Group is also present in other segments of the renewable
energies market: small hydro, marine energy, biomass,
biofuel and biogas. In addition, the Group is expanding in
the distributed renewable energies sector. EDF Energies
Nouvelles is a subsidiary of the EDF Group. For more
information, please visit
www.edf-energies-nouvelles.com.
About Alstom
Alstom is a global leader in the world of power
generation, power transmission, and rail infrastructure and
sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally
friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and
the highest capacity automated metro in the world, provides
turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated
services for a wide variety of energy sources, including
hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and it offers a wide
range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on
smart grids. The Group employs 92,000 people in over 100
countries and registered sales of €20.9 billion in
2010/11.
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