Clearvise and project developer ABO Wind are to extend their exclusive repowering collaboration to four other French wind farms Gargasse, Escamps, Haute Landes Souilly and St. Nicholas.
Under the arrangement, ABO Wind takes over the project development, approval planning and construction, while Clearvise receives an exclusive right of first refusal on the new, repowered wind farms.
The pair are currently working together towards a successful repowering at the Cuq and Losheim wind farms.
As of today, the permits are expected to be issued in 2025.Currently, the wind farms have a total installed capacity of around 53MW.
As part of the repowering, the old turbines will be dismantled and replaced by new, quieter wind turbines.
According to current planning, this will increase the installed capacity to more than 110MW and, with the more efficient, more powerful generations of turbines, will probably more than double production.
As the number of turbines will also be reduced as part of the repowering and they will be technologically advanced, maintenance costs will also be reduced and the procurement of spare parts will be simplified, the pair said. Petra Leue-Bahns, chief executive of Clearvise said: “Having already demonstrated this year through our first French clearPARTNERS cooperation that we are able to grow on our strength, the repowering initiative, which is progressing according to plan, is another milestone here.
“Overall, we aim to more than double the production capacity of the corresponding wind farms.
“With ABO Wind we have a reliable and fair development partner at our side, who has an excellent regional network.
“ABO Wind has already developed the existing wind farms and is now managing them for us.
“The cooperation is professional and at eye level. We are very much looking forward to the joint realisation of this extensive project.”