Atlantique Offshore Energy has been selected to design, manufacture and commission the offshore substation topsides for Yeu-Noirmoutier and Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind projects off France.
Éoliennes en Mer Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN) and Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), a consortium of Ocean Winds, Sumitomo and Banque des Territoires (as well as Vendée Energie for EMYN), awarded the contract to the Chantiers de l’Atlantique subsidiary.
Engineering works can now start so as to ensure the installation of these substations in 2024 and 2025.
Each of these wind farms projects involves the installation of 62 wind turbines with a capacity of 8MW, for a power output of almost 500MW.
The substation topsides will collect and transform the electricity produced by the wind farms, to inject it into the French national grid while ensuring remote control of the wind farms.
“These signatures are excellent news for our teams and all our partners working with us to build the substations, with visibility until 2025.
“We will continue our recruitments (nearly 100 people this year). We hope that the dynamics of this exciting renewable energy sector will now be visible and attract many talents” said Frederic Grizaud, Director of Atlantique Offshore Energy.