GE Renewable Energy has taken delivery of the CTV Inno’vent, which will be used at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm.
The CTV is the first designed and manufactured in France, according to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit Limited.
The pair have been contracted to build two CTVs for GE Renewable Energy.
It will be dedicated to the transfer of technicians and their equipment between the coast and the wind farm for turbine maintenance.
The design of this new unit was created by MAURIC, a naval architecture firm based in Nantes and a member of Neopolia.
The construction is being carried out by the French shipyard OCEA, with production sites in La Rochelle, Les Sables d’Olonne, Fontenay-le-Comte and Saint-Nazaire.
The CTV is equipped with a hybrid propulsion system with batteries and a foil to reduce fuel consumption and improve performance.
These two devices will reduce CO2 emissions by about 15%, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs said.