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by moinsdewatt » 24/08/13, 19:39

The Enercon new E-126 wind turbine now holds the world power record with 7.5 MW.

Enercon new E-126 7.5 MW wind turbine

16/08/2013

Enercon's E126 7.5MW wind turbine is the biggest in the world.

Enercon is in discussions with the Le Havre Development Agency to install a prototype at the WIN I testing site at Le Havre, on the French coast.

“We have recently met with Enercon and we are working with their team on the possibility to install a prototype on our test site WIN I located in the area of ​​Le Havre port,” said Gérard Mercher, the agency's director general.

WIN I, which should be operational early in 2015, is an onshore site designed for testing and certifying on and offshore turbines.

Until now Enercon has not shown any sign of going offshore, although the high-wind speed, direct-drive configuration and capacity of the E-126 would seem well suited to near shore and offshore use.

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Enercon said the E-126 would have a 135-meter tower, taking the tip height to around the 200-meter mark.

Enercon specified that “offshore potential” means that the test site WIN I offers the opportunity to test the wind turbine in high speed coastal winds.


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by sen-no-sen » 24/08/13, 19:45

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by moinsdewatt » 08/08/14, 12:37

Le Croisic will welcome the first floating wind turbine in France the 04 / 07 / 2014 lemarin.fr

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The concrete float, dubbed Damping Pool, was designed by the company Idéol. (Image DR)

France should be at the end of 2015 the 4th country in the world to have a floating wind turbine in service, after Norway, Portugal and Japan.

The demonstrator will be installed, in the third quarter of 2015, on the Sem-Rev sea trial site, set up off Le Croisic by the École centrale de Nantes.

The project brings together 7 partners, including the Spanish Gamesa, which will supply the 2 MW turbine and the French Idéol. This company from La Ciotat, now backed by the Biterrois Quadran group, designed the float.

The other partners are the University of Stuttgart, supported for monitoring activities, for environmental impact studies and communication by Fraunhofer-Iwes and the RSK group (marine biology), and Zabala, a consulting company.

The construction of this concrete float, dubbed Damping Pool, will be carried out "at the port of Saint-Nazaire by a large French civil engineering group," says Paul de La Guérivière, co-founder of Idéol.

The experiment is scheduled to last two years.



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by moinsdewatt » 23/10/14, 21:39

"Advance the Groix floating wind farm pilot site"

23 Oct 2014 Enerzine

An agreement between the Brittany Region and DCNS was signed last week in Brest, on the occasion of Sea Tech Week, by Pierrick Massiot, President of the Brittany Regional Council, and Frédéric Le Lidec, Director of Marine Energy at DCNS.

The objective of this agreement is to accelerate the development of floating wind power in Brittany and to be ready to respond to the Government's call for expressions of interest, during 2015.

Offshore floating wind turbines allow deep wind turbines to be installed in offshore areas where the wind is stronger than near the coast. Brittany has the first French potential for the deployment of this promising industrial development technology.

In addition, the Brittany Region has been working for several years with the State, local communities and the fisheries committee on the identification, off the island of Groix, of a site capable of accommodating a first pilot farm for several floating wind turbines. This joint work piloted by the Regional Conference of the Sea and the Coast made it possible in 2013 to determine an area meeting the characteristics necessary for the development of this farm.


The Brittany Region supports DCNS for carrying out environmental characterization studies of the site.

These studies prepare the call for expressions of interest (AMI) announced in April 2014 by the Minister of Energy Ségolène Royal, for pilot farms of floating wind turbines. Expected in the first half of 2015, this call for expressions of interest will allow the Groix site to host, by 2018, a first farm of several floating wind turbines fully connected to the electricity grid. Brittany will therefore have a pilot site enabling the economic model of floating wind farm farms to be validated before the transition to the industrial phase and the deployment of larger farms.

The studies to be carried out off Groix by the Brittany Region and DCNS will make it possible to deepen knowledge of the resource and the constraints to be taken into account.

The DCNS Group wishes to contribute to the development of the Groix site so that it can meet the needs of the future AMI. The latter is also working with Alstom on an innovative 6 MW floating wind turbine project with the aim of installing, in 2018, a first pilot farm equipped with several units of this technology.



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by moinsdewatt » 18/04/15, 12:40

Alstom and DCNS join forces to float wind power

13 Oct 2014 Usine Nouvelle

Alstom brings its Haliade 150 turbine and the naval architect DCNS its floating system. Their partnership, supported by Ademe, aims to achieve a 6 MW floating wind turbine in 2017.

To float Alstom's Haliad, its hundreds of tonnes and its 150-meter rotor, seems to be a challenge. However, this is what the turbine manufacturer and his new DCNS ally are aiming for. The two manufacturers announced this Monday, October 13 that they are joining forces to develop and then market an integrated floating semi-submersible wind turbine system with a capacity of 6 MW. Their goal: "to be able to build such a system by 2017", according to the press release published by Alstom and DCNS.

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Ademe is supporting this project, called "Sea Reed", via the Technological Bricks AMI, to the tune of 6 million euros. Support qualified by Alstom and DCNS "as a decisive step in the development of a competitive solution for a standard floating wind turbine". This funding will cover the first phase of studies and certification of the system.

Optimization of electricity production

The naval architect DCNS will bring the "float" he has developed to Alstom's Haliade 150. The turbine maker will be in charge of the studies to adapt and integrate his machine, while DCNS will carry out the studies on the complete system. Beyond the simple stability of the structure, the challenge is to be able to optimize the "wind intake" of the wind turbine - and therefore its electricity production - regardless of pitch and roll. "Our agreement represents the first association in the world between a naval architect and an energy player who has already demonstrated the performance of a high power wind turbine", underlined Thierry Kalanquin, Director of the Energy and Marine Infrastructures division of DCNS .

The complexity of this optimization and the logistics required to transport these huge offshore structures means that floating wind turbines are still in their infancy. But the potential is enormous: 3000 to 4000 GW could thus be exploited, according to the consultancy firm Indicta by breaking the 40-50 meter depth limit for offshore wind turbines.

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by moinsdewatt » 23/07/15, 12:11

Floating wind power: the four zones conducive to the development of pilot farms

July 20, 2015 ctu-environnement.com

Four areas suitable for the development of floating wind turbines have just been designated by the Ministry of Ecology. Located in Brittany, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, they will host pilot farms selected as part of a call for projects.

After carrying out multi-criteria and connection studies as well as local consultations, the Ministry of Ecology has designated four areas suitable for the development of pilot farms for floating wind turbines. These are located for three sites in the Mediterranean: off the lighthouse of Faraman (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), the ponds of Leucate and the town of Gruissan (Languedoc-Roussillon). The fourth is located in the Altantic Ocean, off the island of Groix (Brittany). "The Mediterranean, with less currents and swells than the Atlantic, and deep areas fairly close to the coast, seems (...) conducive to the technology of floating wind", pointed out Cerema in the document of planning. In addition, it was proposed to limit the study of installing pilot farms for floating wind turbines in the Mediterranean to more than 10 km from the coast, an acceptable visual limit, up to 20 miles from the shore and to a depth of less than 200 meters ".

According to the Ministry of Ecology, a call for projects "pilot floating wind farms" should be launched in these four areas and published before the end of July. The latter will be financed by the future investment program (PIA) and by feed-in tariffs for the electricity produced. The objective stated by the Government is to launch a new industrial sector which will contribute to reaching 40% of electricity produced from renewable sources by 2030.

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by moinsdewatt » 22/09/15, 19:35

Wind power: Alstom is recruiting 85 people in Saint-Nazaire

Posted on 22 / 09 / 2015 lemarin.fr


As activity ramps up in the Alstom plant dedicated to the manufacture of 150 MW Haliade 6 generators and nacelles, the group is launching its first major recruitment campaign "in order to honor its current contracts, in France and abroad ”. Today, the Alstom Nazaire plant employs 45 permanent employees and 24 temporary workers.

In total, Alstom is looking for 73 wind fitter operators with a profile of electro-mechanics, including two high-voltage electricians. Other positions sought: six wind quality inspectors to, in particular, monitor compliance with the assembly range, three production team leaders who have already led a team, two SAP scheduling technicians with three years of experience and a process technician. A total of 85 positions, all on fixed-term contracts or on temporary assignments, until the end of May 2016.

The majority of these temporary positions will be offered on permanent contracts at the end of 2016 when the project of 66 wind turbines for the German field of Merkur will go into production, from September. There will therefore be an off-peak period of a few months. “Offshore wind power is a particular industrial sector, we have to deal with these periods of non-production. And we still have big uncertainties about the deadlines for the French fields, about the time it will take to issue all the permits, ”explains Pascal Girault, director of the Alstom plant in Saint-Nazaire. Production of the 238 machines for the Saint-Nazaire, Courseulles and Fécamp fields should hopefully start in early 2018.


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by moinsdewatt » 22/10/15, 19:46

Ailes Marines has taken an important step in the wind farm project in the bay of Saint-Brieuc. His requests for authorizations were submitted to the prefecture.

22 Oct 2015 Ouest France

A new step was taken on Thursday as part of the offshore wind farm project in the bay of Saint-Brieuc. The Ailes Marines consortium, which won the State's call for tenders in 2012, and the Electricity Transmission Network (RTE) have just submitted to the prefecture their requests for administrative authorizations to install and operate 62 wind turbines of 216 m high in the bay of Saint-Brieuc. They will make it possible to produce 1 GWh of electricity per year, ie the annual consumption of 850 inhabitants (heating included).

This is a request for authorization to occupy the public maritime domain and requests for authorizations in connection with the water law. The “record” is rather impressive. It has almost 4 pages.

Since 2012, dozens of people have worked on the project. Whether at Ailes Marines, or in design offices such as InVivo at La Forêt-Fouesnant (Finistère) which studied the environmental impact of the project. "In 2014, the project employed 70 people," underlines Emmanuel Rollin.

Now it is in the hands of state services. The Dreal and the DDTM in particular, which examine the file and will guide the prefect in his choice to grant, or not, the authorizations. The public inquiry should take place next summer throughout the bay of Saint-Brieuc. Ailes Marines hopes to obtain authorizations at the end of 2016.

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The area selected and the distances from the coasts


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by moinsdewatt » 13/01/16, 21:30

St-Nazaire offshore wind farm: favorable opinion of the public inquiry committee

Ouest France Jan 12, 2016

It gave its opinion after the public inquiry carried out from August 10 to September 25 in around twenty municipalities, an investigation relating to both the park and its connection.

The visual impact of wind turbines, with in particular its consequences on tourism, was the first subject of concern expressed during the public inquiry concerning the Saint-Nazaire wind farm, which will include 80 wind turbines more than 12 km from the coast. 232 contributions evoke this subject or 30% of participants, according to the report of the commission. For this park, 26% (195) of the opinions expressed are favorable, 62% (467) are unfavorable. Some do not agree. But the commission went to Kent in England to observe the Ramsgate offshore wind farm there and found "how this visual impact was likely to vary very quickly over the course of the same half-year. day, until the vision partially disappears. "In addition," no study or experience feedback confirms the fear that the presence of a wind farm at sea is accompanied by a devaluation of property and 'a drop in tourist traffic ", add the investigators. The Saint-Nazaire park commission, however, has a reservation in its favorable opinion:" that the project leader participates in one or more programs to reduce mortality at the source , on its nesting sites, the Balearic Shearwater ", (a bird, Editor's note).

Among the opponents of the project who have made their voices heard in recent months: the Robin des Bois association, which would have notably wanted a longer public inquiry, and the local Natur'action association which disputes the passage of the connection under the beach of Courance.

The municipal council of Saint-Nazaire had however voted unanimously in favor of the park, at the end of September, by examining the opinion to be given on the public inquiry.

The wind turbines will be manufactured by the Alstom factory in Montoir.

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Wind farm off Courseulles. The yes of the public inquiry in 10 figures

13/01/2016

The public inquiry commission gave a favorable opinion to the wind farm project off Courseulles-sur-Mer.

Monday January 11, the investigating commissioner Christian Tessier submitted the report of the public inquiry (August 10 to October 10) on the construction of the wind farm off Courseulles, as well as the electrical connection of the park. A positive report before the prefect in turn gives his opinion.
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The favorable opinion is accompanied by 3 recommendations. “The commission of inquiry recommends that the simultaneous threshing of two piles is prohibited and that the threshing be interrupted at night when the wind is less than 5m / second. »3 recommendations concern professional fishing. Thirdly, the commission recommends an “evolution of the composition and the mode of operation of the Consultation and Monitoring Body in order to allow the population to feel represented more directly there. "

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Off Couseulles-sur-Mer (between 10 and 16 km from the coast), over an area of ​​50 km2, a park of 75 wind turbines will produce 450 megawatts (MW). In Lower Normandy, the forecast is for 500 direct and 2 indirect jobs. The maintenance of the wind farm in Ouistreham will create 000 jobs.

The construction cost of the park: 1.8 billion euros (annual operation: 50 million euros), including 150 million for electrification.


Classification of D-Day beaches: not a problem

Regarding the impact of the future wind farm on Unesco's hoped-for landing beach classification, the commission of inquiry notes:

““ That an interpretation of the duty of memory which would lead to freezing the development of a territory, an interpretation which fortunately has not prevailed since 1944 on the very beaches of the Landing, would not be compatible with the requirements of progress, in particular with those arising from the orientations of the national energy policy ' "


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Wind turbines at sea: favorable opinion for Fécamp park

January 13 2016 -

According to the site presenting the offshore wind farm project off Fécamp, the public inquiry commission issued a favorable opinion for the installation of these 83 wind turbines.

This is considerable progress for the Fécamp offshore wind farm: the public inquiry commission (survey conducted between September and October 2015) gave a favorable opinion for the establishment of this park of 83 wind turbines, managed by EDF. The start of commissioning of these wind turbines is scheduled for 2018.

No opinion has yet been given on the Tréport park.


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by moinsdewatt » 05/04/16, 19:04

The call for projects of pilot floating wind farms fills up with candidates

By Manuel Moragues Usine Nouvelle on April 05, 2016,

The call for projects for floating wind energy closed on Monday 4 April. A larger than expected number of applicants would have come forward to build pilot farms. The challenge: to get a head start in this emerging market.

The vastness of the oceans is the dream of wind power manufacturers. This is evidenced by the success of the French call for projects for pilot floating wind farms, which closed on Monday, April 4. A source close to the file testified Monday: "There are more candidates than expected. Turbiniers, manufacturers of floats, energy companies ... It's a great competition between French and European players. About ten projects should be submitted."


Monday evening, a grouping was revealed: Engie, EDP Renewables, Caisse des Dépôts and Eiffage announced in a press release their candidacy for the Leucate area, in the Mediterranean. The project, called "The floating wind turbines of the Gulf of Lion", aims to install "3 to 6 wind turbines of 6 MW minimum each" with "an integrated solution of semi-submersible float proposed by Eiffage Metal. The concept, developed by Principle Power in its engineering center in Aix-en-Provence, has been tested since 2011 off the coast of Portugal, ”the press release said.

After Engie, Alstom and DCNS?

This Tuesday, April 5 in the afternoon, a press conference announced by the Brittany Region should reveal another candidate group in the area of ​​the island of Groix (Morbihan). General Electric (ex-Alstom) and DCNS should be the main suppliers. The two manufacturers joined forces in late 2014 to float the Haliade wind turbine from Alstom on a DCNS float. The latter signed at the same time an agreement with the Brittany Region to develop the Groix site.

The winners should be known at the end of April, recently promised Environment Minister Ségolène Royal. The projects, which must have three to six high-power wind turbines, will be located in the four zones selected by the government. That of the island of Groix and three others in the Mediterranean.

The winners will share a budget of 150 million euros (including at least 2/3 reimbursable in advance) and a price for the purchase of electricity which should be between 200 and 250 euros / MWh according to a source familiar with the matter.

These pilot farms should allow manufacturers to validate the performance and reliability of their floating wind turbine technologies in a real situation. The "mini-park" format will also test installation and maintenance methods. For manufacturers, this is the way to acquire early and valuable feedback in order to position themselves as quickly as possible in this emerging market.

6000 megawatts targeted by 2030

The challenge is to arrive as seasoned as possible for the first commercial fields, whose tenders could fall in two years, hopes France Energie Eolienne (FEE), the association which brings together French industrialists in the sector. FEE aims to install 6 megawatts of floating wind power by 000 off the French coast.

Norway, Portugal and Scotland - where the Hywind pilot project promises its first electrons in 2017 - are the other European countries that are betting on the float. Japan, with its deep waters, is also in the experimental phase. Much stronger and more regular winds, less discomfort for fishermen and better public acceptance… Everything pushes wind turbines towards the open sea.

But beyond 50 meters, laying them is too expensive, they must float. A challenge for giants with 500-ton nacelles perched 100 meters high. The challenge for the engineers is to limit the efforts on the structure - generated by the wind resistance of the turbine - to minimize the size, and therefore the price of the float. While of course maintaining good electricity production. A puzzle to solve before embarking.

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EDP ​​Renewables offshore floating wind turbine


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