They will rise more than 100 meters above the sea, their blades of more than 75 meters long turning gently above the waves of the Alabaster coast. 71 wind turbines, located on a surface of 60 km to 13 km from the coasts of Fécamp, in Seine-Maritime. A consortium bringing together the French EDF Renouvelables (35%), the Canadian Enbridge (35%) and the German Wpd (30%) has just announced the official launch of the construction of this offshore field. "With a power of nearly 500 megawatts, it will ensure the electricity consumption of more than 770,000 people," says Bruno Bensasson, CEO of EDF Renouvelables.
The construction phase will last two and a half years, for commissioning in 2023. But the actual launch of the site represents a very important milestone in the real odyssey that constitutes such a project in France. It was in 2012 that EDF won the tender for this Fécamp park. It was not until 2019 that all remedies
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