The government wants to launch a new offshore wind project, off Barfleur in Normandy, alongside an already existing project, a source close to Jean Castex said on Friday, ahead of a ministerial trip to the wind farm site. in the sea of Saint-Nazaire.
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During this trip to Loire-Atlantique on Saturday, the Prime Minister should mention
"the wish to launch a new offshore wind project, a new project off the coast of Normandy"
, explained Matignon.
"There was a public debate, which was conducted in Normandy in 2019 and in 2020, which made it possible to identify an area off Barfleur, 32 km from the coast"
, detailed this source, explaining that the government now wanted to
"study an extension of this first project, in the same area, right next door"
, with the aim of
"pooling certain equipment and in particular the connection
".
A referral to the CNDP (National Commission for Public Debate) is planned
"in the coming days"
concerning this new offshore wind farm project, the same source indicates.
Visit of the Saint-Nazaire construction site
Jean Castex, accompanied by Barbara Pompili, Minister of Ecological Transition and Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister Delegate in charge of Industry, will visit the site of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm on Saturday, which will become, in 2022, the very first offshore site commissioned in France, which is very late in this sector.
The Saint-Nazaire wind farm, whose work was launched in November 2019, will include 80 wind turbines which will supply the equivalent of 20% of Loire-Atlantique's electricity consumption.
During the trip on Saturday, Jean Castex should also mention terrestrial electric renewable energies, that is to say
"hydroelectricity"
,
"solar energy"
and
"terrestrial wind"
, also indicated Matignon.
