The wind farm of the bay of Saint-Brieuc drinks the cup

In Brest

From rebound to rebound, the wind farm project in the bay of Saint-Brieuc ends up taking on the appearance of a soap opera.

Last episode, the difficulties encountered by the company Ailes Marines, which admitted being confronted with the unexpected hardness of the sea floor.

It would be at the origin of the incidents which have multiplied since the beginning of May.

The prefecture has therefore given him the authorization to proceed, since Thursday, to other drilling, which provokes the anger of the departmental fisheries committee.

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In mid-June, the

Aeolus

, the ship responsible for drilling and installing piles for the park's foundations, had caused the first pollution:

"100 liters of oil"

, according to the Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic, having caused an iridescence spreading over about forty kilometers.

At the end of July, a second incident occurred: one of the three drills had just suffered a technical incident when it was brought back on board:

“A few tens of liters of hydraulic oil

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