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Pensions: the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm disconnected from the network for several hours

2023-03-30T17:37:26.137Z


The CGT RTE claims other actions of cuts in France, in particular in the industrial zone of the plain of Ain.


The offshore wind farm in Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) was disconnected from the electricity grid for several hours on Thursday, testimony to the mobilization that continues in the energy sector against the pension reform, a-t- we learned from consistent sources.

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The new offshore wind turbine platform in Saint Nazaire was turned off for at least five hours

," said CGT RTE, claiming other cut-off actions in France, particularly in the industrial zone of the plain. of the Ain.

No compromise, no mediation, no bogus meeting, only one watchword: withdrawal!

“, also indicated the CGT in its message.

The Saint-Nazaire wind farm was disconnected from the electricity grid from 10:11 a.m. to 1:13 p.m. for the first connection and until 3:52 p.m. for the second

,” the management of the high and very high voltage lines told AFP. TEN.

The two cables which connect this highly symbolic installation within the framework of the development of renewable energies in France, were therefore disconnected for three hours and five and a half hours, according to RTE, which confirmed that the energy produced by the wind turbines did not have no longer supplied the transmission network during this period.

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80 wind turbines must ensure the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 700,000 people

The perpetrators of the action apparently broke into the Prinquiau substation, which links the maritime network and the land network, to disconnect the two lines, according to RTE, which has announced its intention to bring complaint, as he always does, after this type of action.

The Saint-Nazaire offshore wind platform, inaugurated by Emmanuel Macron at the very beginning of autumn, is the very first offshore wind farm commissioned in France, 10 years after its award.

Its 80 wind turbines must ensure the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 700,000 people.

Source: lefigaro

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