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Windar Renovables ships first jackets for Saint Brieuc offshore wind farm to Brittany, France

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Iberdrola has started this Tuesday 14th June the shipment of the first jackets for its offshore wind farm in Saint Brieuc, in the French Brittany, from the Navantia Seanergies shipyard in Fene (A Coruña), where the Navantia-Windar joint venture is manufacturing these structures that will support the wind turbines.

These are the first four foundations of a total of 62 for the wind farm, which will be the Iberdrola group’s first major offshore wind energy project in France. The contract for the jackets manufacturing was also the largest order to date for the Navantia and Windar consortium in offshore wind energy. The foundations will be shipped on a 122-metre barge owned by Van Oord. They are expected to arrive at their destination in the port of Brest (France) in a period of approximately three days.

The delivery of the first jackets demonstrates the successful completion of the €350 million contract signed two years ago. The order included the manufacture and assembly of the 62 structures at Navantia Windar’s facilities in Brest and Fene and the piles that anchor the wind turbines to the seabed at Windar’s facilities in Avilés.

The delivery of the first jackets shows the successful execution of the contract signed two years ago, valued at €350 million. The contract included the manufacture and assembly of the 62 structures at Navantia Windar’s facilities in Brest and Fene and the piles that anchor the wind turbines to the seabed at Windar’s facilities in Avilés.

The Saint-Brieuc wind farm will be Iberdrola group’s first large offshore wind farm in France. With almost 500 MW of capacity, it will generate enough clean energy to meet the electricity consumption of 835,000 people, once it comes into operation in 2023.

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