After a few days of tests and trials, the first kWh from the unit were transmitted last weekend into the national grid from the Sainneville substation.
The Fécamp offshore wind farm features 71 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines, installed on gravity-based foundations.
The wind farm is expected to be put into operation by the end of this year when it will produce the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 770,000 people or 60 per cent of the inhabitants of Seine-Maritime.
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The project is being jointly developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a joint venture between the French company EDF Renouvelables; EIH S.à.rl, owned by Enbridge Inc. and CPP Investments; and Skyborn Renewables (formerly wpd offshore).
Fécamp is the third commercial-scale wind project offshore France to reach the turbine installation phase, following the now-inaugurated Saint-Nazaire , and the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm .
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