The project cost about two-billion-euro. YYC
Inc. in partnership with EDF Renewables and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, officially opened Wednesday.
The 480-megawatt Saint-Nazaire wind farm consists of 80 turbines off the coast of the Loire-Atlantique region of France. It is expected to power the equivalent of 400,000 homes annually, or 20 per cent of the Loire-Atlantique region’s electricity consumption. The two-billion-euro project was developed as part of the French government’s aim to grow the country’s renewable power sector. French president
has said that France aims to have around 40 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity in operation by 2050, which would work out to around 50 offshore wind farms.Calgary-based Enbridge, which has a 25.5 per cent ownership stake in the Saint-Nazaire project, is also keen to grow its wind power portfolio.
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