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LOC Group to back French wind farms

By: Tom Russell 27/02/2017 LOC Group

General Windfarms

UK-based consultancy firm LOC Group has been awarded a contract for Marine Warranty Surveying (MWS) services at the Fécamp, Calvados and Saint Nazaire offshore wind farms in France.

As part of its MWS offering, LOC has accounted for the varying environmental conditions and water depth at each site. In particular, initial drilling revealed very different soil conditions, with Saint Nazaire having a hard seabed, Calvados a softer one made up mainly of clay and limestone, and Fécamp being chalk-based.

As a result, the 83 turbines at Fécamp will use gravity-based foundations, while the other two sites will use monopole foundations for the turbines.

“As the very first turbines to be built in French waters, these are important projects for the development of France’s offshore wind industry,” commented Hugues Delanoue, Managing Director of LOC France. “We are proud to be providing full and independent third-party technical review and approval of the construction and transportation project operations over the entire contract.”

“The LOC Paris team is also advising and contributing to the review of preliminary submissions for the next round of tenders for the foundations and offshore stations in the French market," added Delanoue.

Development of the three sites was awarded to a consortium led by EDF Énergies Nouvelles and Enbridge. LOC Group stated that it has been working with the consortium to offer early-stage guidance on the design work and ensure the safety and security of the construction process.

R V Ahilan, Group Director, Renewables Advisory & Energy Technology at LOC said, “France intends to install 6GW worth of wind farms by 2020, and is taking a leading role in developing opportunities in floating offshore wind. In this market, the offshore engineers of the LOC Paris team are well placed to take a lead role in the industry’s development in France.”

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