French maritime solutions provider Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Group announced that, through its subsidiary Louis Dreyfus TravOcean, has signed its first contract related to the development of offshore wind farms in France.
This major contract for supply, installation and protection of inter-array power cables for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project was signed in July among project leaders EDF Renouvelables and Enbridge.
This came after Louis Dreyfus TravOcean won an international tender on the project in consortium with cable manufacturer Prysmian earlier this month.
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Group is confident that this first key contract related to offshore windfarms in France will accelerate the emergence of a French business sector dedicated to Marine Renewable Energy, which the Group has been calling for and will undoubtedly generate employment and increased activity for French companies,
…the company said in an official statement.
A recent report by Wind Europe regarding the development of offshore wind in Europe revealed that the continent connected 409 new offshore wind turbines to the grid across 18 projects, in 2018. This brought 2,649 MW of net additional capacity, making Europe’s total offshore wind capacity 18,499 MW.