TotalEnergies Pursues Its Development in Floating Offshore Wind With the Start of Construction of a First Farm in France
May 10 2022 - 10:15AM
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TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) is pleased to
announce the start of construction of the Eolmed project, operated
by Qair and in which TotalEnergies has a 20% stake. This 30 MW
project is located more than 18 km off the coast of Gruissan and
Port la Nouvelle (Occitan region). The start of production is
expected by 2024.
The wind farm will consist of three 10 MW wind turbines mounted
on steel floats and connected to the French Electricity
Transmission Network (RTE) by an underwater cable.
The project meets the objectives of the partners to ensure its
good environmental integration and to promote the know-how of the
Occitanie Region thanks to the involvement of all the stakeholders.
Eolmed is part of the Occitanie Region's strategy to relocate
industrial production: the consortium has chosen a joint venture
formed by Matière and Ponticelli to produce the floats in
Bagnac-sur-Célé (Lot) and Port-la-Nouvelle (Aude). This joint
venture will benefit from the port's new infrastructure and will
mobilize more than 600,000 man-hours of work across Occitania.
This project is part of TotalEnergies’ strategy to develop
floating wind energy, which allows access to deeper sites, further
from the coast, and to take advantage of greater wind resources.
The Company is developing this technology in France and abroad
through several projects at different stages of development:
- In France, In addition to the Eolmed project in the
Mediterranean Sea, the Company is participating in a tender in
Brittany to develop a floating wind farm with Green Investment
Group and Qair,
- In South Korea, TotalEnergies is developing a portfolio
of over 2 GW of floating offshore wind with Green Investment
Group,
- In the UK, TotalEnergies is developing the 96 MW Erebus
project in the Celtic Sea with its partner Simply Blue Energy,
- In the United States, TotalEnergies launched the
TotalEnergies SBE US joint venture with Simply Blue Group to
contribute to the growth of floating wind in the country.
“We are proud to contribute through Eolmed to France’s
development in floating offshore wind, a very promising segment in
which TotalEnergies notably brings its extensive experience in
offshore projects. Together with our partners, we will mobilize our
know-how and our best resources to meet the technological and
industrial challenges of this project, which meets the dual
objective of developing local content while providing renewable
energy,” said Olivier Terneaud, VP Offshore Wind at
TotalEnergies.
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TotalEnergies and offshore wind
TotalEnergies is already developing a portfolio of offshore wind
projects with a total capacity of more than 10 GW, of which 2/3 are
bottom-fixed and 1/3 are floating. These projects are located in
the United Kingdom (Seagreen project, Outer Dowsing, Erebus,
ScotWind), South Korea (Bada project), Taiwan (Yunlin project),
France (Eolmed project) and the United States (New York Bight
project). The Company has also been qualified to participate in
competitive tenders in the US, UK and France, and will also
participate in tenders in Norway and Poland.
About TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies is a global multi-energy company that produces and
markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases,
renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are
committed to energy that is ever more affordable, cleaner, more
reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in
more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development
in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations
to contribute to the well-being of people.
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About Qair
Qair is an independent producer of exclusively renewable energy
developing, financing, constructing, and operating wind, solar,
hydroelectric and green hydrogen production projects on own
account. Active in 16 countries across Europe, Latin America,
Africa and Asia, with its 300 employees committed to the energy
transition, Qair’s ambition is to become an independent leader in
responsible energy.
Its subsidiary Qair Marine, dedicated to the development of
renewable marine energies, mainly owns the EolMed project: a 30 MW
floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Gruissan (Aude) and
has contributed to the maintenance and operation of FloatGen, the
first French floating wind turbine. (www.qair.energy)
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