Iberdrola has announced that turbine installation at the Saint-Brieuc wind farm in France has been completed. Norwegian company Fred Olsen's Brave Tern jack-up vessel installed the last 8 MW wind turbine at position SB49 on 17 December 2023.The ship has made 18 rotations from Le Havre, with the components of 3 to 4 wind turbines on board. Work to install the wind turbines began in May 2023. In the space of eight months, the 62 wind turbines built at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy's Le Havre plant were installed on their jacket foundation. The technical commissioning of the wind farm started with the connection of the first wind turbine to the national electricity grid in July. It will be completed during Q1 2024. The commissioning of the wind farm is undertaken in phases. A first tranche of 20% is already operational. A second tranche of 50% will be completed in early 2024, rising to 100% in the first quarter of 2024. On completion, the wind farm will have an installed capacity of 496 MW, producing approximately 1,820 GWh/year.
