SSE Renewables (SSE) has announced the installation of its first onshore turbine at a wind farm construction site in Southern Europe. Construction personnel from SSE, working with installation engineers from wind turbine supplier Siemens Gamesa, have overseen the installation of the first turbine at the 28 MW Chaintrix-Bierges and Vélye Wind Farm in the Grand-Est region of France.
Under its turbine supply agreement, Siemens Gamesa is supplying and installing eight SG 3.4-132 MW wind turbines at the site. Following the first turbine installation, the remaining turbines are scheduled to be installed in the coming weeks. The Chaintrix-Bierges and Vélye project is SSE’s first onshore wind farm under construction in France and the first to enter construction outside the company’s core United Kingdom and Ireland market. The delivery of this wind farm represents a total capital investment of more than EUR 30 million by SSE Renewables.
