On Thursday, 19th September in Brittany, Iberdrola inaugurated the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France, with a capacity of 496 MW and an annual production of nearly 2,000 GWh.
With an investment of €2.4 billion, the project began development in 2012 and entered full operation in 2024, following three years of construction. It consists of 62 turbines, each with a capacity of 8 MW.
The construction work supported more than 1,700 jobs, 500 of which were local, and involved a range of companies such as Siemens-Gamesa (wind turbines), the Navantia Windar consortium (foundations and transition pieces), Haizea (towers), Prysmian (cabling), and Van Oord (installation). In total, more than 150 European companies worked on the project.
Saint-Brieuc is Iberdrola's fourth offshore wind farm in full operation, following West of Duddon Sands (United Kingdom), located in the Irish Sea; Wikinger (Germany), in the Baltic Sea; and East Anglia One (United Kingdom), located in the North Sea.
In addition, Iberdrola has four other projects in construction. In 2025, Baltic Eagle in Germany and Vineyard Wind 1 (which will be the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States) will come into operation. In 2026, East Anglia Three in the United Kingdom and Windanker in Germany will come into operation.
