The Anonymous Widower

Run Larger, Multi-Site Offshore Wind Tenders, French Energy Commission Recommends To Gov’t

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) has recommended that the government conducts larger offshore wind tenders, inviting bids for several sites. This is according to the latest update from CRE, which has now published specifications for the country’s AO5 tender for a floating wind farm in southern Brittany.

Looking at the building of large numbers of wind turbines and their fixed or floating foundations, I am drawn to the conclusion, that it might be better if all were as identical as possible.

I should also note, that we were very successful selling Artemis project management systems in France. Our manager in the country, said it was because all the country’s top managers had been to the same schools and universities and passed the best solutions around themselves.

So perhaps a standard solution appeals to the French psyche?

In the UK, BP are currently designing and planning these fixed foundation wind farms.

• Mona – 1500 MW – 35 m. depth – 30 km. offshore
• Morgan – 1500 MW – 35 m. depth – 30 km. offshore
• Morven – 2907 MW – 65-75 m. depth – 60 km. offshore

Given that Mona and Morgan are in the Irish Sea and Morven is North-East of Aberdeen, I wouldn’t be surprised to find that BP treat these three projects as two separate 3 GW projects, which could share the same turbine design and fixed foundation designs, that were very similar.

I’m sure BP would save money, if they used a similar design philosophy on all three projects.

June 9, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Design, Energy | Artemis, France, Offshore Wind Power, Project Management, Wind Power