France's first offshore wind farm Saint-Nazaire is operational

The Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm lies in the Bay of Biscay off the coast near Saint-Nazaire and Guérande and was France's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. It comprises 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines with a total installed capacity of 480 MW, commissioned in 2022 (first power in June, full operation in November, officially inaugurated by President Macron in September 2022). It is operated by a consortium of EDF Renewables, Enbridge and CPP Investments (via Parc du Banc de Guérande/Eolien Maritime France), with an investment volume of roughly EUR 2 billion.