Jan De Nul Cracks French Offshore Wind Market

Sodraco International SAS, a French subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group, has signed a contract to transport and install 80 offshore wind turbines on the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm.

This is the first offshore wind contract in France for Jan De Nul. It was awarded by Parc du Banc de Guérande, a joint venture between the French renewable energy company EDF Renewables and the Canadian energy infrastructure company Enbridge.

“We are excited to contribute to the further development of renewable energy, and offshore wind in particular, in France. Next to that we are looking forward to working again with EDF Renewables and to confirm our skills and competencies by making the installation of the Offshore Wind Turbines in collaboration with GE a great success,” said Philippe Hutse, Offshore Director at Jan De Nul Group.

The 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm is located in the northern part of the Bay of Biscay at nearly 12 kilometres from the coast and lies on top of the Banc de Guérande seabed formation.

The wind farm will consist of 80 offshore wind turbines supplied by General Electric (GE), which will be installed on top of monopile foundations.

The turbine installation works are planned to kick off in spring 2022 and will be finalized by the end of 2022.