France: MW offshore wind 6000 2020 to horizon

[raymon]

This is advancing better than the [Single Subject] Magnetic motors of all kinds!

Go feed it!

Did you buy the hat you're going to eat or I send it to you by post?

[moinsdewatt]

This is advancing better than the [Single Subject] Magnetic motors of all kinds!

Go feed it!

Did you buy the hat you're going to eat or I send it to you by post?

Ah, I see that trying "magnetic motors" for years without result makes it embittered.

Fortunately, electro magnetic motors have been working well for over 100 years.

[moinsdewatt]

Offshore wind power: The specifications of the new call for tenders published

21/03/2013 meretmarine

The energy regulatory commission has published the specifications for the second tranche of the call for tenders for the installation of offshore wind turbines off the French coast. This involves the installation of two fields of 500 MW each: the first off Tréport in Normandy, the second between the islands of Yeu and Noirmoutier in Vendée. It postpones the date for the submission of tenders, initially scheduled for late September, to the end of November 2013. The purchase price of the electricity produced by these future fields has been set at 220 MW / H.

As a reminder, the first tranche of the tender had, in April 2012, been awarded for the Courseulles, Fécamp and Banc de Guérande fields to the EDF - Alstom consortium and that of Saint-Brieuc to Iberdrola-Areva. These fields should start production between 2016 and 2020. Those of the second call for tenders would come into operation between 2021 and 2023.

http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/e ... res-publie

there is like a mess.
I think it should be read The purchase price of the electricity produced by these future fields has been set at € 220 per MW.h.

[moinsdewatt]

The Winflo floating wind turbine installed off the Croisic in 2014

12 Avril 2013 enerzine

At the Thetis trade fair in Brest, DCNS and Nass & Wind presented their floating wind turbine development program and their common ambitions in second generation offshore wind.

The year 2012 allowed the two entities to finalize the design of the demonstrator produced as part of the Winflo project with Vergnet, Ifremer and ENSTA Bretagne.

This demonstrator, which constitutes a real technological challenge, was designed to adapt to the specific conditions of the Semrev wave-power site off the Croisic, with a depth of 35 meters, a significant swell and a constrained radius of anchoring. We also learn that the manufacture of the various blocks of Winflo will begin this year, for an assembly and installation planned for 2014. Winflo will then become the first floating wind turbine installed at sea in France.

This demonstrator is a first step towards a larger industrial deployment, provided in particular by DCNS and Nass & Wind, the latter having created a joint venture in July 2012 for this purpose.

According to the promoters of the project, the market for floating wind turbines, due to their offshore installation, has many advantages: "access to a stronger and more stable wind, reduced visual impact, better social acceptability and easier and faster installation. In addition, the floating wind market is three times that of offshore wind. "

** The Winflo project was labeled by the “Pôle Mer Bretagne” competitiveness cluster in 2008. It is one of the first five projects funded by the French government as part of investments for the future.

http://www.enerzine.com/3/15589+leolien ... 2014+.html

[raymon]

It is a super system especially that it would allow to exploit the wind off Marseille where the wind speed is the strongest in France but which is very crowded on the mean wind speed ratings greater than 8.7 ms.
http://www.meteo10.com/carte-des-vents.php

[Did67]

I think it should be read The purchase price of the electricity produced by these future fields has been set at € 220 per MW.h.

Yes. Energy is kWh or MWh (or even MW.h).

To compare :

a) photovoltaic tariff (small individual residential projects with integrated panels): 347 euros / MWH (with the maximum bonus for the use of European panels)

b) photovoltaic tariff for large areas / non-integrated (called "wind farms"): 90 euros / MWh with maximum bonus

c) electricity from anaerobic digestion: between 111 and 174 euros per MWH depending on the size of the installation and "bonuses" for the recovery of agricultural effluents and for the recovery of heat (cogeneration).

These are production prices excluding VAT invoiced by the owners of these installations to ERDF (except perhaps for residential PV?).

d) The price of production of nuclear MWH would be, according to the pricing set by the regulatory authority, around 50 euros per MWh.

e) the regulated tariff purchase for individuals / small powers is 85 euros per MWh (before all taxes; the "low bill" tariff being of the order of magnitude of 130 euros / MWh)


Here, that makes it possible to locate the reflection.

In particular, be aware that the price paid by the end customer is at least double the production price due to transport costs, commercial costs, operator margins, etc.

So ladly, only "renewable" electricity would cost something like 20 to 50 cents per kWh delivered to the home.

Do not confuse buyout prices = production prices and prices paid by the end customer.

[moinsdewatt]

Alstom's Haliade 150 wind turbine obtains its power certification

May 14, 2013 Enerzine

Alstom has announced that it has obtained the IEC ** power performance measurement (power curve) certification for its new offshore wind turbine Haliade 150 - 6MW.

According to the French industrialist, the power curve which determines the electricity production of the wind turbine according to the average wind speed was reached after three months of performance measurements on the Carnet site, in the Loire. This major step in the certification process follows the successful commissioning of the 6 MW turbine.

Onshore tests carried out on the first Haliade 150 since March 2012 made it possible to verify that the power curve corresponded well to the technical specifications and that it perfectly conformed to the design models of the Haliade 150 - 6MW wind turbine.

The next phase concerning the wind turbine installed on land at the Carnet site will be dedicated to specific missions as well as to extensive tests in terms of diagnosis, reliability and maintenance of the main components of the wind turbine, namely the generator. , step, converter and "yaw".

After certification of the wind turbine, the Carnet site will focus on additional performance improvement tests, as well as several training actions.

“We are extremely proud to have taken this key step in our machine certification process so quickly and the power curve certification confirms that our wind turbine has sufficient capacity to achieve the expected level of performance,” said Frederic Hendrick , vice-president of Alstom Wind Offshore.

“Last year, Carnet activity has been considerable in terms of measurements and tests. This work has focused on validating the characteristics and performance of the Haliade 150 wind turbine, in accordance with internal protocols. 'Alstom and the main international standards, "said Jordi Puigcorbé, vice-president of Alstom Wind Innovation.

** IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

http://www.enerzine.com/3/15724+leolien ... ance+.html

[moinsdewatt]

Alstom, EDF Energies nouvelles and WPD Offshore set off to attack French offshore wind power

Usine Nouvelle on May 30, 2013

French industrialists and the hexagonal subsidiary of the German WPD are teaming up to respond to the second French call for tenders for offshore wind power. They thus renew the victorious alliance last year.

Never change a winning team. At least as little as possible. EDF Energies nouvelles (EDF EN) and WPD offshore announced this Thursday, May 30, the signing of a partnership to respond to the second French call for tenders in offshore wind power. The two groups will form a joint venture including EDF EN will be the majority shareholder. Alstom is designated as the exclusive supplier of the wind turbines.

The three partners won the jackpot during the government's first call for tenders, in April 2012, with three of the four parks involved, or nearly 1500 megawatts (MW) of power to be installed. Their consortium, Ailes marines, also included the Danish energy company Dong Energy and the Breton SME Nass & Wind. Dong had announced last April that he would not participate in the second call for tenders, which raised questions about the profitability of French parks and the risks associated with these pharaonic sites. The risk lifting period for the first call for tenders is due to end in October 2013.

Sustaining the industrial system

For Alstom, the stake of this second call for tenders is the sustainability of the industrial system that it is currently setting up. Four factories are planned in Cherbourg (Manche) and near Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) to produce the 240 6 MW Haliade turbines intended for the first wind farms. With a maximum of 1000 MW in the Noirmoutier (Vendée) and Tréport (Seine-Maritime) fields, the second call for tenders is however of limited scope. The French industrialist is already focused on export. "The first Haliades will be manufactured for foreign fields," Frédéric Hendrick, head of Alstom's offshore wind farm, told "L'Usine Nouvelle" a few weeks ago. The French was declared the preferred supplier for the German fleet of Arcadis Ost, with a potential delivery from 2016 of 58 turbines.

http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/al ... is.N198059

[jean.caissepas]

The 6000 MW will not be reached in 2020, and by far (1000 MW will be achieved according to the latest estimates, because the French sector of construction of these wind turbines is under construction).

Here is a new forecast from the SER (Union des EneRgies en mer):


Link : http://www.enerzine.com/3/15974+ser---une-feuille-de-route-pour-15-000-mw-deolien-en-mer-dici-2030+.html

[jean.caissepas]

Offshore wind power: GDF Suez and Areva want to join forces for Treport (500 MW) and Noirmoutier (500 MW)

Quote: "Bids must be submitted by the end of November and the verdict is expected in the first quarter of 2014."

source: http://www.20minutes.fr/economie/1184751-20130705-eolien-offshore-gdf-suez-areva-veulent-allier

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