The 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind park, located off Brittany in north-western France, has been connected to the French national grid and has produced its first power. The project, which is being developed by the Spanish utility Iberdrola, will comprise 62 wind turbines once completed. It is expected to produce 1.82 TWh/year of electricity, enough to supply the annual consumption of 835,000 inhabitants. The power produced will be collected by an offshore electrical substation before being transported to the grid by two 225 kV subsea export cables installed by France’s Réseau de Transport d'Électricité (RTE).
France plans to reach 40% of electricity produced from renewable sources by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050. France also aims to develop 40 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2050 (482 MW at the end of 2022, thanks to the commissioning of the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind park in November 2022). France is currently building two other commercial-scale offshore wind projects: the 498 MW Fécamp project and the 448 MW Courseulles-sur-Mer project.
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