On October 7 and 8, 2024, the Atlantic Maritime Prefecture, in conjunction with the operator Ailes Marines, a subsidiary of Iberdrola, trained all of its teams to assist a vessel in distress and then to combat accidental marine pollution within the Saint-Brieuc Bay offshore wind farm.
Iberdrola and its subsidiary Ailes Marines today announced the inauguration
of the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm by Ignacio S. Galán,
Executive Chairman of Iberdrola.
The resumption of maritime and fishing activities in the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm has been effective since July 1, 2024.
Iberdrola, through its subsidiary Ailes Marines, today announces the full commissioning of the second French offshore wind farm and the first in Brittany. To date, it is equipped with the most powerful turbines ever installed on a wind farm in France.
In October 2023, as part of the IBReizh program, Ailes Marines , a subsidiary of Iberdrola, launched a Call for Expressions of Interest in partnership with the Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique.
This AMI aimed to bring out innovative solutions to optimize the monitoring of biodiversity and to identify, collect and treat drifting objects in the wind farm off the Bay of Saint-Brieuc.
The installation phase of the wind turbines in the Saint-Brieuc park is complete. The jack-up vessel Brave Tern of the Norwegian company Fred Olsen windcarrier installed the last 8 MW wind turbine on position SB49 on December 17, 2023.