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Heading to Brittany, to meet François Orel, a wind turbine maintenance technician. His mission: to repair and optimize wind turbines to ensure their proper operation and production. Immersion in a daily life like no other… Our teams followed François Orel, a wind turbine maintenance technician with the OMEGA (Operation Maintenance and Asset Management) teams…
France has approximately 10,000 wind turbines across its territory, the majority of which were installed in the early 2000s. By 2030, approximately 500 wind turbines per year will need to be replaced. An impressive and delicate operation led by EDF Renewables at the Oupia wind farm, located in Hérault. A first in metropolitan France. Access to the wind farm…
For six months, the Dhuoda high school, located in Nîmes, has been equipped with a latest generation wind turbine nacelle assembled by EDF Renewables. The objective: to enrich the training course for the profession of maintenance technician offered within the CMQE HEREC campus. Video immersion. A true training platform, the Campus of Trades and Qualifications of Excellence in Housing, Renewable Energies and…
In Colombiers, in the south of France, EDF Renewables supervises all solar power plants, onshore and offshore wind farms, throughout the world. Recently, we have also found the Repair Lab, a 400m² workshop in which large wind turbine components are repaired. Video immersion. The Repair Lab: a workshop for our strategic parts…
The French are mostly in favor of renewable energies and at the same time, with its development, wind power is generating more and more debate. But then what is it really? And what means are put in place by wind farm developers, and in particular by EDF Renewables, to promote its acceptability in the region? Find the answers…