The maintenance base of the Fécamp offshore wind farm was inaugurated today in the presence of Mr. Bertrand Allanic, Director of the Fécamp offshore wind farm, Mr. Bertrand Bellanger, President of the Departmental Council of Seine-Maritime, Ms. Marie- Agnès Poussier-Winsback, Member of Parliament for the 9th constituency of Seine-Maritime and Mayor of Fécamp, Mr. Pierre-André Durand, Prefect of the Normandy Region, as well as Vice-Admiral Philippe Dutrieux, Maritime Prefect of Manche and the North Sea.

For several months, the building has housed the wind farm construction teams which will gradually be replaced by the teams responsible for the operation and maintenance of the offshore wind farm.

The offshore wind farm supervision center from land

Built on the Grand Quai de Fécamp peninsula, the maintenance base is ideally located at the exit of the port, permanently accessible and equipped with pontoons intended to accommodate personnel transfer vessels (CTV- Crew Transfer Vessel).

Construction base until the end of the work by the end of 2023, it will then become the center for supervising the offshore wind farm from land, and will remain so throughout the duration of the park's operation. It will accommodate the team responsible for the operation and maintenance of the park's 71 wind turbines, which will carry out various missions on a daily basis: preventive and corrective maintenance of the installations, monitoring and optimization of the park's production, monitoring of weather conditions, planning of interventions. and monitoring of access to the park.

Three personnel transfer vessels (CTV), manufactured by the Dieppe-based company Manche Industrie Marine, will allow rotations between the base and the offshore wind farm.

Long-term jobs created

Around 100 jobs will be created to ensure the operation and maintenance of the fleet in various professions: maintenance technicians, supervision technicians, operations manager, but also maritime professions (sailors, crane operators, logisticians, etc.) and support functions (HQSE technicians, Human Resources, accountants, etc.).

Recruitment has already started and will end in 2023.

A building with multiple functions

Designed by the Franc Architectures Group and built by the company Eiffage Construction, the maintenance base was designed to be functional and fully integrated into its environment. The building, with an area of approximately 2,000 m2, consists of a control and telecommunications room, changing rooms, offices and a warehouse area of 800 m2 to store the equipment necessary for maintenance of the park.

Local companies SFEE, LEDUN, DELAMOTTE, among others, also participated in the construction site. 70 % of the amount allocated to the construction of the base was carried out by companies from Seine-Maritime. The maintenance base for the Fécamp offshore wind farm also marks a strong commitment to the SNSM (National Sea Rescue Society). The building was in fact designed from the start to accommodate the offices of the Fécamp station as well as their ships on the pontoons.

Bertrand ALLANIC, Director of the Fécamp offshore wind farm for EDF Renewables said :“The Fécamp offshore wind farm project is progressing at a good pace. While awaiting its commissioning scheduled for the end of 2023, the inauguration of the maintenance base marks further progress on the site towards the commissioning of the park. Around a hundred qualified people will work there during operation. We are pleased that this new stage today brings together, alongside us, local stakeholders who have always supported this renewable energy project in their region. »

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