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Energy Observer named in Paris

Par vincent le vendredi 21 juillet 2017

Energy Observer, the first energy self-sufficient boat powered solely by renewable energies and hydrogen was officially named in Paris on 6 July after sailing from Saint-Malo to the mouth of the Seine, then up the Seine to the French capital.

The boat was built in Canada in 1983 as a maxi-catamaran (length: 30.5m, beam:12.8m). In 1994, as the Enza New Zealand, she won the Jules Verne Trophy with Peter Blake at the helm.

 

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STX substation for Arkona windfarm

Par vincent le vendredi 21 juillet 2017

On 12 July, STX France’s Saint-Nazaire yard began assembling the substation for the Arkona offshore windfarm being developed by German power utility E.ON, Norwegian group Statoil and German company 50Hertz. The Baltic windfarm, comprising sixty 6-MW Siemens turbines generating enough electricity to power 400,000 homes, is scheduled for completion in 2019.

The 385-MW substation, for delivery in Q2 next year, will be one of the most imposing structures of its type anywhere in the world.

 

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STX scalable offshore substations

Par vincent le vendredi 21 juillet 2017

“High quality and customisable, but based on standardised base modules,” is how Frédéric Grizaud, Head of the Offshore Energy Business Unit at STX France, describes the new SeeOs (Scalable Efficient Evolutive Offshore Substation) range launched recently by the Saint-Nazaire-based contractor.

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