EolMed Pilot Floating Wind Farm is a 30MW offshore wind power project. It is planned in Balearic Sea, Occitanie, France. The project is currently in permitting stage. It will be developed in single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2023 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in July 2023.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Offshore 30 30 Permitting Occitanie, France Eolmed

Description

The project is being developed by Eolmed. Qair Marine and TotalEnergies are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 80% and 20% respectively.

The project is expected to generate 100,000MWh of electricity. The project cost is expected to be around $257.454m. The turbines will be mounted on floating semi-submersible barge foundations and will be interconnected by 66kV inter-array cable.

Development Status

The project construction is expected to commence from 2023. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by July 2023.

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Contractors Involved

Vestas Offshore Wind will be the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company is expected to provide 10 units of V164-10.0 MW turbines, each with 3MW nameplate capacity.

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