Building offshore wind farms with BayWa r.e.
For more than 30 years, we have successfully deployed large-scale renewable energy projects around the world to the highest quality standards. Since 2019, our business portfolio has expanded, now including offshore wind power.
Our goal: to build offshore wind farms, to accelerate the development of large-scale renewable energies. In France, we are developing a 250 MW floating wind farm project in Southern Brittany.
Key facts
offshore wind project portfolio internationally
by our consortium with the Buchan Offshore Wind project in Scotland and the Pennavel project in France
Pennavel: our floating offshore wind project
In France, the consortium made up of BayWa r.e. and Elicio, a developer with a successful track record in offshore wind energy, has won the AO5 in southern Brittany. Through dialogue, transparency and our expertise, we were able to win this project, for which we are committed to developing measures to encourage local opportunities and spin-offs, and thus contribute to the emergence of a local industrial sector.
Awarded the ‘Breizh Content’ label by the Bretagne Pole Naval cluster, the Pennavel project, the first commercial-scale floating wind farm in Europe, is guaranteed to generate jobs and local spin-offs.
Find out more about the Pennavel project in southern Brittany.
Project location
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Key numbers
- Project power: 250 MW
Type of wind turbines: floating wind turbines
Local content
- Signature of the industrial local content commitment charter with 5 regional clusters: Aquitaine Blue Energies, Bretagne Ocean Power, Neopolia, Normandie Maritime and Wind’Occ
- Label Breizh content, by Bretagne Pole Naval
- Partnership with Elles Bougent and organization of the maritime employment day for women
How does floating wind energy work?
BayWa r.e. supports maritime employment for women
With only 21% of women in the maritime sector (ISEMAR study, 2018), BayWa r.e. is positioned as a major player promoting diversity and equity through the development of offshore wind power.
BayWa r.e. has joined forces with the Elles Bougent and La Touline associations to promote maritime trades among women and above all to create the maximum number of opportunities open to everyone around its offshore projects.
Wind power at sea: a wide horizon
in France Offshore wind is set to become one of the main renewable technologies of the next decade. With more than 3,500 km of coastline, France has the second largest offshore wind potential in Europe and will be one of our main markets to explore possibilities for future developments. With an ambitious new objective of 40 GW of offshore wind power installed by 2050, the industrial sector as well as local players are preparing accordingly.
Investor interest in offshore wind farms
With an established market experiencing rapid growth, offshore wind energy offers interesting opportunities for experienced investors, developers and coal-fired plant operators.
Offshore wind is already a strong contributor to energy production in Europe. 2019 was the most successful year for offshore wind energy, a trend that is going to continue: by 2040, offshore wind farms will be the leading source of electricity production in Europe.
Do you share our vision for a green future?
We want to make greater contributions to the success of the green energy revolution by developing offshore wind farms. Our objective is to execute top-quality renewable energy projects, thereby consolidating our vision of a more environmentally-friendly future.
BayWa r.e. is fully aware of the maritime, societal, economic and environmental challenges that the development of offshore wind projects represents. We are committed to developing projects with and for the local partners and stakeholders, and in particular maritime sector and the local industrial network.
Want to discuss opportunities around floating offshore wind, do not hesitate to contact us!