Éole: The Assembly Platform for Tomorrow’s Offshore Wind Turbines

Preliminary consultation from 23rd September to 23rd November 2024: make sure to take part!

You are invited to attend the public launch meeting* on Monday, 30th September at 6.30 pm, at Cinéville in Saint Nazaire (Theatre N° 1). This is an opportunity to present the project to you and to engage in this important phase of dialogue. We look forward to seeing you there.

The Éole facility is an assembly platform for high-capacity fixed-foundation and floating wind turbines. It is designed to support the deployment of future offshore wind farms along France’s Atlantic Seaboard, and will also meet the requirements of existing industrial activities. Located in Saint Nazaire, at the industrial and port facility that saw the birth of France’s first offshore wind farm, it will mainly comprise a 780-metre-long quay, storage areas for components onshore and on the water, and a special pontoon for service vessels.

The Éole project aims to meet the needs of industrial firms and operators in the wind power sector from 2030 onwards. It will benefit the Regional Community’s industrial and economic fabric. In addition to the wind energy sector, it will also be possible to share the facilities of the Éole platform, according to the timetable and deadlines of the Port’s industrial firms.

From 23rd September to 23rd November 2024, Nantes ‒ Saint Nazaire Port is holding a preliminary consultation, under the aegis of the French National Public Debate Commission, to inform Regional Community residents, stakeholders and industrial players, and to involve them in the Éole project.

Find out more and take part in the preliminary consultation!

From 23rd September, the consultation dossier and full details will be available on the participatory platform dedicated to the project: participez.eole.port.fr