As a trailblazing region for floating wind, Brittany will be represented in Scotland at Floating Offshore Wind 2025, a major international event co-hosted by Scottish Renewables and RenewableUK in Aberdeen on 12 and 13 November. Under the banner of Bretagne Ocean Power, a delegation of 5 Breton players strongly invested in floating wind will be present and are eager to pursue their development together with partners based in Scotland, the world leader in offshore wind.
Brittany, on board with floating wind!
With its strong natural and industrial potential, Brittany is very actively involved in all offshore renewable technologies, but is particularly ahead of the game when it comes to the development of floating wind energy. Brittany will be home to France’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm, Pennavel, with an installed capacity of 250 MW, which is to be extended with a second 500 MW farm due to be awarded in late 2025.
Brittany also boasts specialised, complementary port infrastructures to host floating wind, with the BrestPort MRE terminal (40 hectares and a 400 m-long dock dedicated to offshore wind projects) strategically located near to the Celtic Sea markets and the service port of Lorient, suited to the deployment of mooring systems.
Beyond this, Brittany harbours an entire ecosystem of recognised businesses ready to support the floating wind industry: over 200 businesses involved in offshore energy are based in Brittany. Positioned across the entire value chain – metal construction and shipbuilding, maritime operations, consultancy, marine sciences and technology, etc. – and across all technologies, these businesses are already supplying project developers in France and worldwide.
Bretagne Ocean Power will be showcasing 5 of these businesses, all particularly emblematic of the floating wind sector, at Floating Offshore Wind 2025 at stand C50.
The 5 Breton players at Floating Offshore Wind 2025
AFC (Armoricaine de Fonderie le Châtelet): AFC is a foundry based in Redon specialising in steel, cast iron, copper, aluminium, zinc and rare metals. This Breton industrial firm supplied the protective cast-iron half-shells for the future Yeu-Noirmoutier offshore wind farm. Find out more about their offshore renewable journey in our dedicated article.
Cervval: Cervval is an IT engineering company that develops innovative digital solutions to support decision-making and optimise activities and processes, such as its digital twin of a floating wind turbine structure. Delve deeper in our dedicated article.
Eolink
Eolink is a company entirely devoted to the development of an innovative floating wind turbine. The company has patented a pyramid-shaped steel structure designed to distribute mechanical forces more evenly, resulting in a solution that is 50% lighter than other references on the market. Eolink is developing the solution that will make floating offshore wind power competitive and will be the key to large-scale roll-out. Get the low-down in our dedicated article.
Quiet-Oceans : Quiet-Oceans is a company specialised in modelling, monitoring and mitigating underwater noise. It has already carried out acoustic monitoring and real-time detection of the presence of marine mammals for the installation of the foundations of the Saint-Nazaire wind farm and the Saint-Brieuc wind farm (France) for instance, and has forecasted underwater noise during pile-driving operations for offshore wind farms in Taiwan and Rimini (Italy).
BrestPort: At the heart of a 6GW offshore wind energy market, the Port of Brest’s MRE terminal is particularly well suited to floating wind projects. Sheltered in an accessible bay, with no air draught restrictions and unlimited access to the open sea, it features modern facilities suited to offshore renewable projects: 40 hectares of industrial land connected to the sea and transport networks, a 400 m-long dock for handling heavy loads, a channel depth of 8 metres below sea level, a berthing depth of 12 metres below sea level and a berthing width of 100 metres, as well as easy access 24/7. BrestPort is strengthening its position in the floating wind landscape through the InFloW programme, a major long-term investment programme through which it is supporting the development of floating wind by adapting its infrastructures to project developers’ specific requirements. Through this programme, project developers are guaranteed access to specially designed facilities! Find out more.
