Atos to support Ailes Marines in securing Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in Brittany, France

Guaranteeing the protected creation of renewable vitality

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Paris, December one, 2020,

A consortium led by Atos has been chosen by Ailes Marines – a corporation a hundred% owned by Iberdrola, in cost of the construction, installation and procedure of an offshore wind farm in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, France – to apply mission essential communications answers and make certain marine coordination pursuits for its new wind farm undertaking. With construction operate on the farm set to get started in the initially semester of 2021, Atos will make certain that all pursuits at sea are operate seamlessly, in order to aid Iberdrola produce clean up, reliable vitality for the ecosystem.

Atos will apply a entire operational marine coordination centre found in Pleudaniel (Brittany, France) to coordinate, check and document all traffic in and all around the construction location, running 24/7 through the construction phase. Even though developing and managing a wind farm of 103 kmtwo is a very intricate method the place many operators and corporations are circulating in the offshore site, the Atos option allows Ailes Marines to make certain that all of its on-site functions operate effortlessly and that only authorized people and equipment circulate in the location. This centre will notably help Ailes Marines’ teams to register and monitor vessels and their crew in authentic time for supreme on-site security, to make certain protection of the offshore functions in the farm (like a ‘Permit to work’ procedure) or to program and check offshore pursuits according to the weather conditions forecast. For this coordination centre, Atos will operate in partnership with SeaRenergy, a primary supplier of engineering providers as very well as offshore marine, QHSE and staffing answers for the offshore wind sector. In this undertaking SeaRenergy will provide very skilled marine administration staff.

Atos will also set up a unified essential voice conversation platform that will permit helicopters, ships, and operational teams performing on the offshore farm to connect seamlessly amongst them or with the coordination centre, in and all around the wind farm[one]. In a unpredictable ecosystem, 16,three km absent from the shore, the place the typical telecom networks do not operate, the Atos option is developed in this kind of a way that conversation amongst operators is assured in all circumstances, making use of satellite telephones as back up, and can be utilised to manage incidents and emergencies.

Both programs will continue to be operational after the construction phase and will aid Ailes Marines all through the exploitation section, when the 62 turbines will be operational.

“Extreme environments call for extremely reliable conversation answers and we were wanting for a French professional to aid coordinate and protected our initially offshore wind farm in France. The working experience of the Atos teams, their know-how of offshore and the very particular digital and OT technologies related with this location are very valuable to us.” mentioned Javier Garcia Perez, President of Ailes Marines and International Offshore Director of Iberdrola.

“We are happy to aid Iberdrola in its initially offshore wind farm undertaking in France, by securing its wind turbines to make certain the protected creation of green electricity. Atos aims to pioneer in decarbonization for the advantage of all its stakeholders and we are keen to aid shoppers in their sustainable jobs.” mentioned Bernard Payer, Head of Critical Interaction Alternatives, Atos. “Offshore wind farms are significant and essential infrastructures in remote and risky areas. Setting up on our thriving partnership with Ørsted, and now on our partnership with Iberdrola, Atos is much more than ever a leader in essential communications for offshore wind vitality.”

“We are delighted to aid Iberdrola remaining 1 of the initially movers in the French offshore wind industry,” mentioned Dr. Benjamin Vordemfelde, CEO of SeaRenergy. “We are wanting ahead to contributing our working experience and expert know-how from other jobs in Europe to the vitality transition in France and also generate enjoyable new work opportunities for the neighborhood workforce in the Saint-Brieuc location.”

The Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm will be created by Ailes Marines – thoroughly owned by Iberdrola, the greatest vitality team in Spain and environment leader in wind electric power – in the bay of Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, 16.three kilometers off the coast. When concluded, the 496 MW wind farm will deliver one,820 GWh per 12 months, which is equal to the once-a-year electricity usage of 835,000 inhabitants. The foundation installation performs will start off in the initially semester of 2021 the wind farm will be thoroughly operational in 2023. The deal with Atos and SeaRenergy will result in the generation of ten proficient work opportunities in France. Atos will also mobilize roughly ten people for the installation section of the specialized equipment.

Atos is a world wide leader in essential communications for windfarms and provides mission-essential communications for Ørsted offshore wind farms across the environment.

In June 2020, Atos announced its determination to reach internet-zero carbon emissions by 2035, growing its ambitions on decarbonization even additional, positioning decarbonization as a main ingredient of its progress technique and the corporation as the decarbonization leader in its sector.

 

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[one] The procedure will provide communications all through the port location, transit routes and construction location up to 12 nautical miles offshore

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About SeaRenergy:
SeaRenergy team is an impartial supplier of detailed providers to all offshore wind sector stakeholders. The team is made up of SeaRenergy offshore with workplaces in Hamburg, Den Haag and Limassol and its daughter companies Con4Mare and Elbe-one. SeaRenergy is concerned in the total worth chain of offshore wind from arranging and permit by means of installation and procedure & upkeep. Started in 2010, SeaRenergy presents consulting and engineering providers as very well as offshore marine providers, QHSE providers, and the entire range of offshore experts.

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