The project
The Fécamp project is an EPCI project for 71 gravity-based structures (GBS) as foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm located 12 km off the coast of Normandy, France. This 500 MW offshore wind farm can supply the equivalent electricity for 770,000 people. Each GBS weighs approximately 5,000 tons.
The project was engineered and built onshore in Le Havre in just 2 years, and later transported and installed offshore with a heavy-lift vessel in less than 2 months. It is one of the first large-scale GBS projects used as foundations for an offshore wind farm. It was also the second offshore wind farm project in France, and the first foundation work for Saipem in the country.
Fécamp Project
pdf - 03-2024
Key facts and figures
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Offshore wind foundation job in France for Saipem
500 MW
Offshore Wind farm
5,000 t
Each GBS
71
Off-GBS Foundations
Less than 2
Months of installation
3
Saipem’s cargo barges used for transportation
