LM Wind Power. Why are Canadian-made wind turbine blades expected in Cherbourg?
The Channel Press|Sebastien Lucot|Oct 12, 2024
Wind turbine blades built in Canada and intended for the Vineyard Wind farm, have set sail from the United States to be stored in Cherbourg (Manche). The six blades, coming out of the LM Wind Power factory in Gaspé, Canada, will be stored from next Wednesday in the port of Cherbourg for an indefinite period. (This article was translated from French into English using Google Translate)
Wind turbine blades built in Canada and intended for the Vineyard Wind farm, have set sail from the United States to be stored in Cherbourg (Manche). The six blades, coming out of the LM Wind Power factory in Gaspé, Canada, will be stored from next Wednesday in the port of Cherbourg for an indefinite period. (This article was translated from French into English using Google Translate)
Wind turbine blades built in Canada and intended for the Vineyard Wind farm, have set sail from the United States to be stored in Cherbourg (Manche). The six blades, coming out of the LM Wind Power factory in Gaspé, Canada, will be stored from next Wednesday in the port of Cherbourg for an indefinite period.
On Friday, October 4, 2024 , a 140-meter-long ship, the Rolldock Sun , left the port of New Bedford, Massachusetts in the United States , heading for Cherbourg (Manche), with six wind turbine blades on board .
This journey, visible on websites reporting the position of ships on the oceans, corroborates information from the local newspaper, the Nantucket Current .
These are Haliade-X wind turbine blades for the Vineyard Wind offshore …
... more [truncated due to possible copyright]Wind turbine blades built in Canada and intended for the Vineyard Wind farm, have set sail from the United States to be stored in Cherbourg (Manche). The six blades, coming out of the LM Wind Power factory in Gaspé, Canada, will be stored from next Wednesday in the port of Cherbourg for an indefinite period.
On Friday, October 4, 2024 , a 140-meter-long ship, the Rolldock Sun , left the port of New Bedford, Massachusetts in the United States , heading for Cherbourg (Manche), with six wind turbine blades on board .
This journey, visible on websites reporting the position of ships on the oceans, corroborates information from the local newspaper, the Nantucket Current .
These are Haliade-X wind turbine blades for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm, located in US federal waters 24 kilometres offshore.
Made in Canada
Why are these blades built by LM Wind Power in Gaspé, Canada , one of the two factories of the wind farm supplier GE Vernova along with the one in Cherbourg, making this trip to the Cotentin ?
Could they be defective? The GE Vernova spokesperson was unwilling to reveal the reason for the blades to be headed for France.
This silence, mixed with questions, is reminiscent of the incident in July when a broken wind turbine blade halted construction of the Vineyard Wing project, which this summer had 21 turbines installed out of the 62 planned. Since then, several internal decisions have been taken to avoid a new fiasco.
Arrival expected Wednesday
In any case, the shipments of blades from the Cherbourg site continue. Since this summer, around thirty have been shipped, with another 18 to follow in the next two weeks.
Conversely, in the port of New Bedford, the saturation of the Vineyard Wind logistics hub is beginning to be felt. Hence the need to implement this system of communicating vessels.
The arrival of the heavy transport vessel, the Rolldock Sun , is expected on Wednesday, October 16 in the port of Cherbourg.
(This article was translated from French into English using Google Translate)