Common Oceans
According to Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Prize in Economics 2009: A common is a space defined and managed by a community of users in order to ensure sustainable and equitable development of natural resources. What about the oceans?
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OFFSHORE WIND FARMS[edit]
Wind farms and biodiversity[edit]
2023/08/28
NOAA fisheries questions the reasons of a strange excess mortality of whales on the east coast of the United States - /evidence-says-offshore-wind-development-is-killing-lots-of-whales/ more than 200 between 2016 and 2023 - while over the same period it delivered wind operators a very large number of authorizations for level A and B harassment of marine mammals.
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2022/04/11
A study published at the British Ecological Society warns of the risks of wind farm development to migratory birds in Europe and North Africa.
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2022/04/21
A study published in the Journal of Marine Science and Engeneering alerts to malformations in lobster and crab subjected to the influence of magnetic fields resulting from marine energy development.
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2022/03/29
A study published in the journal ICES Journal Of Marine Science concluded that the installation of a wind farm in the United States, had no impact on the fisheries resource. But scientists say the results are not necessarily significant because the farm is a small project of five turbines for a production of 30 MW.
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2022/02/22
A study published in Hereon points out the effects of wind farms on changes in seawater temperature and salinity with the risk of affecting the development of plankton and the entire marine chain.
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2022/02/03
A study published in Frontiers in Marine Science shows how the development of offshore wind farms can lead to alterations in winds, affecting marine currents, with unforeseen impacts on ecosystems.
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2021/11/26
Mine clearance campaigns - known as UXO - prior to the installation of wind farms increase the risk of noise impact on the marine environment and chemical contamination of the oceans.
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2021/07/08
Composed of balsa, glass fibers, Epoxy resin containing bisphemol A, wind turbine blades release micro particles which present a significant risk to health and the environment. According to Epoxy Europe, at the end of its life, these wastes are non-recyclable, they are either incinerated or buried, without until the risks of environmental contamination are yet known.
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2021/07/06
In an Opinion on Biodiversity The National Council for the Protection of Nature stresses that the impacts on biodiversity of offshore wind power can be very significant.
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2021/03/09
Composed of Epoxy resins, glass fibers, but also balsa, wind turbine blades endangers the Amazon rainforest and their communities.
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2020/01/22
A scientific study of marine biologist Thierry Ruellet alerts on the impact of the wind turbines on the turbidity of water, the modification of the fauna, the acoustic, electromagnetic impacts and the contamination by the heavy metals of the sacrificial anodes which are posed on the foundations of wind turbines to avoid the corrosion.
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Wind farms and économy[edit]
2023/09/18
The European Court of Auditors doubt of the economic and environmental viability of renewable energies at sea.
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2023/06/26
The wind industry is facing major technical and financial difficulties.
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2023/03/07
A report published in Environmental Resarch Letters confirms that changing winds are already affecting the possibility of providing offshore wind energy in Europe.
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2022/09/22
Wind power could be an already obsolete innovation according to IREF due to the large variations in winds in Europe. A phenomenon which should increase according to the IPCC.
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2022/04/01
A report from the European Union's Copernicus space program notes large wind anomalies in Europe - extremely strong or too weak - which have already impacted production onshore and offshore wind turbines. A situation that has been occurring for several years and which seriously threatens wind energy production in Europe.
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2019/07/26
The amount of public aid paid to wind industrial groups - for 20 years - through guaranteed buyback, is becoming clearer for the six first French parks.
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Wind farms and citizens[edit]
2023/03/10
Despite the European resolution of 2021/07/07 which requires that parks can only be built if - the absence of negative impacts, on environmental and ecological levels as well as on economic, socio-economic and socio-cultural levels on fishermen and aquaculture producers - is guaranteed, the french Law to accelerate the production of renewable energy allows procedures to be simplified in order to speed up processes.
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2021/07/07
The European Parliament has adopted a Resolution which requires that offshore wind farms should only be built if - the absence of negative environmental, ecological, economic, socio-economic and socio-cultural impacts on fishermen and aquaculture producers - is guaranteed, in line with the objectives of the Blue Economy and the Green Pact for Europe.
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2020/06/02
Open question of the deputy Julien Aubert to the Ministry of Ecological Transition at the National Assembly which alerts on the successive sales of the shareholding of the wind farms and worries about their supervision by the State, so that these projects financed by the taxpayer do not become pure financial products. The response comes more than a year later, but without providing any real details on this point.
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2020/05/12
Endbrige Inc has reached an agreement with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to sell it 49% of its interest in the French offshore wind business in partnership with EDF Renewables. (Fécamp, Courseulles-sur-Mer, St-Nazaire).
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2020/04/21
Signature of the Multiannual Energy Programming which, in spite of the strong opposition of the citizens during the public consultation, plans to develop 1000 MW of offshore wind power per year from 2024.
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2020/02/24
Summary of the public consultation on the Multiannual Energy Programming Project 2019-2028 which points out the very strong opposition of citizens to the development of wind power.
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2019/07/25
The Report of the Parliamentary Inquiry on the impact of renewable energies alerts on the uselessness of these energies in the fight against CO2, their dependence on other controllable energies, in particular gas, the cost for the public finances. And also alerts on their economic, social and environmental impact.
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2005/03/02
Adoption of the Charter of the Environment Art 7: Everyone has the right, under the conditions and within the limits defined by law, to access information relating to the environment held by public authorities and to participate in the preparation of public decisions having an impact on the environment.
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2002/09/12
Signature of Aarhus Convention Implementation Decree on Access to Information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters.
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1998/06/25
Signature by 39 countries of the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters.
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THE OFFSHORE WIND OF TRÉPORT[edit]
The offshore wind of Tréport and biodiversity[edit]
2023/06/24
Start of the UXO campaign to detect explosive devices likely to be found in the wind farm site area. A campaign which increases the risk of noise disturbance to the environment and chemical contamination in the heart of a nursery area and a marine park.
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2020/12/28
The blades of the Gamesa Offshore wind turbines which were chosen for the Tréport wind farm are manufactured using patented IntegralBlade technology. They are made of fiberglass, epoxy resin and balsa wood. A fabrication which endangers the Amazon, the communities who live there, but also the terrestrial and maritime environment. Epoxy resins release toxic microplastics, including bisphenol A, into the environment. According to Epoxy Europe, at the end of its life, As this waste is non-recyclable, it is either incinerated or buried, with a still unknown risk of environmental contamination.
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2019/02/27
The Arrêté préfectoral authorises the construction of an offshore wind farm between Dieppe and Le Tréport with 62 wind turbines 211 metres high. And authorises the operator EMDT to destroy, disturb and alter the habitats of 16 protected species.
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2018/08/27
Request from the wind farm operator EMDT for authorisation to destroy protected animal species, some of which are endangered, which in compensation undertakes to create and preserve a harbour colony for gulls and a rescue programme for juvenile gulls that have fallen from their nests.
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2018/02/20
The French Agency for Biodiversity considers that the Dieppe-Le Tréport wind farm project has a significant effect on the environment of the marine nature park in which it is partly located, and makes various observations and reservations. However, it issues a favourable opinion on its implementation.
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2017/10/20
The Management Board of Marine Natural Park of the Picardy estuaries and the Opal Sea issues an unfavorable opinion to the implementation of the wind farm.
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2013/03/16
The call for tenders sets the perimeter of the wind farm. It is located in the heart of an important spawning, nursery and migration area for many fish species and partly in the Parc Naturel marin des estuaires Picards et de la mer d'Opale.
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The offshore wind of Tréport and economy[edit]
2023/08/07
Siemens Energy of which Siemens Gamesa is the industrial partner for the Tréport park, confirms its financial difficulties by announcing a record loss of 4.5 billion Euros following its debacle in its wind industry.
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2023/06/23
A few days after the signing of the financial agreements for the start of work on the Tréport park Siemens Energy reveals that the scale of wind turbine failures at its subsidiary Siemens Gamesa is much greater and more costly than expected. An announcement which causes a record plunge in its stock price.
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2023/04/26
Although the drop in winds has already impacted all European parks and its wind turbines are configured to run from 11Km/h EMDT announces on the occasion of its final investment decision, the same production figures as in 2014.
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2023/04/06
EMDT announces the signing of financial agreements for the start of work on the park. An investment followed by several international banks for an amount of 2.7 billion Euros. With as guarantee - via the feed-in tariff provided by the French State - an amount of public aid of 3.7 billion 'euros - a figure which does not take into account the costs of transporting electricity also paid by the citizen.
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2022/09/29
Further to its financial difficulties Siemens Gamesa announces the elimination of 2,900 jobs worldwide, or nearly 11% of its workforce.
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2021/10/19
The trend of weak winds in Europe could make offshore wind obsolete in Normandy. A drop of 10% in wind speed, leading to a drop in production of around by 27%.
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2020/07/21
Following the entry of the Japanese Sumitomo, the French company ENGIE and the Portuguese company come together to found a new company Océan Winds, headquartered in Madrid. With the exception of the Caisse des Dépôts, all the shareholders of Parc du Tréport are all domiciled abroad.
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2019/07/02
Following public funding in the amount of 146.7 million euros, the port of Le Havre will carry out the development necessary for the establishment of the Siemens-Gamesa wind group factory.
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2018/12/18
The EMDT consortium - initially composed of the ENGIE group, EDP Renouvelables, energy company in Portugal and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignation - brings in the Japanese industrial group Sumitomo with the new distribution: Engie 31%, EDPR, 29.5%, Sumitomo 29.5% and Caisse des Dépôts 10%.
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2016/09/15
Originally associated with the French company Areva as industrial partner, it is the Spanish group Siemens Gamessa which becomes the new industrial partner of Parc du Tréport.
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The offshore wind of Tréport and citizens[edit]
2019/01/23
Conclusions of the Public Inquiry which notes strong opposition from the territory. However, it gives a favourable opinion on the project.
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2018/10/16
Opening of the Public Inquiry on the wind farm project. A public consultation after the wind farm has already been awarded to the operator EMDT.
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2015/09/30
The Public Debate report notes strong opposition from the territory and from fishermen - who proposed a more suitable area for the project - is also surprised that this public consultation is taking place after the contract has been awarded and that the operator cannot give concrete answers on the economic and environmental plans.
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2014/12/03
Opening of the Public Debate on the opportunity of the wind farm project. A public consultation after the wind farm has already been awarded to the operator EMDT.
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2014/06/03
The company Éoliennes en mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT) has been designated winner of the call for tenders for the construction, installation and operation of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Dieppe and Le Tréport. But the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making in environmental matters has not been followed. Public consultation will come later.
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THE OFFSHORE WIND OF SAINT-BRIEUC[edit]
The offshore wind of Saint-Brieuc and biodiversity[edit]
2023/05/09
The first ones Siemens Gamesa blades of the Saint-Brieuc wind turbines will be installed. Composed of fiberglass, epoxy resin and balsa wood their manufacture endangers the Amazon, the communities that live there, but also the terrestrial and maritime environment. Epoxy resins release toxic microplastics, including bisphenol A, into the environment. According to Epoxy Europe, at the end of its life, this waste being non-recyclable, it is either incinerated or buried without are not yet known the risks of environmental contamination.
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2022/07/12
The Comité des pêches 22 (Fisheries Committee) is requesting that the construction site be halted due to Voluntary spills of pollutants on the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm . This alert follows on from the successive spills of June 2021 and of July 2021 . The Comité des pêches 22 is asking that the construction site be monitored and supervised by an independent authority, as the current environmental coordinator is none other than the operator Ailes Marine/Iberdrola itself, which according to the terms of Art 15.4 of the prefectoral decree of 2017 must ensure the control of environmental measures. However, to date, the results of the analyses of the previous pollution have still not been transmitted.
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2022/07/01
The first wind turbine foundations from Spain are arriving in the area. In order to protect them from corrosion, sacrificial anodes will be installed. The Public enquiry states that - The maximum quantity of anodes on each foundation is estimated at 20 tonnes and that the mass of dissolved elements will be 57.6 tonnes per year, of which 54.7 tonnes will be aluminium - But according to the operator Ailes Marines - In view of the current speeds in the area, the dissolved aluminium will be rapidly diluted in the water column, and the aluminium load will not exceed the recommended thresholds.
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2021/07/30
Following the second marine pollution of the AEOLUS commissioned by the company Ailes Marines on windfarm is allowed to resume the operator Ailes Marines guarantees the repairs. But no French control body is cited to confirm this.
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2021/07/28
A second marine pollution of Panolin HLP SYNTH 46 was caused by a drilling incident by AEOLUS commissioned by Ailes Marines. The same oil was the source of the pollution on 14 June 2022.
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2021/07/14
Following the first marine pollution, the vessel AEOLUS, commissioned by Ailes Marines, is authorised to return to continue drilling operations. Ailes Marines guarantees the repairs. But no French control body is cited to confirm this.
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2021/06/15
A judicial enquiry has been opened and samples of the pollution have been sent to the CEDRE (Center of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution) for analysis. However, neither the results of the judicial investigation nor the results of the analysis are known at this time.
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2021/06/14
A marine pollution of 16 kilometres long and nearly 3 kilometres wide was produced by the drilling ship AEOLUS commissioned by Ailes Marines to prepare the installation of the piles for the wind turbines.
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2021/04/29
Start of drilling work by the company Ailes Marines to build the foundations for the 62 wind turbines and the electrical substation, i.e. 193 holes drilled in the seabed to a depth of 18 to 25 metres each, releasing 35,500 m3 of sediment into the marine environment. The preliminary studies of the impacts on fisheries resources and the entire marine chain have still not been finalised.
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2021/01/15
The Scientific Council of the wind farm has received the studies on the impact of noise on fisheries resources. However, it stresses the uncertainties, gaps, technical contradictions and missing data in the studies presented by Ailes Marines.
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2020/05/07
Start of geophysical and geotechnical surveys and pyrotechnical detection by Ailes Marines operations prior to the start of drilling and trenching operations on the seabed to install the piles.
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2017/04/18
The Prefectoral decree authorises the construction of a wind farm of 62 wind turbines 207 metres high in the Baie de St-Brieuc. And grants the company Ailes Marines an authorisation for the destruction, alteration or degradation of 54 protected bird species, some of which are endangered, and 5 marine mammal species.
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2017/01/05
The Public Inquiry on the Ailes Marine project and its connection by RTE issues a favourable opinion. However, with reservations and recommendations, it points out numerous dead ends and uncertainties in the project.
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2016/05/04
The Environmental Authority recommends that Ailes Marines re-evaluate certain assessments that are insufficiently argued, in particular the impacts of noise, sediment displacement and vibrations on marine fauna, depending on the species.
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2013/09/19
The Bilan du Débat public states in its conclusions that the company Ailes Marines has not yet really explained how it intends to reduce the impacts of the wind farm, citing studies that have not yet been completed.
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2011/07/05
The Call for Tenders sets the perimeter for the wind farm. It is located in the middle of an important spawning, nursery and migration area for many fish species and near four Natura 2000 areas.
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The offshore wind of Saint-Brieuc and economy[edit]
2023/07/06
Ailes Marine announces the start of Breton electricity production. This production will allow the Spanish multinational to benefit from an amount of 4.7 billion in public aid through the purchase of electricity - excluding the cost of the connection financed by citizens.
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2020/03/09
The Spanish multinational Iberdrola acquires 100% of the company Ailes Marines .
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The offshore wind of Saint-Brieuc and citizens[edit]
2022/04/13
New Open letter from the CCDPMEM22_-_Assume your_proposals to the President of the Republic to request that regulatory, socio-economic and environmental procedures be respected. The scientific studies on the impact on the fisheries resource - which according to the terms of Art 16.3.2 of the prefectoral decree of 2017 are prior to the start of the Ailes Marines construction site - have still not been finalised.
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2021/04/09
The Scientific Council of the wind farm has underlined the uncertainties, gaps, technical contradictions and missing data in the studies presented by Ailes Marines. However, the Ministers of the Sea and of Ecological Transition have announced the start of drilling work by Ailes Marines.
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2021/02/17
Open letter from the Comité des pêches 22 to President of the Republic alerting him to Ailes Marines' failure to comply with its socio-economic and environmental regulatory obligations.
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2020/05/19
Request from Prefect of Côtes d'Armor to the company Ailes Marines to transmit the impact studies prior to the start of the worksite under the terms of Art 16.3.2 of the 2017 Prefectoral Order. But does not suspend the geophysical and geotechnical surveys and pyrotechnical detection.
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2020/05/15
Call to arms of the Comité des pêches 22 for failure by Ailes Marines to comply with regulatory procedures, in particular - failure to submit impact studies on fisheries resources. These studies must be communicated under the terms of Art 16.3.2 of the 2017 Prefectoral Order before the start of the works.
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2020/05/07
Although the environmental impact studies included in the 2017 decree are not finalizedthe start of survey work for the installation of the park is authorized by the prefecture.
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2016/08/04
Opening of public consultation. A public consultation organised at a time when the operating authorisation has already been given to the company Ailes Marines by Ministerial order.
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2013/03/25
Opening of the Public debate on the appropriateness of the wind farm. A public consultation organised at a time when the operating authorisation has already been given to the company Ailes Marines by Ministerial order.
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2012/04/18
The Ministerial Order authorises the company Ailes Marines SAS to operate a wind power plant on the public maritime domain. This authorisation was given without respecting the Aarhus Convention on access to information and public participation in decision-making on environmental matters.
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2012/04/05
The company Ailes Marines came second in the call for tenders, behind the company Nass & Wind which was selected by the Commission de régulation de l'énergie. But at the request of the ministers, Ailes Marines was chosen as the winner.
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MOVIE[edit]
OCÉANS 3, LA VOIX DES INVISIBLES
Third opus of the series, the documentary Océans 3, la voix des invisibles - une drôle de guerre deciphers the interests that are hidden behind offshore wind energy. What will be the environmental, economic and social consequences of these industrial projects on the seas?
