After Saint Nazaire and Saint Brieux, Fécamp will soon be France’s third offshore wind farm. To this end, Rte is currently building a dual electric link ; an 18km maritime connection going underground for a further 43km onland. By 2023, the two 225 kV lines will connect the Fécamp wind farm to the Pont-Sept substation, near Le Havre on France’s north coast.
In 2019, Rte had already commissioned OPTIMUM to project manage the preparation and monitoring of a railway crossing further along the drill path. A year later, OPTIMUM continues to supervise operations, this time for the whole underground link. Together with #axe-ing, the two companies oversee the land-side works in their entirety for Rte: OPTIMUM for the trenchless sections and #axe-ing for the conventional pipe laying.
In this way, all Rte’s needs can be met for the supervision of the underground power line construction.
