The
first
assembled
16-metre-diameter
open-centre
device
was
this
week
towed
from
DCNS’
shipyard
in
Brest
for
a
series
of
commissioning
tests
at
sea
prior
to
installation
at
the
site,
which
is
being
developed
by
French
utility
EDF
off
the
island
of
Bréhat.
Deployment
of
the
mated
turbine
and
foundation
base,
which
together
weigh
850
tonnes
and
stand
22-metres
tall
on
the
seabed,
is
being
handled
by
the
custom-designed
installation
barge
OpenHydro
Triskell.
Production
from
the
completed
€40m
Paimpol-Bréhat
project,
which
is
located
in
depths
of
35
metres,
is
expected
to
power…
