France's DCNS to set up tidal-turbine factory in Normandy

Photographie r¿alis¿e le 24 ao¿t 2011 lors du transport et de l'installation de la turbine de la future hydrolienne qui sera immerg¿e au large de Paimpo-Br¿hat. Photo Fred TANNEAU/DCNS

French naval defence giant DCNS has unveiled plans to set up an industrial facility in the Port of Cherbourg for the serial-manufacture of full-scale tidal power turbines, with expectations the base will be fabricating some 100 machines a year by 2018.

Under the agreement with the Ports of Normandy Authority, space will be marked out for DCNS on the Quai des Flamands.

A follow-on deal will be drafted “within a year” to cement financial arrangements and finalise the exact dimension of the “several hectare” facility, which is slated to start operation in 2014.

“We want the new plant to be the first of its kind in Europe,” says DCNS chief executive Patrick Boissier. “Our expansion into the tidal energy market, where we intend to be a world leader, is one of the Log in to read complete article.

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