BV gets certification for wind farm project PARIS, 24 days ago Bureau Veritas (BV), a leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has been awarded project certification for EolMed, an offshore wind farm pilot project in France developed by Qair and involving Total, Ideol and Vestas Wind Systems.
Located in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan in the Aude region, EolMed is one of four floating pilot farms under development in France. It will consist of three Vestas V164-10 MW wind turbines which will have a total capacity of 30 MW and will be able to meet the energy needs of 50,000 people. The wind turbines will be installed on floating foundations more than 18 km from the shore and anchored at an average depth of 60 m.