Tidal Array off the Coast of France to be World’s Largest

Irish tidal technology specialist OpenHydro and the leading French utility company EDF joined forces on this project. It is a “gigantic” project off the coastline of Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany, France.

OpenHydro will supply four 2-MW tital turbines for the project. The turbines are being installed 35 meters (115 feet) deep. They are 22 meters (72 feet) high and weigh 850 tonnes.

When launched, the tidal power project is expected to be able to power up to 4,000 homes. EDF started the project in 2004 and began work on it in 2008. Estimated cost of the project is roughly 40 million euros.

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Subsea World News Staff , November 15, 2011;