2020
RTE
French TSO, RTE is designing its future offshore substations to provide different services to the marine environment, such as ecological protection, monitoring of marine biodiversity or serving as test labs for testing innovative renewables prototypes.
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About the practice:
The substations will provide numerous different services, including monitoring marine environment, measuring marine pollution, or testing solutions conducive to the re-conquest of marine biodiversity.It will also facilitate rescue operations by providing emergency equipment such as aerial or submarine drones and test new marine solutions, such as non-polluting anti-fouling coatings and new corrosion-resistant materials. Most of the data collected will be openly accessible. The substations will be rolled out from 2026 to all offshore and coastal areas where future offshore wind farms are foreseen by the French multi-annual energy plan, including in the North Sea, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.