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| GDF Suez, Vinci, CDC Infrastructure, Areva announce wind project in Normandy In Normandy, GDF Suez Chairman and CEO Gérard Mestrallet, Vinci CEO Xavier Huillard, CDC Infrastructure CEO Jean Bensaïd and Areva CEO Luc Oursel highlighted their energy, economic and social plan connected with the call for bids to site 3,000 MW of wind power off France's coasts starting in 2015. On this occasion, Areva, as industrial partner of the consortium formed by GDF Suez, Vinci and CDC Infrastructure for the three zones in Normandy – Dieppe-Le Tréport, Fécamp and Courseulles-sur-Mer – gave details of its industrial plan and, together with Gilles Fournier, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Port of Le Havre Authority, presented the 50-hectare site selected in the port area to host new offshore wind turbine manufacturing plants. Were the consortium to be the successful bidder on the three Norman areas, it would mobilize up to 6,000 jobs with its industrial partner. More than 400 skilled jobs would also be created over the 20 years of operation in the ports of Fécamp, Dieppe, Le Tréport and Ouistreham. The consortium is also committed to creating a sustainable manufacturing industry that creates jobs in Normandy. It has already met more than 80 local companies of the 300 identified, particularly in the coastal areas concerned in Normandy and Picardy. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Construction News :: home page |