{"id":2227,"date":"2021-05-28T10:18:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T08:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eolmed.qair.energy\/pilot-wind-farm\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T09:52:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T08:52:44","slug":"pilot-wind-farm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eolmed.qair.energy\/en\/project\/pilot-wind-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot wind farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[mk_page_section vertical_align=&#8221;top&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; bg_stretch=&#8221;true&#8221; enable_3d=&#8221;true&#8221; full_width=&#8221;true&#8221; full_height=&#8221;true&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; el_class=&#8221;section-slider&#8221; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column]\n\t\t\t<!-- START Slider Projet REVOLUTION SLIDER 6.5.11 --><p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<rs-module-wrap id=\"rev_slider_3_1_wrapper\" data-source=\"gallery\" style=\"visibility:hidden;background:transparent;padding:0;\">\n\t\t\t\t<rs-module id=\"rev_slider_3_1\" style=\"\" data-version=\"6.5.11\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slides>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slide style=\"position: absolute;\" data-key=\"rs-11\" data-title=\"Slide\" data-anim=\"ms:10;\" data-in=\"o:1;\" data-out=\"a:false;\" class=\"bg-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/eolmed.qair.energy\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/public\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" title=\"Header\" width=\"3960\" height=\"2227\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/eolmed.qair.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/header.png\" data-no-retina>\n<!--\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><p\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-3-slide-11-layer-2\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"rs-layer\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:c;xo:1px,1px,57px,57px;y:m;yo:47px,47px,172px,172px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;s:70;l:70,70,85,85;ls:NaN;fw:300;a:center;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"w:1210px,1210px,675px,675px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_0=\"x:NaN;y:NaN;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_1=\"x:NaN;y:NaN;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:10;font-family:'Poppins';\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Eolmed innovates \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><!--\n-->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slides>\n\t\t\t\t<\/rs-module>\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\tsetREVStartSize({c: 'rev_slider_3_1',rl:[1240,1240,778,778],el:[900,900,960,960],gw:[1220,1220,778,778],gh:[900,900,960,960],type:'standard',justify:'',layout:'fullscreen',offsetContainer:'',offset:'',mh:\"0\"});if (window.RS_MODULES!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules[\"revslider31\"]!==undefined) {window.RS_MODULES.modules[\"revslider31\"].once = false;window.revapi3 = undefined;if (window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal!==undefined) window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal()}\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/rs-module-wrap>\n\t\t\t<!-- END REVOLUTION SLIDER -->\n[\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section padding_top=&#8221;45&#8243; 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As such, it operates, maintains and develops high and extra-high voltage lines across France and neighboring countries.<\/p>\n<p>RTE will be responsible for connecting the Eolmed pilot wind farm to the electricity grid using a 33,000-volt submarine and underground link over approximately 27 km.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647354777029{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]The underwater connection will run from the wind farm to the beach at Port-La-Nouvelle, crossing the commercial port\u2019s shipping channel and bypassing the 30-metre beacon to the south. The junction chamber between the submarine and underground link will be located in one of the parking lots by the beach.<\/p>\n<p>The underground connection will first run through the south of Port-La-Nouvelle, before branching off at Avenue du G\u00e9n\u00e9ral-de-Gaulle. The cables will then cross under the railway line, before arriving at Combe de Buis and the Port-La-Nouvelle electrical substation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;image-text&#8221;][vc_column_inner][mk_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/eolmed.qair.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/qair-eolmed_plan-implantation-v4-en-.png&#8221; image_size=&#8221;large&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647353787436{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h3>Connecting the submarine and underground cables<\/h3>\n<p>The landfall is the point at which the offshore cables reach the shore. 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