TÜV SÜD and Tractebel DOC have signed an agreement announcing their intention to collaborate in the field of offshore wind energy.
Both partners will bring their expertise to the venture to win new projects in new markets and new customers in established markets, work together to develop further services in areas such as marine warranty surveying, and serve as a one-stop shop for wide-ranging packages of life-cycle services for offshore wind turbines and wind farms. TÜV SÜD and Tractebel DOC have already collaborated with French electricity transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d'Electricité, S.A. (RTE). Their collaboration spanned three export transmission-cable projects aimed at connecting France’s first offshore wind farms – Banc de Guérande Saint-Nazaire, Fécamp and Courseulles-Sur-Mer, with a total of over 150 wind turbines – to the French electricity network.