Protest in Brittany against a wind turbine project off the coast of Quiberon

Named Bretagne Sud, this project plans the installation of a dozen floating wind turbines with a height of between 270 and 340 meters "at the blade tip".

Opponents of the installation, who called for a gathering on the main beach of Quiberon on Saturday, believe that the visual impact of wind turbines taller than the Eiffel Tower would be "considerable" and denounce in a statement a "vandalism".

They are protesting in particular against the "choice of location made arbitrarily by the State, without taking into account the opinion of local elected officials", 19 km from the coasts of Belle-Ile-en-Mer and 33 km from Quiberon.

According to the project's website, no consensus emerged during the public debate held in 2020, as "the various stakeholders made very different proposals regarding the area to be selected." The State therefore "arbitrated while taking into account the various issues at stake."

During the rally in Quiberon, the opponents demanded "at a minimum a significant retreat of the wind turbines into the sea in order to preserve the iconic landscapes of the Morbihan coastline", failing which they demanded the complete abandonment of the project.

The park is scheduled to enter service in 2032, but no final technical decisions should be made before 2029.

The tender for the South Brittany park was awarded to the Pennavel consortium (made up of Elicio and Baywa.re) in 2024. It provides for a total production capacity of 230 to 270 MW, enough to supply 450.000 inhabitants, with a load factor (time during which a wind turbine produces at its full power) estimated at around 45%.

On Thursday, the government unveiled its new energy policy for the coming years, the third Multiannual Energy Programme (PPE). It focuses on a massive revival of nuclear power and simultaneously confirms its commitment to offshore wind power, with a target of 15 gigawatts of installed capacity by 2035.