Wind energy at sea: the state “lets see” the future park of Oleron

‘Show visual impact’ of a future South Atlantic wind farm: Here’s what the state is now offering thanks to photomontages unveiled in La Rochelle and posted online this Friday. The images, which combine real footage and air generator inserts, should “offer the observer a visual experience as close as possible to real-time observation.”

Objective: to enable the people of the Charente-Maritime to better understand the perspective that will be opened to them by the construction of the first 1000 MW wind farm near Oleron Island – a second wind farm of equivalent capacity must be built on the move. . Nicolas Basselier, Prefect of the Charente-Maritime, thus highlights the “transparency” shown by the government regarding this top-secret file.

Various visual effects from the beaches of Oleron, Ré and the mainland.

The visual and landscape impact of the air generators, originally envisaged 9 km from the coast of Oleron, has long been a matter of serious concern. Since then, the state has revised its copy and moved the first masts 39 km from this island and 45 km from the island of Rhe. Therefore, the original photo montages were redesigned to reflect the park’s new location.

Specializing in this type of image, Géophom worked on various visual effects from the beaches of Oleron, Ré and the mainland. “The opacity of the atmosphere, the ambient light, the orientation of the sun affect the visual rendering. It’s a matter of contrast between the sky and the wind turbines,” explains Frank David, its founder. The promoters of this wind project also insist on the effects of the curvature of the Earth: at a distance of 40 km, the apparent height of the 266-meter mast is only 169 m. At 60 km, this height increases to 27 m.

The return, the government hopes, will perhaps reassure and reassure the local population, some of whom are still vehemently opposed to the project. After the elegant appeals formulated in recent months, the first controversial appeals were filed these days. In particular, the association Oléron Nature Environment, which appealed to the Administrative Court of Paris.

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