AREVA broke into the fast growing off-shore wind market in October 2007 with the acquisition of a 51% stake in Multibrid, a wind turbine designer and manufacturer based in Bremenhaven, Germany specializing in multi-megawatt offshore turbines. The company' scope covers:

Development of wind technology
Design and manufacture of 5 MW offshore M5000 wind turbine
Design, testing, assembly and maintenance services.




The M5000 turbine offers a leading-edge technology with a light-weight hybrid drive-train solution, suited for all foundation types (such as tripod anchorage). Thanks to their enclosed, wear-resistant construction, the M5000s are particularly designed for use in the harsh conditions of the sea. Little maintenance and high technical availability are guaranteed by the optimum protection against corrosive sea air, the remarkably low tower-head weight of 310t, and the minimum-wear design of components.

With this acquisition, AREVA became part of a joint venture with Prokon Nord, a German wind farm developer and is participating, as an exclusive supplier via Multibrid, in the first off-shore wind farms in Borkum West I (30 MW) and Borkum West II (400 MW) in Germany, and Côte d'Albâtre (105 MW), the first off-shore wind farm project in France.

Multibrid offers marketing and industrial synergies with AREVA's transmission and distribution division, a leading supplier of equipment for connecting wind turbines to the grid.



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