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Inauguration
Ribbon Cutting
Ceremony in
Southern France
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In September 2002, the two wind farms Merdelou and Fontanelles were officially
opened, and the ceremony which among other things offered a visit to the wind
turbine farms as well as a French buffet, was attended by a huge number of wind
turbine-interested people.
Mr. Björn Mummenthey and Mr. Vincent Deroubaix,
both Nordex Project Engineers in France, attended
the event, and the following is their story about
the 12 x N60/1300 kW wind turbines:
“On September 6, 2002, we had the great honour
to represent Nordex France during the inauguration,
organised by the customer Enertrag International, of
the two French wind farms Merdelou and Fontanelles.
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After the official inauguration in the town Moulin
Mage with all the associates of the projects, several
buses went to the site with all the invited in order to
proceed with the ribbon cutting ceremony by the officials
of the two communities Peux-et-Couffouleux
and Brusque. The successful day ended with a very
nice French buffet.
Before this official day, many years of planning
and work had been carried out. Since 1996, the project
has been a Nordex France project, developed by
the known French developers Valorem and Energies
du Midi. At that time, Nordex was represented by
Mr. Gerd von Bassewitz, today the Managing Director
of Nordex France SAS.
The final building permit with12 Nordex machines
was obtained on December 13, 1999, and delivered
by the prefecture of Aveyron. The project has finally
been taken over in 2000 and realised by Enertrag
International.
The Merdelou wind farm at sun set.