Off the coast of Saint-Nazaire, sail among the wind turbines to better understand them
Report Off the coast of Saint-Nazaire, France's first offshore wind farm welcomes tourists curious to learn more about this controversial but essential renewable energy.
Visit to the offshore wind farm off Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique), May 31, 2025. ADELINE PRAUD FOR “LE NOUVEL OBS”
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Like Don Quixotes, some of our MPs have chosen to continue their fight in recent weeks against the "excessive giants" - which, in the 21st century, are no longer windmills but wind turbines. Our elected representatives no doubt judge, like their illustrious Spanish predecessor, that "it is a great service to God to make such evil creatures disappear from the face of the earth." Let us recall that Don Quixote had to confront them with his lance and his horse to realize his error... And what if you too formed your own opinion by going to meet these "giants"? To do this, you can travel through Picardy , which is home to a large number of them. But you can also, more originally, go and see them at sea.
This is one of the tourist attractions in the city of Saint-Nazaire, which has made a specialty of opening its industrial sites to the general public. The most popular visit, which attracts 55,000 people each year, remains that of the Chantiers de l'Atlantique, where the gigantic cruise ships of the MSC company are built. The other attraction is the Airbus Atlantic factory in Montoir-de-Bretagne, which assembles the fuselages of the aircraft...
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