Positive
Project advancing - milestone achieved
Low Impact
Minor progress or informational
Baseline environmental marine survey campaigns for the Oléron 1 offshore wind project started in October 2023. The official project portal lists a programme titled "Campagnes de mesures en mer pour l'état initial de l'environnement" running from October 2023 to December 2025, as part of wider knowledge and site-characterisation studies. These campaigns involve water and sediment quality sampling, video recordings using towed cameras and/or remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) on benthic habitats, scientific fishing, underwater noise recording, visual and vessel-based observations of seabirds and marine mammals, and telemetry tracking of birds, to establish the initial environmental state of the project area and its grid connection zone.