About 20 years ago my primary job was working on project financing type transactions here in the US -- for airports, public sports facilities, energy plants, etc. So I know how LONG the planning for these takes and how exciting it is when they are finished -- especially if the parties had to really think creatively on structure and credit enhancements -- and work around all the unexpected issues that inevitably come up. But this project is especially exciting because you are financing the future. Congratulations!
What blows my mind is how quickly these huge things will be built after that planning stage:
Above is a picture of one of the first piles, built just a few weeks ago. In just over a year, 60 of them will have been planted in the seafloor, have a wind turbine bolted on top, and the farm will start producing electricity - enough to provide power to 125,000 households and to avoid 225,000 tonnes of carbon emissions per year.
One year? That is amazing to me.
Way to go, Jerome. Rien ne réussit comme le succès.
