The Voie Sacrée wind farm is a wind farm located in the

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region of

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. It is shared between the cities of Beausite, Raival, Courcelles-sur-aire, Érize-la-petite, and Maurechamp, not far from the

Voie Sacrée The Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way") is a road that connects Bar-le-Duc to Verdun (Meuse (department), Meuse), France. It was given its name because of the vital role it played during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. Use during WWI After Mar ...

. The onshore wind farm was proposed and installed in 2007, and today contains 27

Siemens Gamesa Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, S.A. was formed in 2017 in a merger of Siemens AG, Siemens' Wind Power division with Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica, S.A.; it is a Spanish-German wind engineering company based in Zamudio, Biscay, Spain. The co ...

G90/2000 wind turbines, each with a hub height of 78 meters and diameter of 90 meters. Individually, each of the Voie Sacrée

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has a rated capacity of 2,000 kW, for a total capacity of 54,000 kW for the wind farm. In 2013, the power contribution from the Voie Sacrée wind farm accounted for approximately 0.65% of the total

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(8,254 MW). The wind farm developer is SFE Française d’Eoliennes and the farm is currently owned and operated by Sorgenia France. Voie Sacrée is a contributor to French wind power Zone 55.

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* * * * 2007 establishments in France Buildings and structures in Meuse (department) Wind farms in France {{Wind-farm-stub