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Elicio and BayWa r.e. win Floating Offshore Wind Tender

Thursday, May 16 2024

Wind Energy – Floating Wind France

In a landmark milestone for the global energy transition, the consortium between Elicio, international wind energy producer, and BayWa r.e., renewable energy developer and solutions provider, has been announced as winner of the AO5 tender in France to develop the world’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm, by Bruno le Maire, Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, and Roland Lescure, Minister Delegate for Industry and Energy.

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Akrocean wins French offshore wind data collection contract

Tuesday, May 7 2024

General – Wind Data Collection

Operating for the Directorate General for Energy and Climate (DGEC), Météo-France has selected Akrocean to collect offshore wind, wave, and current data for potential offshore wind farm sites in France.

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Manufacturing of largest floating wind turbine in Brest

Thursday, February 22 2024

Wind Energy – France

The first components of the floating wind turbine developed by renewable energy company EOLINK as part of the France-Atlantique Project arrived at the port of Brest earlier this week on February 20.

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Huge investment in Port of Brest

Wednesday, February 7 2024

General – Investment

€900m will be invested in the Port of Brest over the next 40 years, with an initial injection of €500m over the first 10 years.

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XXL monopiles for offshore wind farm Noirmoutier

Thursday, January 25 2024

Wind Energy – XXL Monopiles

DEME Offshore and Herrenknecht are currently in preparation for the second Project to drill XXL Monopiles for the offshore wind farm Noirmoutier.

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First delivery for Manora’s first offshore floating wind project

Thursday, January 11 2024

Wind Energy – Floating Wind

After months of preparation and engineering, Manora Logistics transported this week safely the first batch of components for a new floating offshore windfarm in France.

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Floating substation installed at French Pilot Project site

Tuesday, January 9 2024

Wind Energy – Floating Electrical Hub

Bourbon Subsea Services installed a floating electrical hub (FEH) at the EolMed pilot floating wind farm site in France in Autumn 2023, the company said in a press release on 9 January.

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SBM Offshore successfully installated 3 floating wind units (VIDEO)

Friday, October 13 2023

Wind Energy – Floating Wind

SBM Offshore announced the successful installation of the 3 floating wind units for the Provence Grand Large pilot project to their final location 17 kilometers off the Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, near Marseille, France.

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Dynamic cables pre-termination phase completed for Provence Grand FOW

Thursday, October 12 2023

Wind Energy – Pre-termination

Prysmian Group has successfully completed the dynamic cables’ pre-termination phase for the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind farm (FOW) which is planned to be installed off the coast of France.

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RWE and Valorem bid for 1GW offshore wind tender in France

Monday, September 4 2023

Wind Energy – Tender France

German utility RWE and France-based energy producer Valorem have entered a partnership agreement to jointly bid in tender calls for a wind farm near the island of Oléron in France.

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