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Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, Banque des Territoires and Vendée Energie, as shareholders of the company Eoliennes en Mer des îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN), announce today the final investment decision for the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier project.
[Read more…] about FID for Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farmFollowing the fourth offshore wind tender launched in January 2021, the French Ministry of Energy Transition has chosen Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie, to design, build, operate and decommission the future offshore wind farm called Centre Manche 1 (Normandy).
[Read more…] about Fourth offshore wind tender launched by the French StateFrench transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has started work to connect the country’s first floating offshore wind farm to the national grid.
[Read more…] about First French floating wind connection starts taking shapeThe European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €2.08 billion French measure to support offshore wind electricity production in France.
[Read more…] about EU approves €2.08bn to support French offshore wind electricityTotalEnergies and RWE have applied for the competitive bidding procedure for the Center Manche 2 (AO8) offshore wind project in Normandy, France.
[Read more…] about TotalEnergies and RWE team up again for French offshore tenderEiffage has won the contract awarded by Eoliennes en Mer Iles d’Yeu et Noirmoutier (EMYN) for the manufacture of 62 transition pieces for the future offshore wind farm located off the islands of Yeu and Noirmoutier.
[Read more…] about Transition pieces for Iles d’Yeu et Noirmoutier projectSpain, France and Portugal have agreed to build a major undersea pipeline to transport hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula to France and Europe by 2030.
[Read more…] about France, Spain, Portugal to build hydrogen pipeline by 2030Having just opened its first offshore wind farm (St Nazaire, 480 MW) France has launched tenders for two new ones. They’re bottom-fixed and will have a total capacity of 2.5 GW.
[Read more…] about France launches two new offshore wind tendersEuropean countries’ imports of Russian LNG increased more than 40 percent between January and October this year (17.8 billion cubic meters) compared to the same period in 2021.
Russian LNG is not subject to sanctions by the EU.
In fact, Russian gas is considered essential to the energy security of some European countries. Yet there is nothing to stop Putin from cutting back on these gas supplies as well in retaliation for anti-Russian measures by the West. This could still force the EU to purchase the gas on the more expensive spot market.
France, Belgium, Spain, and the Netherlands accounted for almost all volumes.
Most Russian LNG is supplied by the Yamal LNG joint venture, which has Russian gas producer Novatek as its main shareholder. French energy giant Total is also in Yamal LNG, by the way.
This proves how difficult it is for Europe to break away from the Kremlin’s energy apparatus. Despite other boycotts of Russian energy products.
Oil major Shell and state-owned Chinese energy company CGN on Tuesday said that they would drop their plan for a floating wind power project on France’s Brittany coast, citing inflation and supply chain problems among other reasons.
[Read more…] about Shell, Chinese partner to drop offshore wind farm project in France
