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  • Dajin Heavy Industry Sends Off First Monopiles for 496 MW French Offshore Wind Project

    5 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    China-based Dajin Heavy Industry has dispatched the first eleven monopiles for the 496 MW Iles D’Yeu et Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. The monopiles, each weighing 700 tonnes, have been loaded onto Boskalis’ heavy-load carrier Black Marlin, which is currently located in China’s Yellow Sea, according to AIS data. The units were manufactured by […]

  • Ocean Winds Partners with Banque des Territoires on Another Offshore Wind Project in France

    4 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates

    Ocean Winds has joined forces with Banque des Territoires for the French AO7 South Atlantic offshore wind tender, through which the French government will select a developer for a 1 GW wind farm off the Ile d’Oléron. Earlier this year, France prequalified developers for the competitive dialogues for the two offshore wind farm projects located […]

  • DEME’s Innovation to Undergo Operability Check-Up Ahead of Offshore Wind Work in France

    11 July 2023
    Vessels

    DEME has contracted Innosea to assess the operability of its jack-up vessel Innovation ahead of the construction work on the 496 MW Iles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract, Innosea, part of the renewable energy consultant OWC, will provide a range of advanced engineering analyses, including hydrodynamic and impact modelling […]

  • Nervion Joins Dieppe Le Tréport Construction Team

    5 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Amper Group, through its subsidiary Nervion Naval Offshore, has been awarded a contract to construct and assemble wind turbine jacket components for the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. Nervion Naval Offshore’s scope of work involves the prefabrication of metallic components such as knots, and secondary steel, and the assembly of […]

  • 496 MW French Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Stage

    6 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Eoliennes en Mer des îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN) consortium, comprising Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, Banque des Territoires and Vendée Energie, has reached the final investment decision for the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France and thus moved the project into the construction stage. The first offshore operations will take […]

  • Allseas Signs Contract for Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier Offshore Substation Installation

    7 April 2023

    DEME and Allseas have signed a contract for the installation of the offshore substation for the Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. The 496 MW offshore wind farm has just moved into the construction stage after the consortium behind the project reached the final investment decision. DEME has been contracted for the […]

  • Sif to Deliver Primary TP Steel for French Offshore Wind Farm

    15 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Sif Group has received an order to supply primary steel for the transition pieces for the Iles d’Yeu et Noirmoutier offshore wind project in France. As reported on 14 December, Eiffage, through Eiffage Métal and its Belgian subsidiary Smulders, has been awarded a contract by Éoliennes en Mer Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN) to manufacture 62 […]

  • Eiffage to Build Transition Pieces for 496 MW Wind Project Offshore France

    14 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Eiffage, through Eiffage Métal and its Belgian subsidiary Smulders, has been awarded a contract by Éoliennes en Mer Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN) to manufacture 62 transition pieces for the Iles D’Yeu et Noirmoutier wind farm offshore France. Each transition piece will be 29.5 metres high and have a diameter of six metres. The weight […]

  • Euskalforging Rings for French Offshore Wind Project

    28 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Spain-based euskalforging has won a contract to produce rolled rings for the 496 MW Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier wind farm offshore France. Under the contract, the company will manufacture rolled rings for 61 transition pieces that will be installed on the offshore wind project located 11.6 kilometres from the island of Yeu and 16.5 […]

  • KCI and Tractebel Join Hands in French Offshore Wind Projects

    29 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    KCI The Engineers is supporting Tractebel at the Dieppe et Le Tréport and Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farms in France by providing the structural know-how to the engineering team for the offshore substations. KCI’s scope will be to assist by setting up the engineering packages for the OSS topsides and foundations from […]

  • Dieppe Le Tréport Offshore Wind Project Nearing Final Investment Decision

    6 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The final investment decision (FID) for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm is expected to be made in the coming months and set the construction activities on the 496 MW French project in motion this year. This is according to Grzegorz Gorski, Chief Operating Officer at Ocean Winds and chairman of the Board of Directors […]

  • DEME In Line For More Wind Farm Work Offshore France

    10 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    DEME has been awarded two transport and installation contracts for the foundations and the offshore substation for the Iles D’Yeu et Noirmoutier wind farm offshore France. For DEME this is the second major offshore wind farm project in France following industry-first technology deployed at Saint-Nazaire. DEME Offshore will execute the pre-piling works for the offshore […]

  • RTE Seeks UXO Surveyors for Two French Offshore Wind Farm Projects

    11 November 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    French transmission systems operator RTE (Réseau de transport d’électricité) has invited tenders to determine the presence of unexploded ordnance (UXO) along the proposed export cable routes for the Le Tréport and Yeu Noirmoutier offshore wind farms.  RTE is looking for a provider of geotechnical investigation services to survey parts of the La Manche Channel and […]

  • France: Nass&Wind Measures Wind Potential around île d’Yeu

    27 July 2012
    R&D

    Nass&Wind Offshore, one of the leading French developers of offshore wind projects, commissioned a LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) wind meter type device on 19 July installed on the terrace of the aerodrome of the île d’Yeu (France). The laser on this new generation instrument sweeps the sky and measures the absolute speed of wind […]

  • 496MW French Offshore Wind Farm Gets New Layout

    29 July 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    A 496MW wind farm project proposed to be built off the French Vendée islands of Yeu and Noirmoutier has exited the risk addressing and consultation phase which resulted in a new layout plan for the wind farm.  Following a series of consultations and public debates, it was decided to extend the space between the wind turbines to 1,600 […]

  • Natural Power Moves French Head Office Closer to Offshore Wind Action

    26 May 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Scotland-headquartered renewable energy consultancy Natural Power is transferring its French head office functions to Nantes to be closer to the offshore wind farm projects in the Pays de la Loire, and to take advantage of the region’s attractiveness which facilitates the recruitment of executives with key skills.  Although it has had a branch office in the […]

  • Report: France to Renegotiate Round 1 and 2 Offshore Wind Projects

    12 March 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The French government has submitted to the Senate a package of laws which includes a proposal to renegotiate the terms of the six offshore wind projects selected in the first two tender rounds, the French financial daily Les Echos reports.

  • Atlantique Offshore Energy Secures French Topsides Contract

    7 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Atlantique Offshore Energy, a marine business unit of Chantiers de l’Atlantique, has been contracted to design, manufacture, and commission the offshore substation topsides for Yeu-Noirmoutier and Dieppe Le Tréport wind projects offshore France. Éoliennes en Mer Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN) and Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), a consortium of Ocean Winds, […]

  • 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Stage

    27 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds, Sumimoto Corporation, and Banque des Territoires, shareholders of the company Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), have made a final investment decision (FID) for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. The Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm represents an investment of around EUR 2.7 billion. The signing of all the financing […]

  • Feed-In-Tariffs In Place for Six French Offshore Wind Farms

    15 November 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France’s Minister of Ecology François de Rugy has signed the letters approving re-negotiated feed-in-tariffs for six offshore wind projects selected in the country’s first two tendering rounds.

  • Navantia-Windar to Build Jackets for French Offshore Wind Farm

    29 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds has signed a capacity reservation agreement with the Navantia-Windar consortium to manufacture 62 wind turbine jacket foundations to be built in Fene, La Coruña, Spain for the Dieppe le Tréport wind farm offshore France. This project, which will soon materialise in the form of a contract, is the largest one awarded to Navantia […]

  • Ocean Winds, Navantia Seanergies Sign Floating Offshore Wind Agreement

    30 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Madrid-based Ocean Winds has signed a reserved capacity agreement with Navantia Seanergies for the manufacture of elements for future offshore wind farms internationally, including floating structures for future wind farms in Spain, Portugal, and other European countries. The contract will enable the companies to construct a large number of components for the offshore wind market […]

  • Ocean Winds, Banque des Territoires to Jointly Bid for French Floaters

    17 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ocean Winds and Banque des Territoires have joined forces to respond to France’s A06 tender for floating offshore wind sites in the Mediterranean Sea. Under the A06 tender, two sites for floating offshore wind will be developed, each with a planned installed capacity of about 250 MW with potential extensions leading to a total capacity […]

  • France Reduces Feed-In Tariffs for 6 Offshore Wind Projects

    20 June 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France has re-negotiated feed-in tariffs for six previously approved offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of 3GW.

  • Giants Gathering Around Third French Offshore Wind Tender

    7 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    After Engie and EDP Renewable (EDPR) announced they are jointly taking part in the next stage of the third offshore wind call for tenders in France, the country will further see Iberdrola, EDF EN, and wpd participating in the new “competitive dialogue” tendering process.

  • French Offshore Wind Developer Thinks Decommissioning Before Final Investment Decision

    2 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Danish consulting engineering company Niras has won a contract to set up a plan for decommissioning of two offshore wind projects in France with a combined capacity of nearly 1GW which are still avaiting final investment decision.