134 results found for 'Provence Grand Large'

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  • First Floating Offshore Wind Farm in France Fully Commissioned

    5 June 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 25 MW Provence Grand Large, the first floating offshore wind farm in France and the wider Mediterranean, has been fully commissioned. The floating offshore wind project is owned by Parc Eolien Offshore de Provence Grand Large – a subsidiary of EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge Eolien France 2 S.à.r.l (EEF2), a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., and […]

  • Offshore Wind Grows by 11 GW in 2024 with 31 Projects Commissioned – WFO Report

    2 May 2025
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    According to a new report published by the World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO), 31 new offshore wind farms with a total capacity of 11 GW were put into operation in 2024, increasing the global offshore wind capacity to a total of 78.5 GW. China continues to lead the sector, according to the report, with 38 […]

  • First 10 MW Turbine Assembled for New Floating Wind Farm in Mediterranean Sea

    11 June 2025
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first floating wind turbine for the Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) project in France, developed by Ocean Winds and Banque des Territoires, has been assembled at Port-La Nouvelle ahead of its installation at the project site located 16 kilometres offshore Leucate and Barcarès. The 10 MW Vestas turbine has been mounted on […]

  • Valorem Joins Consortium to Compete in France’s AO9 Floating Wind Tender

    12 June 2025
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Valorem has joined the Astenn Avel consortium, formed by Elicio and Q Energy, to participate in the AO9 tender for a floating offshore wind farm in France. With over 30 years of experience in renewable energy, Valorem strengthens the consortium’s solidity and complementarity, particularly in the areas of regional coordination, technical design, industrial planning, and […]

  • Last Components for Eolink’s 5 MW Floating Wind Turbine Arrive at French Port

    25 December 2024
    Floating Wind, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The last components for Eolink’s 5 MW floating offshore wind turbine have arrived at the Port of Brest in France. The first components for the floating offshore wind turbine, which will be installed at the French SEM-REV test site off the coast of Le Croisic, arrived at the port in February this year. The floater, […]

  • French Floating Wind Pilot Project Starts Delivering Power to Grid

    20 November 2024

    The first of three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines at the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project in France has started delivering megawatt-hours of power to the national electricity grid. Located 17 kilometres off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, the Provence Grand Large floating wind pilot project features three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW […]

  • TotalEnergies, European Energy Bolster Danish Offshore Wind Ties, Eye Upcoming Tender

    1 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    TotalEnergies and European Energy have signed a joint declaration to pursue opportunities within offshore wind in Denmark and explore further cooperation on onshore renewables and low-carbon molecule projects. The joint declaration was signed during the State Visit to France in the presence of Denmark’s King Frederik and the president of the Republic of France Emmanuel […]

  • UPDATED: Trump Preparing Executive Order to Stop Offshore Wind Buildout on US East Coast, US Congressman Claims

    15 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    NOTE: This article was updated on 15 January at 21:50 CET following information offshoreWIND.biz received, attributing the drafting of the executive order halting offshore wind activities on the US East Coast to Congressman Jefferson Van Drew instead of the US President-elect Donald Trump himself. The article was further amended to state that lease, rather than […]

  • North Sea Ecosystem Regeneration at Heart of Dutch Govt’s New Program

    7 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting

    Human touch has taken its toll on the delicate North Sea ecosystem. With the growing pressure of climate change and demand for sustainable energy and food, this ecosystem keeps deteriorating. Preventing or preserving the North Sea now has an exclamation point. As a response, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature has […]

  • TechnipFMC, Prysmian Join Forces on ‘Complete Water Column Solution’ for Floating Wind

    4 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Floating Wind, Grid Connection

    TechnipFMC and Prysmian have signed a collaboration agreement to combine their technologies and expertise and deliver what the two companies say is a complete water column solution for floating wind projects. The solution encompasses mooring and anchoring and both dynamic inter-array and export cable systems. The collaboration will draw on TechnipFMC’s system design and integration […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Delivers Turbines For French Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    5 April 2023
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The wind turbine components to be installed on the Provence Grand Large floating wind farm offshore France have arrived in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône. The 24 MW Provence Grand Large is located 40 kilometres west of Marseille and 17 kilometres off the coast of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, in water depths of around 100 metres. The floating wind farm will comprise […]

  • Boa to Handle Provence Grand Large Floaters

    3 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    SBM Offshore has contracted Boa for the load-out, shifting, and float-off operations for the floating foundations for the French Provence Grand Large pilot project at the fabrication yard in Fos-sur-Mer. Under the contract, Boa is responsible for the engineering, project management and operation aspects of the work to be carried out. The company will use […]

  • First Foundation Floated Out for French Pilot Wind Farm

    24 May 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The first floating foundation of the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind farm was floated out at Eiffage Métal’s site in Fos-sur-Mer, France. Assembled at Eiffage Métal’s fabrication yard in Fos-sur-Mer, the three floating foundations are equipped at their ends with two submersible buoys between which is an innovative anchoring system, according to Smulders, the […]

  • First Provence Grand Large Floating Wind Turbine Sets Sail

    13 September 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first floating wind turbine for the Provence Grand Large offshore wind project set sail to its site on Monday, located more than 17 kilometres off the coast of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône in France. The floating wind farm will comprise three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines installed on tensioned line floats and designed by SBM Offshore and IFP […]

  • Floaters for French Pilot Wind Farm Taking Shape

    14 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The three floating foundations for the Provence Grand Large wind farm in France are taking shape at Eiffage Métal’s site in Fos-sur-Mer, where the assembly of the structures is being carried out by the French company and Smulders, its Belgium-based subsidiary. The project, which will be the first pilot floating wind farm in France, will […]

  • First Turbine Assembled for French Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    25 July 2023
    Floating Wind, Wind Farm Update

    The first Siemens Gamesa wind turbine for the 24 MW Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind farm has been assembled in France. The floating wind farm will comprise three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines installed on tensioned line floats and designed by SBM Offshore and IFP Energies Nouvelles. The turbine components, manufactured at Siemens Gamesa’s factory […]

  • First Provence Grand Large Floating Wind Turbine Stands Offshore France

    19 September 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first Siemens Gamesa 8 MW floating wind turbine has been installed at the Provence Grand Large offshore wind farm site off the coast of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône in France. After assembling the turbine and its float, the first Provence Grand Large wind turbine left Quai Graveleau in Fos-sur-Mer to be towed 17 km from the coast […]

  • Second Floating Wind Turbine Heading to French Pilot Project Site

    28 September 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The second floating wind turbine for the Provence Grand Large pilot project has set sail from Marseille Fos Port and is en route to its site offshore France. The Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind farm will feature three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines installed on tensioned line floats and designed by SBM Offshore and […]

  • Seabed Surveys Needed for 24 MW French Floating Wind Project

    26 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Parc Eolien Offshore de Provence Grand Large, an EDF EN France company developing a 24 MW floating wind demonstration project in the French part of the Mediterranean Sea, has launched a tender for offshore survey services. The developer is looking to carry out seabed clearance, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and identification surveys in in water depths […]

  • EDF EN Seeks Geotechnical Investigators for the Mediterranean Floater

    8 March 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Parc Eolien Offshore De Provence Grand Large, a subsidiary of EDF EN France, has invited tenders for geotechnical investigations and associated services for the 24MW Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind farm in the French part of the Mediterranean Sea.

  • Greek Firm Completes Cable Installation for French Floating Wind Pilot Project

    25 April 2024
    Cables, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Greece-based Asso.subsea has completed the cable installation, burial, and protection operations for the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project in France. The Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project is located 17 kilometres off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, on a 100-metre deep site. The floating wind pilot project features three Siemens Gamesa 8 […]

  • DORIS Renewables Starts with French Floating Wind Projects

    23 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    The first projects DORIS Renewables – a recently set up renewable energy division of the DORIS Engineering group – will handle include Provence Grand Large and EolMed floating wind projects in France, the company informed in its latest press release.

  • French Floating Wind Pilot Project Stands Complete

    12 October 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The third and final wind turbine of the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project was installed 17 kilometres off the coast of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France. Less than a month after the first departure from the Port of Marseille Fos, the other two wind turbines were in turn towed offshore and anchored at a depth of […]

  • SBM Details Floating System for EDF’s Provence Grand Large Project

    10 November 2016
    Technology

    As reported last week, SBM Offshore will deliver the floating platforms for the pilot wind energy project EDF EN will set up off the French coast, after being selected by the French government as one of the two new winners at the floating wind tender. SBM today provided details related to its part of the work on […]

  • Prysmian Wins French Floater Contract

    19 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian Group has won a contract to develop a turnkey cable system for the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project in France. Under the EUR 30 million deal, Prysmian will supply 3km of inter-array cables, 19km of export cables and onshore cables for a 9km route. All submarine cables will be produced at the company’s centers of […]

  • Schmidbauer Muscle for French Floating Wind Farm

    27 January 2021
    Ports & Logistics

    Siemens Gamesa has contracted Schmidbauer to provide heavy load logistics on the Provence Grand Large floating wind project in France. EDF Renouvelables is developing the 25 MW Provence Grand Large project in the Faraman area in the Mediterranean Sea, some 17 kilometres from the Napoléon beach in the town of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône. The project will feature […]