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  • Q Energy Joins Another French Floating Wind Project

    18 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind

    Q Energy has acquired a stake in the capital of Pennavel, a project company established by a consortium composed of Elicio and BayWa r.e., which is developing a floating wind project in France. Q Energy, a subsidiary of the South Korean industrial group Hanwha, joins the existing shareholders in developing the floating wind farm off […]

  • France to Launch Massive Offshore Wind Tender as Gov’t Bundles AO9 and AO10 into Single Round

    3 April 2026
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    France plans to award around 10 GW of offshore wind capacity through the combined AO9 and AO10 tenders, with the procedure to be launched in the coming months and results expected by the end of 2026 or early 2027. The two tenders have been grouped into a single large-scale procurement forming the core of a […]

  • UK, French, and Irish Ports Join Hands in Global Floating Wind Collaboration

    13 November 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    The UK’s Associated British Ports (ABP) has teamed up with France’s BrestPort and Ireland’s Shannon Foynes Port to establish the Global Floating Offshore Wind Ports Alliance (FLOW Ports Alliance) to help bring together major floating offshore wind ports across the world and unlock the technology’s full potential. The FLOW Ports Alliance aims to recruit ports […]

  • RWE Secures Almost 7 GW as UK Awards 8.4 GW in ‘Europe’s Biggest Ever Offshore Wind Auction’

    14 January 2026
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The UK government has awarded a record 8.4 GW of offshore wind capacity in the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 (AR7), including two floating wind projects. The biggest winner of the UK’s latest CfD round is RWE, which secured contracts for almost 7 GW of offshore wind projects. RWE has been awarded CfDs at a strike price […]

  • TenneT, National Grid Ink Joint Development Agreement for LionLink Offshore Wind Interconnector

    2 April 2026
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates

    Transmission system operators (TSOs) TenneT and National Grid Ventures (NGV) have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to advance LionLink, a hybrid interconnector linking the UK and the Netherlands via a future offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The agreement sets out how the two partners will jointly develop LionLink towards a final […]

  • UK, German TSOs Unveil Plan for 2 GW Offshore Wind Interconnector

    26 January 2026
    Grid Connection

    UK’s National Grid and TenneT Germany will together develop a multi-purpose interconnector designed to connect offshore wind generation in Britain and Germany to both countries’ electricity systems, the companies said on 26 January. The interconnector, called GriffinLink, could link up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity and is expected to be operational by the […]

  • National Grid Updates Plan for UK-Netherlands Interconnection via Nederwiek 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    9 January 2026
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates

    National Grid Ventures (NGV) has published updated proposals for the LionLink interconnector, which will connect the future Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands to the UK and Dutch grids. NGV, responsible for building and operating the UK side of LionLink, has now opened an eight-week public consultation for the revised plan that, among […]

  • Heavy-Lift Marine Operator, French Port Team Up on Floating Wind Launching Solutions

    14 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    BOA and BrestPort, the company managing the commercial port of Brest in France, have decided to collaborate on the development of floating offshore wind turbine launching methods from port facilities into open water, as well as supporting the development of the related port infrastructures. Under the agreement, the partners will focus on studying and evaluating […]

  • EDF Seeks EIA Services for AO9 Offshore Wind Project in France

    15 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    EDF power solutions, a subsidiary of EDF Group, has initiated a consultation seeking environmental impact assessment (EIA) services to support its bid preparation for France’s AO9 offshore wind tender (Golf de Fos 2). EDF power solutions is a candidate for the AO9 project, which includes three projects defined as extensions of the offshore wind farms […]

  • Eiffage Wins €1.5 Billion Contract for French Offshore Substations

    30 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Eiffage, through Smulders, has been awarded a contract by the French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE to develop and build three substations for the Bretagne Sud, Narbonnaise Sud-Hérault, and Golfe de Fos French offshore wind farms. Overall, the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning contract is worth more than EUR 1.5 billion. The contract covers […]

  • EnBW, JERA Nex bp Commit GBP 100 Million to Transform Belfast Harbour into Offshore Wind Hub

    7 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Ports & Logistics

    EnBW and JERA Nex bp have committed over GBP 100 million (approximately EUR 113.5 million) to Belfast Harbour to support the development of their Mona and Morgan offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea. The joint venture said the lease of Belfast Harbour’s D1 terminal will see the assembly and marshalling of wind turbine components […]

  • EU Approves EUR 11 Billion French Plan for 1.5 GW Floating Offshore Wind Farms

    6 August 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The European Commission has approved an EUR 11 billion French scheme to support the construction and operation of three floating offshore wind farms with a total generating capacity of 1.5 GW. The 20-year scheme was approved under the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF) and is said to contribute to France meeting its 2030 […]

  • Brittany Backs DCNS Floating Offshore Wind Development

    17 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    At Sea Tech Week in Brest yesterday, an agreement between the Brittany Region and DCNS was signed by the Brittany Regional Council President Pierrick Massiot and DCNS Director for Marine Energy Frédéric Le Lidec. The purpose of this agreement is to speed up development of the floating offshore wind turbine plant in Brittany and to […]

  • Scotland, Brittany Seal Offshore Wind Pact

    4 August 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    The Scottish Government has signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brittany, a region in France, relating to the offshore wind industry. With this cooperation agreement, the Government said it aims to strengthen Scotland’s position as a leader in Europe’s offshore renewables industry. The MoU will provide Scottish companies with opportunities to capitalise and […]

  • Global Maritime to Provide Marine Services for Iberdrola’s Saint-Brieuc

    15 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Iberdrola has selected Norway-headquartered Global Maritime (GM) to provide marine services in support of operations and maintenance (O&M) on the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. As part of this agreement, Global Maritime will deliver a range of marine services, including vessel inspections and audit services, general marine support, and Health, Safety, Environment, […]

  • Scotland and Brittany Discuss Partnership on Floating Wind Turbines

    9 February 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    A delegation of fifteen Scottish companies met in Rennes, France, with companies from the Brittany offshore wind and marine energy sector to discuss the development of partnerships around floating wind turbines. Scotland and Brittany are two players at the forefront of floating wind development in Europe. The two territories have the advantage of having floating […]

  • Brittany Region and wpd Sign Floating Wind Pact

    21 September 2018
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Offshore wind developer wpd and the Brittany Region have signed an agreement to promote the development of floating wind in this French region.

  • 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 […]

  • France Launches Floating Offshore Wind Tender

    30 April 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    France has launched a tendering procedure for a commercial floating offshore wind project off the south of Brittany with a capacity of up to 270 MW. Interested parties have until 1 July, 12 AM local time, to express their interest in participating in the competitive dialogue procedure and submit their applications, Commission de régulation de […]

  • France Opens Public Consultation on Floating Wind Offshore Brittany

    21 July 2020
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France’s National Commission for Public Debate (CNDP) has launched a public consultation on future floating wind projects offshore southern Brittany. The country’s Multiannual Energy Programme (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE)) calls for 8.75 GW of offshore wind capacity to be put out to tender between 2020 and 2028, and for the development of up to […]

  • Wpd, Vattenfall and BlueFloat Name Their Floating Wind Project in France

    27 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The consortium formed by wpd, Vattenfall, and BlueFloat Energy has revealed the name of the project it will bid with in the upcoming floating offshore wind tender for a site off the coast of Southern Brittany in France, for which the consortium prequalified last month. The proposed floating wind farm is called Triskéol, with an […]

  • Windar Loading Out First Saint-Brieuc Pin-Piles

    4 March 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Spain’s Windar renovables is shipping out the first batch of pin-piles manufactured for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project in France. Tadarsa Logistics is assisting Windar renovables in loading out the first 15 pin-piles for the turbine jacket foundations and four pin-piles for the substation jacket foundation at the port of Avilés. The vessel and the […]

  • French Port Reveals Floating Wind Plans

    6 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Ports & Logistics

    The shareholders of the Port of Brest in France, including the Brittany Region, Brest Métropole and the Western Brittany Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIMBO), have signed an agreement that will see EUR 900 million invested in developments heavily focusing on the energy transition, including establishing the port as a major player in floating wind. Under […]

  • France Builds Largest Tidal Power Array

    15 November 2011

    The project is a “gigantic” (for tidal power) project off the coast of Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany, France. It is a project of Irish tidal…  By Zachary Shahan (cleantechnica) [mappress] Source: cleantechnica, November 15, 2011; Image: openhydro

  • Jan De Nul, Hellenic Cables Sign Cable Framework Deal with French TSO

    23 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, has been awarded a framework agreement from France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau Transport d’Electricité (RTE) to supply and install the export cables for two floating wind farms off the coast of Southern Brittany, totalling 750 MW. Jan De Nul and Hellenic Cables will execute these projects […]

  • Ocean Winds Sticks with Principle Power’s Floating Wind Tech for French Tender

    16 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Ocean Winds, a joint venture between ENGIE and EDP Renewables, has entered into a collaboration agreement with the floating wind technology developer Principle Power, which will see the two companies cooperating on the design of the floating platforms for France’s first commercial-scale floating wind tender. In September, the French government selected Ocean Winds and several […]