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  • Top News of the Week Jul 11 – 17, 2016

    17 July 2016

    Borssele III & IV Tender Specifics Revealed On 8 July, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs published the Ministerial Regulation providing subsidy tender details for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites, the Loyens & Loeff law firm has reported. Three French OWFs Greenlighted; Courseulles-Sur-Mer Could Face Appeal The first three offshore wind projects off […]

  • Prysmian Highlights French Connection

    18 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian Group will provide ”Made in France” cable technologies for the first large-scale French offshore wind farm. Prysmian did not name the project, but rather said that the wind farm is being developed by the French company EDF Renewables and Canada’s Enbridge. The project in question is most likely the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm […]

  • Top News of the Week Nov 10 – 16, 2014

    16 November 2014

    EDF, Dong Seek Wind Turbine Installation Contractor Eolien Maritime France, a subsidiary of EDF EN France and Dong Energy Power Holding, has invited bids for the transportation and installation of offshore wind turbines at Courseulles-sur-Mer, Fécamp and Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farms. Floating Wind Test Site in Mediterranean Sea Fully Permitted During the 3rd General Assembly […]

  • Palfinger Cranes for Calvados Offshore Wind Farm

    9 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Palfinger Marine has signed a deal to deliver two jetty cranes and 64 fixed boom cranes for the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. Palfinger Marine will deliver 64 PF14000-4.0 fixed boom cranes for the wind turbine platforms and two PTM600 jetty cranes to the offshore wind project. The units in the port […]

  • GE Preparing BIWF Nacelles for Shipping

    11 July 2016

    GE reported today that the manufacturing of the first commercial series of Haliade™ nacelles is soon to be completed at its offshore wind turbine plant in Saint-Nazaire, France, with the nacelles scheduled to begin their voyage to the U.S. in mid-July. The five 370-tonne nacelles will equip the Block Island offshore wind farm, the first of its kind in […]

  • Le Havre Port Upgrading Quay for Siemens Gamesa’s Offshore Wind Turbine Plant

    15 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    HAROPA – Port of Le Havre has signed a contract with a consortium of companies led by Eiffage Génie Civil for the maritime works on the Joannès Couvert quay as part of Siemens Gamesa’s construction of an offshore wind turbine plant in the Port. The adaptation work – to be carried out by the consortium […]

  • FLiDAR Reduces Costs in Combined Operation

    24 June 2015

    During a recent two week offshore operation, FLiDAR chartered one vessel to serve three jobs. The Pole Star began its journey in Oban, Scotland, first sailing to the NAREC met mast to pick up one of the FLiDAR buoys which had just finished a successful post validation campaign for Mainstream Renewable Power’s Neart na Gaoithe […]

  • France Prepares to Prove New Wind Turbine Foundation Concept

    21 August 2014
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    In a few months, the first of a new generation of concrete foundations will be installed for the first time in the English Channel. Optimised production methods and easy installation concept opens up the possibility of major deepwater offshore wind turbine parks. There was applause all round when the base plate for the prototype for […]

  • French Towing Company Backs Fecamp OWF Project

    26 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    On February 9th 2015, the first Seatower gravity based foundation (GBS) for the Fecamp offshore wind farm was successfully installed 15km off the coast of Normandy. During the course of this project, towage specialist BOLUDA FRANCE provided its expertise, procurement and towage services to contribute to the installation of the very first offshore wind structure […]

  • EDF Led Consortium Submits Four Offshore Wind Projects (France)

    11 January 2012

    The consortium led by EDF Energies Nouvelles has today submitted four robust and realistic projects in response to the French offshore wind energy call for tenders. These projects go hand in hand with a highly ambitious and balanced industrial plan to manufacture the wind turbine designed by Alstom in France that will create around 7,500 […]

  • RTE Seeks Cable Storage for Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Project

    27 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has expanded a recently issued tender for cable storage services to include the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project in France. In October, RTE issued a tender for storage services for the 225kV submarine power cables, and optionally junctions and accessories, for the Saint-Nazaire, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fécamp offshore wind projects. According to the […]

  • Prysmian to Connect French Offshore Wind Farm

    4 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian Group has secured a contract by Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to develop two submarine and land export cable systems for the Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract worth more than EUR 150 million, Prysmian will provide the design, supply, installation, and commissioning of two HVAC 225kV three-core extruded export […]

  • RTE Orders Prysmian Cables for Three French Offshore Wind Farms

    21 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Milan-headquartered cable maker Prysmian has been awarded a contract worth more than EUR 300 million with Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to develop submarine cable links to connect three planned offshore wind farms to the mainland power grid in France.

  • Correll to Back Prysmian on Calvados Offshore Wind Farm

    15 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The Correll Group has been awarded a contract from the Prysmian Group to provide support for the pull-in and installation of High Voltage Alternate Current (HVAC) export cables to the offshore substation platform for the Calvados offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract, the Correll Group will provide support for the pull-in and installation […]

  • French Senate Rejects Offshore Wind Renegotiation Proposal

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

    The French Senate has voted against a proposed amendment which would allow the government to renegotiate the feed-in tariffs of the six offshore wind projects selected in Round 1 and Round 2 tenders, according to local media.

  • ABL Contracted for MWS Services on Two French Offshore Wind Farms

    7 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    ABL Group’s Paris office has been awarded contracts to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for two Round 2 offshore wind farms in France. The company has been hired on the 496 MW Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier and the 496 MW Dieppe-Le Tréport, on which offshore construction activities are scheduled to start this year. Both […]

  • Saint-Nazaire OSS Jacket In Position

    16 August 2021
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the Saint-Nazaire offshore substation was installed off the coast of the Guérande peninsula in France over the weekend, DEME Group said. The 48-metre jacket will be held in place by four foundation piles installed in April 2021 by DEME Offshore using an in-house designed subsea template and tailor-made drilling equipment. The […]

  • EDF, Dong to Conduct Soil Investigation Offshore France

    25 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Eolien Maritime France, a consortium of EDF EN and DONG Energy, is seeking contractors for geotechnical investigations at three wind farm locations off French coast. Up to six contractors will collect information which will be used for detailed design of wind turbine and potentially substation foundations. Wind farms included in the design work are the […]

  • Geophysical Studies Wanted for French Offshore Wind Cable Routes

    13 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has issued a tender seeking a contractor to carry out offshore geophysical studies on submarine cable routes of offshore wind farms. RTE is looking to conduct geophysical surveys along the submarine cables, approximately one year after commissioning, to check the level of burial and stability […]

  • GE Pulls Plug on Two French Offshore Wind Projects

    17 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Eolien Maritime France (EMF) to provide and service Haliade 150-6MW turbines to the first French EMF offshore wind farm to be cleared of any legal recourse. This memorandum of understanding terminates GE’s exclusive supplier status on the two other projects carried out by EMF for […]

  • Seatower to Load Out Foundation from Le Havre

    21 October 2014
    Technology

    Foundation designer Seatower, that was awarded a contract delivering the world’s first CraneFree hybrid gravity base foundation earlier this year, confirmed the foundation will be loaded out from French port of Le Havre later this week. The installation of the single 1800 tonne, mainly concrete structure at EDF Energies Nouvelles’ Fécamp project off Normandy will […]

  • French Company Seeking Foundation Designs

    14 November 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    EDF EN France and Dong Energy, through its subsidiary Eolien Maritime France are inviting tenders for three offshore wind project off the French coast. Namely, the companies are looking for a company to provide architectural services, engineering services and integrated engineering services with the final goal of achieving the projects certification as per IEC 61400-22. […]

  • EDF Floats Partnership Idea to GE & Alstom Energy

    6 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    French energy company EDF sees the recently merged GE and Alstom Energy as the perfect partner for the company’s plan to diversify its energy mix by further expanding into renewable energy sector, GE quoted Antoine Cahuzac, the CEO of EDF Énergies Nouvelles, as saying. By partnering with GE & Alstom Energy, Cahuzac believes that the recently merged company’s global footprint, […]

  • France: EDF Seeking Contractor for Trenching Trials

    29 July 2013
    Grid Connection

    EDF is inviting tenders for the cable trenching trials, as part of the development and the construction of offshore wind farms projects in France, in order to assess the performance of burial methods commonly used in the industry in the offshore wind farms sites of Fecamp, Courseulles sur Mer and Saint-Nazaire. There are 3 kind […]

  • 498MW French OWF Faces Appeal

    18 August 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    An appeal has been filed against the development of the 498MW Eoliennes Offshore des Hautes Falaises wind farm project off the coast of Fecamp, France. Seven environmentalist organisations, including la Fédération Environnement Durable, Belle Normandie Environnement, Vent de Colère, La Société pour la Protection des Paysages et de l’Esthétique de la France, Robin des Bois et Cap […]

  • Top News of The Week July 29 – August 3, 2013

    4 August 2013

    Petrofac Bags €40 Million Contract for Two German Offshore Wind Farms Petrofac has won a €40 million contract from Siemens Energy to provide support during the commissioning phase of two offshore wind converter station platforms in the German North Sea. Germany: First Wind Turbine Installed at Borkum West 2 “The first wind turbines are standing,” […]