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  • France: Siemens Gamesa Awards Wind Turbine Plant Construction Contract

    2 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Siemens Gamesa has selected a consortium led by GTM Normandie-Centre for the construction of its offshore wind turbine plant in Le Havre, France. The 20-hectare factory, to be built on the Quai Joannès Couvert in the Port of Le Havre, will be the first in the world to manufacture all main offshore wind turbine components […]

  • Enbridge Buys Into French Offshore Wind Developer

    10 May 2016

    Canadian energy company Enbridge has agreed to acquire a 50% interest in Éolien Maritime France SAS (EMF), a French offshore wind development company, for an investment of CAD 282 million (approx. EUR 191 million). Following the acquisition, which is expected to be finalized around 19 May, Enbridge will co-own EMF with EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN). Enbridge […]

  • France Ponders OW Subsea Substations

    25 March 2016
    Grid Connection

    RTE France has invited tenders for a feasibility study on HTB submarine substations (>50kV). RTE aims to question the market on feasibility of implementing high-voltage submarine substations as part of connections for offshore wind farms. “This type of technical solution could be integrated seamlessly through connecting turbines in commercial wind farms to avoid the realisation of energy collecting stations on platforms,” French […]

  • France: GDF SUEZ, VINCI, CDC Infrastructure and AREVA Set for Offshore Wind

    26 March 2012

    In Normandy today, GDF SUEZ Chairman and CEO Gérard Mestrallet, VINCI CEO Xavier Huillard, CDC Infrastructure CEO Jean Bensaïd and AREVA CEO Luc Oursel highlighted their energy, economic and social plan connected with the call for bids to site 3,000 MW of wind power off France’s coasts starting in 2015. They were greeted during the […]

  • Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Project Launch Set for Friday

    13 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    France’s minister for ecological transition, François de Rugy, will launch the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in Saint-Nazaire on Friday, 14 June. Minister de Rugy will launch the project at GE’s Montoir de Bretagne factory accompanied by Jean-Bernard Levy, CEO of EDF Group, and Hugh Bailey, General Manager of GE France. As reported last week, the Conseil […]

  • 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 […]

  • The Netherlands: Technor Benelux Supplies Maintenance Free Lighting to Jack-Up Barge JB-117

    2 August 2012

    Technor Benelux B.V.located in Spijk, the Netherlands, is a manufacturer of Industrial and Explosion proof lighting fixtures. The company develops and produces lighting fixtures (industrial and explosion proof versions), explosion proof control boxes, floodlights, helideck floodlights, cable glands but also street lighting for industrial applications. The R&D department has a strong focus on maintenance free […]

  • 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 […]

  • French Seek UXO Investigators

    17 September 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    France’s RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has issued a tender for the investigation of potential unexploded ordnance (UXO) targets along the export cable route which will connect the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm to the grid. The purpose of the work is to investigate with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and/or divers the potential UXO targets along […]

  • RTE Looking for Assistance on Offshore Wind Connections

    16 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    French transmission system operator, Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) is seeking contractor for connection of four offshore wind projects. Namely, the company is inviting tenders for project ownership assistance (AMOA) for the preparation and support of connections works for Fécamp, Saint-Nazaire, Calvados and Saint-Brieuc wind farms. The four projects, covered by this tenderc are four […]

  • French Offshore Wind Farm Clears Final Legal Hurdle

    7 June 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Conseil d’Etat, France’s supreme administrative court, has dismissed the appeal against the operating permit for the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project. All the administrative permits required for the construction and operational phases of the project are now secured, the project developers said. EDF Renewables, a subsidiary of the EDF Group, and Enbridge, a North […]

  • 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 […]

  • GDF SUEZ Plans to Bid in Offshore Wind Tender from French Government

    8 July 2011
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      GDF SUEZ has announced it will bid in the tender from the French government for the offshore installation of 3,000 MW of wind turbines by 2015. The Group recently entered a partnership with VINCI and AREVA to design the best business, energy and environmental proposal. This partnership brings together the main industrial French actors […]

  • Extension Works Launched at Port of Cherbourg

    13 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    On March 2, Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA)’s elected representatives officially launched large- scale extension works of the port of Cherbourg’s main roadstead, which will be a milestone in the history of the port’s development. Due to the allocation of ALSTOM’s industrial unit for offshore wind activities on harbour land, and EDF’s assembly hub for the […]

  • Organisations Opposing Normandy Offshore Wind Farm

    20 March 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Opponents of a wind farm planned to be installed off the coast of Normandy will gather in front of the D-Day Landing Museum in Arromanches, France, on 8 April for demonstration against the project, claiming it will ruin the landscape of the historic site of Normandy landings from WWII, for which a UNESCO World Heritage classification procedure is under way.

  • MOJO Maritime on UXO Hunt Offshore France

    8 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    MOJO Maritime France SAS has won a contract to investigate potential unexploded ordnance (UXO) targets along the export cable route connecting the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm to the French grid. MOJO Maritime will, through the use of ROVs and/or divers, investigate and identify the nature of the potential UXO targets along the submarine cable route […]

  • EMF Selects Saint-Nazaire Offshore Substation Team

    14 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Atlantique Offshore Energy and its consortium partners GE Grid Solutions and Société de Dragage International (SDI), part of the DEME Group, have won a contract to design, manufacture, and install the electrical offshore substation for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. The contract was awarded by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a consortium between EDF Renouvelables and Enbridge, […]

  • France’s Calvados Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Phase

    22 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Construction activity has started on the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. The start of the construction phase follows the finalisation of financing agreements between the Eoliennes Offshore du Calvados (EODC) consortium of EDF Renewables, Enbridge, and wpd, and its financial partners. The Calvados offshore wind farm, also known as Courseulles-sur-Mer, will comprise […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ocean Winds Increases Stake in Floating Offshore Wind Specialist

    26 May 2023
    Business & Finance

    EDP has transferred its 25.4 per cent stake in floating offshore wind platform company Principle Power to Ocean Winds, a 50:50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie. With this transaction and adding to its previous ownership, Ocean Winds now holds a total of 36.25 per cent of Principle Power. The transfer of EDP’s stake […]

  • RTE Seeks Marine Warranty Surveyor for French OWF Connections

    10 February 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Électricité) is looking for Marine Warranty Surveyor services for the offshore connections of which the French transmission system operator is in charge.

  • 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 […]

  • Saipem Joins Forces with Trevi for Foundation Drilling Solutions

    14 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Italy-headquartered contractor Saipem and its compatriot Trevi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a design of two drilling systems for large diameter foundation holes for offshore wind farms. Under the MoU, the companies will work together to develop a design that can cope with the site-specific geotechnical and geophysical data pertaining […]

  • 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 […]

  • Germany: PNE WIND Extends Management Board Contracts

    24 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm developer PNE WIND AG (ISIN DE000A0JBPG2) and its proven management team continue together in the future. The Supervisory Board has extended the work contracts of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jörg Klowat and Chief Operational Officer (COO) Markus Lesser for three years each. Jörg Klowat has been at the PNE WIND AG since […]