Two European consortia led by EDF on the one hand (EDF Energies Nouvelles and wpd offshore) and by GDF SUEZ on the other hand (GDF SUEZ, EDP Renewables, Neoen Marine and AREVA) have submitted bids for offshore wind projects in the framework of the second call for tenders for French offshore wind energy projects, representing total new capacity of 1,000 MW to be installed by 2023.
The two consortia have both submitted two bids for the Tréport project in the Haute Normandie region and for the Ile d’ Yeu/Ile de Noirmoutier project in the Pays de la Loire region. Each site offers capacity of 480-500 MW to be brought into service between 2021 and 2023.
This national call for tenders for 1,000 MW is in addition to the first call for tenders for 2,500 MW launched in 2011, which comprised five wind energy projects off the French coast (the Channel and the Atlantic). Three of the four lots awarded by the Government were won by the consortium EMF headed by EDF Energies Nouvelles: Fécamp (498 MW), Courseulles-sur-Mer (450 MW) and Saint-Nazaire (480 MW). These projects could come into service starting from 2018.
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