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France
The first call for tenders (first round) was
launched in July 2011 and aimed to attribute to the winning bidder about 3 GW in
different locations on the French Atlantic
Coast with the right to get authorisation to
operate the farms and to conclude a PPA for
20 years. At the end of the tender procedure
in April 2012, a total capacity of 2 GW was
allocated. The consortium Electricité de
France (EDF)/DONG was awarded three projects (Saint-Nazaire, Courseulles sur Mer and
Fécamp, respectively in the regions of Pays
de Loire and Normandy); the consortium
Iberdrola/Areva was awarded one project
(Saint-Brieuc, located in Brittany); and the
site of Dieppe-Le Tréport (Normandy) was
not awarded. The OWF of Saint-Nazaire has
been the first site to enter into operation, on
23 November 2022. 4 With its 80 wind turbines, it now produces the equivalent of 20%
of the Loire-Atlantique’s annual electricity
consumption and supplies the equivalent
of the consumption of 700 000 people with
electricity every year. The commissioning of
the other sites is planned for 2025 or 2026.
The second call for tenders (2nd round),
launched in March 2013, aimed to attribute
1000 MW on the sites of:
two projects in May 2014. The works should
begin in 2024 in order to operate both farms
in 2025 or 2026.
The third tender procedure (third round),
which took the form of a competitive dialogue, was launched in April 2016, and aimed
to attribute up to 600 MW on the site of
Dunkirk (North Sea coast). Eight consortia
were invited to submit their bids. The consortium composed of EDF Renouvelables
France SAS, Innogy SE and Blauracke GmbH
was finally awarded the project in June 2019.
The commissioning of this site is planned for
2027.
Another competitive dialogue (4th round)
began in December 2020 in order to attribute 1 GW on the site of Saint-Vaast-La-Hougue (Normandy). 5 The project has been
awarded to Mer Manche Normandie, a special purpose vehicle of EDF Renouvelables
and Maple Power, in March 2023. In addition,
the Government has planned to attribute an
additional 1 GW in the same area ("Centre
Manche") through another call for tenders
(see below the 8th round).
(b) the islands of Noirmoutier and Ile d’Yeu
(Pays de Loire) (500 MW each).
The fifth round has been launched in
January 2021 and aims, for the first time, to
establish a floating wind farm with a capacity of 250 MW in South Brittany. This project
should be awarded at the end of 2023 and
the farm should be in operation in 2030.
The consortium ENGIE/EDP Renewables and
Neoen Marine/ADWEN was awarded the
Indeed, up till this round, only projects to
implant pilot floating had been launched:
(a) Dieppe-Le Tréport (Normandy); and
4
Press release of EDF Renewables, Enbridge and CPP Investments, available here.
5
Announcement of the Minister of the environmental transition dated 5 December 2020.
