Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022 edition - Flipbook - Page 79
Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022
1st and 2nd calls for tenders for French OWF,
through a specific law dated August 2018, of
which some provisions were voted for this
specific purpose.34 This has allowed a cut in
purchase tariffs by 30 %35 and is now fixed
between 135 and 155 Euro per MWh for the
projects of round 1, and between 131 and 137
Euro per MWh for the projects of round 2.36
In July 2019, the European Commission
approved support of the French State for
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these six OWFs, considering that this
support is in line with EU State aid rules.37
Concerning the third call for tender (Dunkirk
OWF), candidates have offered much lower
prices. The reference tariffs fixed in their
bids varied between 44 and 60.95 Euro per
MWh, with an average at 51.02 Euro per
MWh, and the successful bidder offered 44
Euro per MWh.38
34 Article 58 of Law n°2018-727 dated 10 August 2018 , allowing the State to ask successful bidders which do not have concluded a PPA
before 11 August 2018 to propose an improved offer.
35 According to the Ministry of Energy (www.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr).
36 According to the European Commission (https://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/cases1/201933/269222_2088484_174_2.pdf).
37 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_19_4749.
38 CRE, Synthesis report of the competitive dialogue n°1/2016 on offshore wind installations in an area off Dunkirk’s coast (https://www.cre.
fr/, in French).