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The CfD can also be postponed, after commissioning, for an "imprévision" event.
The deadline for commissioning can also be
postponed under the same circumstances.
4.3 Examples of actual and future tariffs
As explained above, tariffs are fixed at the
end of the tendering procedures, depending
on the tariffs offered by the candidates in
accordance with the specifications of the
tender.
Concerning rounds 1 (Saint-Nazaire, Courseulles-sur-mer, Fécamp and Saint-Brieuc)
and 2 (Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier, and
Dieppe-Le Tréport) of the calls for tenders,
tariffs were fixed at around 200 Euro per
MWh.
However, many actions have been brought
against administrative authorisations and
therefore have considerably delayed most
of those projects, so that only one of those
OWF has been fully completed to date (the
one in Saint-Nazaire), which results in only
one offshore wind installation granted
under these tenders being operational.
Taking into account the important change in
market prices and conditions occurred since
the initial launch of the first two calls for tenders, the French State has decided in 2018 to
renegotiate the prices offered to the winning
France
bidders of the 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. 39 This has
allowed a cut in purchase tariffs by 30 % 40
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. 41
In July 2019, the European Commission approved support of the French State for these
six OWFs, considering that this support is in
line with EU State aid rules. 42
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. 43
In the fourth tender procedure (Centre
Manche OWF), the average of the reference
tariffs offered by the candidates was a bit
lower (48.06 Euro per MWh) than the one in
the third call for tender, and the reference
tariff offered by the successful bidder (44.9
Euro per MWh) was just a little higher than
the one offered in the third call for tender.
39 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.
40 According to the Ministry of Energy (www.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr).
41 According to the European Commission
(https://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/cases1/201933/269222_2088484_174_2.pdf).
42 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_19_4749.
43 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).
