France's first floating offshore wind farm will be built more than 20 kilometers from Pointe des Poulainsat the northwestern tip of the island of Belle-Ile. Authorities said competitive talks with 10 candidates for the project were nearing completion.
The shortlisted candidates include Shell, Valeco, a subsidiary of EnBW, and Eolien En Mer Participations; A consortium between Eni and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP); A consortium between Total Energy, Corio Generation and Qair; Elicio, BayWa R. E. Consortium; A consortium of WPD, Vattenfall and BlueFloat Energy; EDF Renewables and Maple Power; And separate bids from Equinor, Iberdrola, RWE and Ocean Winds.
The wind farm, with a capacity of 250 megawatts, will include about 20 units and will be installed in the offshore area of southern Brittany. It is scheduled to be operational by 2030.
Following the launch in 2021 of a competitive tendering process for the development of a 250 MW floating wind power project off Brittany, the French government in March launched a tendering process for two additional 250 MW floating wind farms in the Mediterranean Sea. The winning bidder will also be announced next year and it is hoped to be operational by 2030.
