France has started a major offshore wind tender covering eleven projects with a combined capacity of just over 10 GW. The notice was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 11 June 2026.
The tender includes seven floating wind projects and four fixed-bottom wind farms. The sites are spread across France’s main maritime regions, including Normandy, Brittany, the South Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.
The largest fixed-bottom cluster is Fécamp Grand Large, where three projects are planned, each with 1.35 GW of capacity. Oléron 1 will add another 1.2 GW of fixed-bottom offshore wind capacity.
Floating wind accounts for a major share of the tender. Bretagne Nord Ouest is planned at 1.2 GW, while Bretagne Sud 2, Narbonnaise Sud Hérault 2 and Golfe de Fos 2 are each set at 500 MW. In the Golfe du Lion Centre area, France is offering one 1.1 GW project and two additional 550 MW projects.
Developers must submit tenders by 12 October 2026. According to procurement information from CRE, questions from interested developers can be submitted until 19 July.
The tender forms part of France’s plan to award around 10 GW through the combined AO9 and AO10 processes, with results expected by the end of 2026 or in early 2027.
The new process will assess bids not only on price, but also on industrial resilience, environmental performance and cybersecurity.
France is targeting 45 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2050, equal to 20% of national electricity demand. Under PPE 3, the country aims to reach 15 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2035.
