NKT has brought the first Biscay Gulf Interconnector cables ashore at Lemóniz using NKT Victoria and a drilled route extending more than 1,000 m.
France has awarded almost €260m to five ports under France 2030 to upgrade infrastructure for floating offshore wind and support nearly €1bn of port investment.
The European Commission cleared France’s EUR 63 billion scheme for eleven offshore wind farms with up to 11.1 GW of combined capacity across three maritime regions.
Boskalis has installed 31 inter-array cables at a 496 MW offshore wind farm in France using the cable-laying vessel Ndurance after loading project cables in Greece.
Ocean Winds has installed the first turbine at the 500 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France, with first power expected in the coming weeks.
TotalEnergies has applied for authorization for the 1.5-GW Centre Manche Energies offshore wind project about 40 km off Normandy, France.
France will combine the AO9 and AO10 rounds into a single offshore wind tender of about 10 GW, split evenly between fixed-bottom and floating projects across all French maritime areas, with awards expected by late 2026 or early 2027.
The Dieppe-Le-Tréport offshore wind project has installed 31 of 62 jacket foundations, reaching the halfway point for foundation work at the 496 MW site offshore France.
Smulders will deliver EPC for the jacket foundation carrying the offshore substation on the 600 MW Dunkerque project, with completion and handover planned via its Fos-sur-Mer yard.
