Overview

• European Commission’s approval under the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework clears the way for France to launch competitive tenders for floating wind farms
• Three offshore sites—one in Southern Brittany and two in the Mediterranean—will each host a 500 MW floating wind farm designed to produce about 2.2 TWh annually
• Tender rules include resilience criteria to diversify component supply chains and reduce dependence on Chinese imports
• France’s AO9 prequalification stage has shortlisted 12 bidders, including Iberdrola, TotalEnergies, RWE, Ocean Winds, EnBW and BayWa
• Selected projects, one per offshore zone, aim to reach commercial operation between 2032 and 2034