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French Minister Launches Third Tender on Offshore Wind to an Area off Dunkirk

The Minister appoints the Maritime Prefect of the Channel and the North Sea and the Prefect of the Nord - Pas-de-Calais Picardy to continue consultations in support of the launch of the tender.

This falls within the framework of the further development of offshore wind installed, which contributes to the achievement of the target of 40% renewable electricity by 2030, set by the Law the energy transition to green growth.

Offshore wind energy in France Two tenders for offshore wind farms have already been launched in France: one in 2011, which allowed the allocation of four zones with a total capacity of nearly 2,000 MW, located in wide common F



Source: IWR Online, 06 Apr 2016