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Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies – oil and gas players that continue raising their stakes in the renewable energy sector – have been selected by the French government to participate in the country's first tender dedicated to floating wind.
Oil giants BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Eni, Total Energies and Equinor have submitted bids. Scottish Hydroelectric owner SSE, ScottishPower and Orsted are in the running as is Australian investment bank Macquarie. When ScotWind was launched in June last year Crown Estate Scotland said around 10 windfarms could be developed on the acreage concerned. It suggested this could unlock as much as £8 billion investment. The organisation said ScotWind bidders would have to submit supply chain development statements. ScotWind was extended in February after the last round covering the rest of the ...
April 27, 2021 (Photo: Vattenfall) France has shortlisted Swedish utility Vattenfall and its two partners to bid in a tender to develop an offshore wind farm with a capacity of about 1 gigawatt (GW) off Normandy, the company said on Tuesday. Vattenfall and its partners - German wind farm developer wpd and French institutional investor Banque des Territoires - would participate in France's fourth offshore wind tender alongside five other groups, it said. "France is an attractive market for Vattenfall's offshore wind energy activity," said Catrin Jung, head of Vattenfall's business ...
By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read April 27 (Reuters) - France has shortlisted Swedish utility Vattenfall and its two partners to bid in a tender to develop an offshore wind farm with a capacity of about 1 gigawatt (GW) off Normandy, the company said on Tuesday. Vattenfall and its partners - German wind farm developer wpd and French institutional investor Banque des Territoires - would participate in France’s fourth offshore wind tender alongside five other groups, it said. “France is an attractive market for Vattenfall’s offshore wind energy activity,” said Catrin Jung, head of Vattenfall...
France chooses bidders for 1GW offshore wind farm Oil majors, green energy giants and investment firms are among six parties pre-qualified to bid for the project off Normandy by Craig Richard France will tender a site off the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy capable of supporting about 1GW of offshore wind capacity (pic: David Broad/wikimediacommons) Sign in to continue Breaking industry news and email bulletins Analysis of the lastest trends to help you make informed decisions Searchable content archive dating back to 1994