EDF-Led Group Wins Tender for France’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

  • EDF, CPPIB, Enbridge to build 1 GW facility off Normandy coast
  • France to award more offshore wind farms this year and next
Wind turbines at an offshore wind farm.Photographer: Bloomberg Creative Photos/Bloomberg Creative Collection
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A group of companies led by Electricite de France SA won a government tender to build the country’s largest offshore wind farm, edging out rival bids led by companies such as as Engie SA and TotalEnergies SE.

The state-controlled utility, together with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Enbridge Inc., was been awarded the right to build a 1-gigawatt wind farm off the coast of Normandy, enough to power about 800,000 homes, the Energy Transition Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The commissioning of the facility is expected in 2031.