France revealed its plans for offshore wind tenders, announcing a combined capacity of up to 6GW by 2028. This is about three times more than a proposal made in November 2018, where 2.2GW of new offshore wind capacity was to be added by 2030.
The first tender is planned for 2019, with 500MW of capacity offered offshore Dunkirk. A year later, in 2020, there will be a tender for 1GW of capacity in the English Channel.
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In 2021 and 2022 there will be floating wind tenders in Brittany and the Mediterranean, with a capacity of 250MW.
In 2023 and 2024, between 1GW and 1.5GW of offshore wind capacity will be offered, while in 2024 there will be a tender for between 250MW and 500MW of floating wind.
Finally, from 2025 to 2028, France will announnce tenders for 500MW of capacity, either fixed foundation or floating wind, based on the projected costs and prices.
In November, France decided to add 2.2GW of offshore capacity by 2030, to the 3GW that is already allocated from the first two tendering rounds. However, the industry and the regions had called for more ambitious targets. These included 10GW of offshore wind capacity, along with up to 5GW of floating wind.
As of now, France has 2MW offshore wind capacity, which entered into service in September 2018.
