France

Energy Transition

The IEA in 2024: Reviewing the Year

The past year was a productive and dynamic one for the International Energy Agency as it marked its 50th anniversary and delivered on the mandates set by its Me…

Floating Offshore Wind

Ocean Winds and Banque Des Territoires Awarded Floating Offshore Wind Project in France

Ocean Winds (OW), in partnership with Banque des Territoires, has been awarded the Eoliennes Flottantes d’Occitanie project by the French Ministry in char…

Mongolia

Mongolia Reaches Deal for $1.6 Billion Uranium Mine With France’s Orano

Mongolia said on Friday it had reached a preliminary agreement with France’s Orano Mining Group to develop a long-anticipated uranium mining project worth…

Hydrogen Transport

Dunkirk Advances With New Hydrogen Transport Infrastructure

Dunkirk is set to enhance its position as a key natural gas entry point in France by developing a new hydrogen transport network. GRTgaz has taken on the challe…

Floating Offshore Wind

Consortia Led by EDF, Ocean Winds Win French Floating Wind Tender

French government today, 27 December, announced the winners of the AO6 tender which offered two 250 MW floating wind sites in the Mediterranean Sea. The winning…

Oil&Gas Drilling

TotalEnergies Adds More Time to Northern Drilling Semisub Deal

French energy major TotalEnergies has exercised an extension option for Northern Drilling’s semisub Deepsea Mira.John Fredriksen-controlled Northern Ocean…

Service Operation Vessel

France Experiences Wind Propulsion Boom in 2024

The French wind propulsion industry witnessed strong growth in 2024. The country’s sailing fleet now comprises eleven large cargo ships, with four new win…

Wind Turbine

Last Components for Eolink’s 5 MW Floating Wind Turbine Arrive at French Port

The last components for Eolink’s 5 MW floating offshore wind turbine have arrived at the Port of Brest in France.The first components for the floating off…

Floating Offshore Wind

Jan De Nul Installs Subsea Cables for Southern Brittany Floating Wind Farms

France's Transmission System Operator RTE is building an offshore power grid to connect future wind farms. For two floating wind farms off the coast of Sout…

Floating Offshore Wind

Jan de Nul, Hellenic Net French Floater Cables Deal

[Image: Jan De Nul]Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, has been awarded a frame agreement by RTE to provide export cables for two French floating w…

Hydrogen Project

France Launches First Clean Hydrogen Tender With Contracts for Difference Scheme to Boost Decarbonized Hydrogen Production

French government has unveiled its first-ever clean hydrogen tender as part of a Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. Announced by Agnès Pannier-Runach…

Floating Offshore Wind

Jan De Nul, Hellenic Cables Sign Cable Framework Deal With French TSO

Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, has been awarded a framework agreement from France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau Tra…

Nuclear Reactor

France’s Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Finally Comes on Stream

France on Saturday connected its most powerful nuclear power reactor to the national electricity grid in what leaders hailed as a landmark moment despite years …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Grid Connection for Flamanville EPR

France connected the EPR to the power grid for the first time on 21st December 2024Unit 3 of the Flamanville NPP in in the Cotentin region of Normandy in northe…

Solar Panel

French Startup Offers 10 kWh Battery Generator for TV, Film Crews

Pess Energy has launched FlyWatt, a 10 kWh compact battery-based generator for film and TV production crews. A compatible solar panel kit is available to rechar…