France

Nuclear Technology

Orano Starts Construction Of Thorium-228 Facility

Orano subsidiary Orano Med has laid the foundations for its Advanced Thorium Extraction Facility plant in Bessines-sur-Gartempe in Haute-Vienne, western France.…

Nuclear Technology

Framatome's ATF Reaches New Operational Milestone

Framatome's PROtect Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel chromium-coated M5Framatome cladding has become the world's first ATF technology to operate with ful…

Wind Power Project

RWE Secures Additional Onshore Wind Projects at Latest French Regulation Bidding Round

The French Commission for the Regulation of Energy (CRE) has published the results for the latest onshore wind bidding round (AO 16), for a selected capacity of…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

France’s First Hydrogen-Electric Fishing Training Vessel Prepares for Maiden Voyage

On November 15, 2024, LPMA Bastia inaugurated Alba, France's first hydrogen-electric powered fishing training vessel, designed by MAURICThe LPMA : Maritime …

Green Hydrogen

Air Liquide Invests €50M to Supply Hydrogen to Refuelling Stations From 200W Plant

Air Liquide is investing €50m ($52.8m) to bolster offtake from its 200MW French green hydrogen project by setting up a new hydrogen supply plan for regiona…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Bourbon Logistics Wins Contract With Oil And Gas Major Operator In Namibia

Bourbon announced that it has been awarded a new fully integrated logistics contract by an oil & gas major operator to support its exploration campaign and the …

Green Hydrogen

Lhyfe to Join Demand Response Markets to Balance Grid at French Hydrogen Plants

Lhyfe has revealed plans to reduce its energy consumption at its French green hydrogen plants during periods of high electricity demand to reduce the load on th…

Natural Gas

Technip, SBM Awarded Major Contracts For TotalEnergies’ Granmorgu FPSO, Offshore Suriname

SBM Offshore, Technip Energies and TechnipFMC all announced today the securement of major contracts for the GranMorgu field development project located in Block…

Natural Gas

SBM Offshore Awarded Contracts For The GranMorgu Field Development

SBM Offshore announces that it has been awarded contracts for the GranMorgu field development project located in Block 58 in Suriname by the Operator, TotalEner…

Wind Power Project

Secures Two More Onshore Wind Projects at French Regulation Latest Bidding Round

The French CRE (Commission for the Regulation of Energy) has published the results for the latest onshore wind bidding round (AO 16), for a selected capacity of…

Digitalization

Global Energy Sector Employment Increased by 3.8% in 2023, Outpacing the Wider Economy

New IEA report finds that sector added 2.5 million jobs worldwide last year, led by clean technology manufacturing, though skills shortages remain a key issueEm…

Wind Farm

More Than Half of îLes D’Yeu and Noirmoutier Foundations Now in Offshore France

A total of 33 out of 61 monopile foundations have been installed at the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France, surpassing the halfway mark.T…

Photovoltaic （PV）

France Allocates 948.3 MW in Ground-Mounted PV Tender

The 120 projects were submitted by 41 developersThe French government has awarded 120 projects at an average price of €0.07928 ($0.0355)/kWh in its latest …

Nuclear waste

Veolia Aims To Recycle Copper From Wires In Decommissioned Nuclear Plants

Electric cables in decommissioned nuclear power plants which were previously incinerated can now have their copper recovered using a new technique successfully …

Wind Power Project

Bureau Veritas Continues Investment Into Offshore Energy

Bureau Veritas has announced the acquisition of Versatec Energy B.V., an independent and specialised technical advisory company for the offshore and onshore ene…