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Energy Transition

SOUTH AFRICA: AFD Lends $100M to FirstRand for Climate Change Mitigation Projects

The French Development Agency is approving a $100 million loan for FirstRand Bank, the subsidiary of the FirstRand Group.

Offshore Wind Power

Major Chinese-French Wind Power Project in Jiangsu Linked to Grid

A major Chinese-French wind power project has been completed ahead of schedule and was fully connected to the power grid in Dongtai.

Wind Power Project

SOUTH AFRICA: French Company EDF Obtains the Construction of 3 Wind Farms of 420 MW

EDF Renewables, the subsidiary of the Électricité de France group, has been awarded the construction of three wind farms of 140 MW each in South Africa.

Power Cable

Nexans Opens US Facility to Meet Growing Demand for Subsea Cables

French fiber optic cable manufacturing company Nexans has opened a new facility to manufacture high-voltage direct current subsea cables in Charleston, in the U…

Solar Power Plant

French Power Producer Enters Local Solar Market

French independent power producer Total Eren is entering Cambodia’s renewable energy market, buying a 73.9 Mega Watt peak solar farm.

Nuclear Power Plant

Net-Zero Easier and Cheaper with Nuclear, says French Grid Operator

France can achieve its net-zero emissions target by 2050 through energy efficiency and electrification that would lead to a 35% increase in electricity demand.

Nuclear Policy

Nine EU Partners Reject French-led Electricity Reforms

Nine EU states, including Germany, on Monday rejected a French-led bid to reform Europe's wholesale energy markets as prices soar.

Wind Power Project

Engie, Orascom, Toyota Tsusho ink 500-MW Wind Power Deal in Egypt

Egypt-based Orascom Construction plc, Japan’s Toyota Tsusho Corp with its group company Eurus Energy and French energy giant Engie have struck a deal to build …

Nuclear Reactor

Macron Commits to SMR Reactors and Green Hydrogen by 2030

French President Emmanuel Macron said that by 2030 France must be a leader in carbon-free power generation, placing the focus squarely on nuclear energy and gre…

Power Cable

EDF and SP Group to Connect Singapore and Indonesia with Subsea Cable

Singapore Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with French multinational electric utility EDF Group to develop a subsea energy transmission line conne…

Hydrogen Project

Construction Begins on World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Power Plant, Part of Unique Baseload Solar Project

Siemens Energy will operate the unique €170m facility in a remote part of French Guiana, which will provide 10MW of power during the day and 3MW at night

Hydrogen Project

Multi-Megawatt Hydrogen Plant to Power French Guiana

HDF Energy, together with infrastructure fund Meridiam and the petroleum operator SARA have started construction of CEOG Renewstable® Power Plant in French Gui…

Hydrogen Technology

Faurecia Joins French Climate Association As it Looks to Accelerate Hydrogen Technologies

Faurecia has made a commitment to developing zero-emission technologies, such as hydrogen, with the group joining French Association Entreprises pour l’Environ…

Hydrogen Production

Air Liquide Eyes CCS for Normandy Hydrogen Plant

French firms TotalEnergies and Air Liquide have agreed to explore adding carbon capture and storage to a hydrogen production site in Normandy.

Hydrogen Project

Renewable Hydrogen Produced from Wind in ‘World First’

A French company claims to have produced more than 600kg of renewable hydrogen using an electrolyser powered by a wind turbine