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Wind Farm

SSE Powers up French Wind Farm

SSE Renewables' Chaintrix-Bierges and Vélye Wind Farm (pictured) in northeast France is now fully operational following the completion of the 28MW pr…

Nuclear Fusion

France Sets New Plasma Record in Hunt for Nuclear Fusion

French scientists on Tuesday announced that they had reached a "crucial milestone" in the long road towards nuclear fusion by managing to maintain raging-hot pl…

Waste-to-Energy Plant

Doosan šKoda Power to Supply Turbine for Waste-To-Energy Plant in Réunion

Doosan Škoda Power has signed a contract with EPC firm Paprec Engineering to supply a turbine for the new Pierrefonds waste-to-energy plant on the French…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Ecoener Secures $43.1m Loan From Proparco to Develop Payita 1 Solar Project

The financing will enable Ecoener to strengthen its financial base with a new long-term loan.Renewable energy company Ecoener has secured a $43.1m loan from Pro…

Nuclear Equipment

France to Host Nuclear-Powered AI Supercomputer

At the AI Action Summit in Paris, AI Cloud Platform Fluidstack signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the French government to build one of the world&r…

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa to Expand French Blade Factory

Siemens Gamesa has confirmed it will invest €200m to expand its Le Havre offshore wind blade manufacturing facility in northern France.The company said con…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

French-Japanese MOX Fuel Recycling Studies Expanded

A MOX fuel assemblyJapan's Federation of Electric Power Companies has announced that a total of 400 tonnes of used nuclear fuel, instead of the originally p…

Floating Offshore Wind

OW Picks Maintenance Port for French Floater

Ocean Winds has selected the maintenance port for its EFGL floating offshore wind project in the French Mediterranean.The 30MW floater project, entitled Les Eol…

Floating Solar

Heliorec and Partners Launch Eu-Backed Project to Advance Floating Solar Tech

French offshore solar start-up HelioRec has launched the STEWART project, aimed at advancing environmentally friendly floating solar solutions, backed by the Eu…

Power Construction

France’s EDF Identifies Land for Data Centres

The logo is seen prior to the presentation of the French state-owned utility EDF 2023 half-year results in Paris, France, July 27, 2023.France's EDF said on…

Hydropower Plant

Neoenergia Sells Baixo Iguaçu Stake to EDF and STOA

Iberdrola’s Brazilian subsidiary, Neoenergia, has sold its 70% stake in the Baixo Iguaçu Hydroelectric Power Plant to French electricity company ED…

Hydropower Plant

Iberdrola Sells Brazilian Hydro Asset

Iberdrola has sold the 350MW Baixo Iguacu hydroelectric plant in Brazil to French electricity company EDF.Through its Brazilian subsidiary, Neoenergia, Iberdrol…

Geothermal Heating Project

French Aircraft Engine Manufacturer to Transition to Geothermal at Villaroche Site

The Villaroche, France site of Safran Aircraft EnginesAircraft engine design and manufacturing company Safran Aircraft Engines (Safran) has contracted Dalkia an…

Wind Farm

French Developer Wins Estonian Offshore Auction

Oxan Energy has secured permission to build an offshore wind farm in Estonian waters following a re-run auction.The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory…

Photovoltaic （PV）

France Deploys 4.6 GW of PV in 2024

French grid operator Enedis said that France deployed 4,596 MW of solar in 2024, including 1,567 MW of self-consumption capacity, which accounted for 35% of new…