Offshore wind company Ocean Winds (OW) has been awarded a 250 megawatt (MW) project in the Mediterranean by the French Ministry in charge of Industry and Energy. The project is capable of producing roughly 1 terawatt hour (TWh) of electricity annually.
Ocean Winds is a joint venture by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, in partnership with Banque des Territoires.
Emmanuel Legrand, Director of the Energy and Ecological Transition Department at Banque des Territoires, said, “This project reflects the ambition of the Caisse des Dépôts group to deploy €100 billion in service of ecological transformation.”
The Eoliennes Flottantes d’Occitanie project, is the latest offshore wind project between Ocean Winds and Banque des Territoires. They currently have three offshore wind projects under construction in France, totaling 1 gigawatt (GW) of installed capacity.
“We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Banque des Territoires, the actors of the Occitanie region, as well as the fisheries, other sea users, and environmental experts with whom we worked closely during the preparation of the bid and the development of the EFGL project, to ensure the safe, efficient, and timely delivery of this project,” said Marc Hirt, Country Manager for Ocean Winds in France.
