French government stepped up development of offshore wind power

French Tribune reported on July 1st that the French nuclear power giant Areva and Spain’s Iberdrola Power Company announced a cooperation agreement on Wednesday that they are responding to the five waters launched by the French government. Two offshore wind projects in the area provide suggestions for joint bidding.

The report said that in order to develop French offshore wind power projects, French nuclear power group and Spain's Iberdrola Power Company signed a cooperation protocol on Wednesday. Areva Group pointed out in the communique that this partnership is based on the French government's plan to develop renewable energy. Its goal is to install 6 GW of installed capacity of offshore wind power in France from now until 2020. watt). The partners will select two regions within the five sea areas of France for the first phase of the tender.

The report said that in May this year, Areva Group has signed a cooperation agreement with French Vinci Group and France Gas Suez Group to meet the joint bidding for the development of five coastal wind farms in France. The amount is 10 billion euros. EDF New Energy and Alstom have decided to participate in the consultation of future projects.