France will launch a third tender for offshore wind energy in 2015, the energy and environment ministry said on Tuesday. France wants to have a combined offshore wind power capacity of 6,000 MW by 2020, but is behind schedule on this target, as the first consortium will not start connecting the first wind turbines to … Continue reading France to launch new offshore wind power tender next year
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Alstom wind turbines for offshore wind energy
On 2 December, Alstom inaugurated its plants in Saint-Nazaire, dedicated to assembling nacelles and producing generators for the Haliade™ 150-6MW offshore wind turbine. Under construction since 2013, the two plants, located in the port of Saint-Nazaire, France, have been inaugurated on 2 December 2014. Alstom as a pioneer in the development of offshore wind power, … Continue reading Alstom wind turbines for offshore wind energy
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Wind energy in France: EDF Energies Nouvelles starts-up wind farm with Siemens wind turbines
EDF Energies Nouvelles has commissioned the 24 MW Basse Thiérache Sud wind farm in the French region of Picardy. The wind power project, in the Aisne department, uses eight 3 MW Siemens wind turbines and is owned by EDF Energies Nouvelles and Diamond Generating Europe, a subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation. During 2014 EDF has … Continue reading Wind energy in France: EDF Energies Nouvelles starts-up wind farm with Siemens wind turbines
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Yingli Green Energy to Power Europe’s Largest Solar Power Plant
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE), the largest vertically integrated solar panel manufacturer in the world, known as “Yingli Solar”, today announced that it has signed a landmark agreement to supply 120 MW of YGE 72 Cell solar panels for a 300 MW project in France. Upon completion this will be the largest … Continue reading Yingli Green Energy to Power Europe’s Largest Solar Power Plant
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Nordex wind power gets 27 MW France wind turbines order
Nordex SE has received an order to supply and install the “Haut Plateau Picard” wind farm. This project consists of eleven wind turbines from the N100/2500 series, which Nordex will install in spring 2015. The project has been planned on Nordex technology thanks to Volkswind France SAS, a developer and independent power producer which has … Continue reading Nordex wind power gets 27 MW France wind turbines order
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Siemens D3 wind turbines ordered for onshore wind energy project in France
Theolia orders seven SWT-3.0-101 wind turbines for onshore wind power plant in Haute Borne in the Somme region. Siemens Energy has been awarded a contract from Theolia, a French independent power producer, for the delivery, installation and commissioning of seven D3 platform direct-drive wind turbines for an onshore wind power plant in Haute Borne in … Continue reading Siemens D3 wind turbines ordered for onshore wind energy project in France
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Siemens D3 wind turbines ordered for onshore wind power project in France
Theolia orders seven SWT-3.0-101 wind turbines for onshore wind power plant in Haute Borne in the Somme region. Siemens Energy has been awarded a contract from Theolia, a French independent power producer, for the delivery, installation and commissioning of seven D3 platform direct-drive wind turbines for an onshore wind power plant in Haute Borne in … Continue reading Siemens D3 wind turbines ordered for onshore wind power project in France
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France is building the world’s first wind farm with stealth wind turbines designed to minimize interference with radar systems
EDF Energies Nouvelles, the renewables unit of state-controlled utility EDF, aims to install the new Vestas-built wind turbines next spring in the “Ensemble Eolien Catalan” wind farm near Perpignan and start operating them over the course of 2015. “It is a world premiere for this new technology,” an EDF EN spokeswoman said. The wind turbines … Continue reading France is building the world’s first wind farm with stealth wind turbines designed to minimize interference with radar systems
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Alstom moves 150 tons of equipment to its new offshore wind power facilities in Saint-Nazaire
Alstom moved during the summer 150 tons of equipment and partly-assembled machines to the new plants located at the port of Saint-Nazaire. Special logistics therefore had to be set up for this operation in order to move that equipment designed by Alstom that exists nowhere else in the world. Currently under production, the wind turbines … Continue reading Alstom moves 150 tons of equipment to its new offshore wind power facilities in Saint-Nazaire
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In France, 10,000 euros to switch to electric vehicles
France currently grants new car buyers a credit of 6,300 euros ($8,400) if they purchase an electric vehicle. But if a new bill submitted to Parliament by France’s Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy is approved, customers will be eligible for an additional bonus of 10,000 euros if they switch from a diesel powered vehicle to an … Continue reading In France, 10,000 euros to switch to electric vehicles
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Acquisition of a 14 MW wind power project in France
Boralex Inc. (“Boralex” or the “Corporation”), through its subsidiary Boralex Europe S.A., has acquired Calmont 14 MW wind power project in the Midi-Pyrénées region in France. “With the Calmont wind power project acquisition, Boralex is pursuing its growth in France, strengthening its energy portfolio in the wind segment,” said Boralex President and CEO Patrick Lemaire. … Continue reading Acquisition of a 14 MW wind power project in France
Continue readingNordex delivers turnkey wind power plants to France
Nordex has sold the French wind farm projects “Aubigeon” and “Les Touches” to the investment company GN Renewable Investments. “We are pleased to finalize the sale of two further projects in France developed by our own organization”, states Nordex Management Board member Lars Bondo Krogsgaard. The projects have been developed by Nordex in cooperation with … Continue reading Nordex delivers turnkey wind power plants to France
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Vestas customer EDF Energies Nouvelles has ordered 24 V90-3MW wind turbines and eight V80-2.0 MW wind turbines for an 88 MW wind power project in France
The wind energy order includes an option for an additional two V90-3.0 MW and one V80-2.0 MW wind turbines. Vestas will supply 24 V90-3.0 MW and eight V80-2.0 MW wind turbines for an 88 MW wind power plant in France, with an option for an additional eight MW, for a total potential of 96 MW. … Continue reading Vestas customer EDF Energies Nouvelles has ordered 24 V90-3MW wind turbines and eight V80-2.0 MW wind turbines for an 88 MW wind power project in France
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EDP Renewables opens a new wind farm in the Champagne-Ardennes region
EDP Renewables (EDP Renewables, Euronext: EDPR), a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the world’s fourth-largest wind energy producer, has opened a new wind farm in France today, constructed in the municipalities of Tarzy and Neuville-Lez-Beaulieu. The new wind farm is located in Ardennes, in the Champagne-Ardenne region. The cumulative annual production of … Continue reading EDP Renewables opens a new wind farm in the Champagne-Ardennes region
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French nuclear more costly than renewables by 2020
Electricity produced by onshore wind and solar plants may become more competitive with power generated by upgraded nuclear plants in France by the end of this decade, a study by environmental group Greenpeace showed on Thursday. The study comes a week before Energy Minister Segolene Royal presents the broad lines of a much-delayed framework … Continue reading French nuclear more costly than renewables by 2020
Continue readingFrench court annuls wind power decree
France’s highest administrative court on Wednesday annulled the decree setting wind power feed-in tariffs, marking the end of a complex legal procedure that has stifled investment in the French onshore wind energy sector. The French government has already prepared a new decree, which was cleared by the European Commission in March and will replace … Continue reading French court annuls wind power decree
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Nordex wins french wind farm order from VSB Energies Nouvelles
Nordex is enjoying tail wind from France, having received its first order from this country for the top-selling N117/2400 wind turbine. The order has been placed by project developer VSB Energies Nouvelles, which plans to fit its “Lazenay” wind farm with seven turbines from this series. The wind farm is located in the heart of … Continue reading Nordex wins french wind farm order from VSB Energies Nouvelles
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France wants Areva to buy Alstom wind energy unit if GE wins bid
France wants state-controlled nuclear group Areva to take over Alstom’s offshore wind turbine unit if General Electric’s bid for Alstom succeeds, a French paper reported on Friday. Areva and Alstom both produce offshore wind turbines and are part of different consortia to build 3,000 megawatts of wind power off the French coast in coming years. … Continue reading France wants Areva to buy Alstom wind energy unit if GE wins bid
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Offshore wind energy in France
Following a national public tender process, the French State has selected the group comprising GDF SUEZ, EDP Renewables, Neoen Marine and AREVA to install and operate offshore wind farms in the areas of Tréport (Upper Normandy, 500 MW) and the Isles of Yeu and Noirmoutier (Pays de la Loire, 500 MW). The partners welcome the … Continue reading Offshore wind energy in France
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Senvion and ENERTRAG sign contracts for 27 wind turbines in France
Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, the world’s fifth-largest* wind energy turbine manufacturer, concluded four contracts with ENERTRAG, one of the major renewable energy suppliers in Europe for supply and installation of 27 wind turbines with a total rated output of 54.45 megawatt (MW) for four wind farms in France. Senvion … Continue reading Senvion and ENERTRAG sign contracts for 27 wind turbines in France
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