French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has launched pre-qualification for a young by means of which it is going to award a contract for the supply of three offshore substations.
The substations will join three floating offshore wind farms that might be constructed off Southern Brittany and within the French Mediterranean to the grid on land.
RTE is getting ready to launch the tender early subsequent 12 months inside the framework of the French authorities’s offshore wind allocation rounds 5 and 6 (AO5 and AO6) because the TSO is accountable for the event, development and operation of the grid connections for the three initiatives, together with the offshore substations.
The corporate will award a contract for 3 HVAC substations, every with a capability of 750 MW and outfitted with a helideck, which might be put in between 40 and 50 kilometres offshore.
The pre-qualification interval is open till 26 January 2024. RTE will then launch the tender for the pre-selected candidate suppliers on 15 March 2024.
In 2021, France opened the primary tender for a business floating offshore wind venture off the south of Brittany with a capability of as much as 270 MW. By the upcoming tender(s), the federal government will award an extra 500 MW within the space. The floating wind initiatives can have a shared connection to the grid.
Final month, the French authorities specified the placement of two floating wind initiatives and their subsequent extensions within the Mediterranean Sea. The 2 units of initiatives of round 750 MW every might be constructed throughout two zones and comprise single floating wind farms with a capability of 250 MW every.
In the beginning of this month, France acquired the inexperienced gentle from the European Fee for the EUR 4.12 billion the federal government plans to make use of to help the development and operation of two floating offshore wind farms within the Gulf of Lion. The tender for this space can be anticipated to be launched subsequent 12 months.
ADVERTISE ON OFFSHOREWIND.BIZ
Get in entrance of your audience in a single transfer! OffshoreWIND.biz is learn by hundreds of offshore wind professionals every day.
Observe offshoreWIND.biz on:
