EDF confirms bid in France's 2nd offshore wind power tender

Nov 29, 2013 - EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN), the renewable energy unit of EDF (EPA:EDF), today confirmed it had submitted a bid in France's second offshore wind power tender for a total of 1.0 GW in installed capacity.

As announced previously, EDF EN will team up with German WPD Offshore, and if selected will use the 6-MW turbine of Alstom (EPA:ALO).The bid submission deadline expires today with selection due to be made over the first quarter of 2014.

There is only one rival team, comprising French gas utility GDF Suez (EPA:GSZ) and Portugal's EDP Renewables (ELI:EDPR), which, if successful, will bet on the 8-MW turbine of Areva (EPA:AREVA).

Notably, the EDF-Alstom consortium was awarded the majority of the projects in France's first tender for a total of 2,000 MW.

France is aiming for wind offshore capacity of 6,000 MW by 2020, in line with its target to generate 23% of its gross final energy consumption from renewable energy sources.

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