en.Wedoany.com Reported - The French government published a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union on June 11, 2026, initiating the development rights award procedure for 11 offshore wind projects.

The 11 projects covered by this tender include 7 floating and 4 fixed-bottom projects, with a total installed capacity slightly exceeding 10 GW. The wind farm sites are located off the coasts of Normandy and Brittany, in the South Atlantic, and in the Mediterranean Sea. The project areas and planned installed capacities are as follows: Fécamp Grand Large includes three fixed-bottom projects, each with a capacity of 1.35 GW; Bretagne Nord Ouest is a 1.2 GW floating wind farm; Bretagne Sud 2 is a 500 MW floating wind farm; Oléron 1 is a 1.2 GW fixed-bottom offshore wind farm; Narbonnaise Sud Hérault 2 is a 500 MW floating wind farm; Golfe du Lion Centre includes one 1.1 GW and two 550 MW floating wind farms; Golfe de Fos 2 is a 500 MW floating wind farm.

The bid submission deadline is October 12, 2026. According to procurement information on the website of the French Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission de Régulation de l'Énergie, CRE), developers may submit information requests by July 19. Earlier this year, the French government announced plans to award approximately 10 GW of offshore wind capacity through the combined AO9 and AO10 tenders. The tender results are expected to be announced by the end of 2026 or early 2027.

The tender documents and official pages do not specify the exact number of turbines for each wind farm, only the installed capacity targets for each area or project.

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