Dutch provider of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units to the offshore oil and gas industry, SBM Offshore, has been selected by EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) to provide floating wind systems solution for a pilot project offshore France.
As a part of the French government’s turn towards the renewables sector, it was announced on November 4 that the government selected EDF EN’s proposal to construct the pilot wind farm for its Provence Grand Large project. The project will benefit from the Agence de L’Environnement et de La Maitrise de L’Energie (Environment and Energy Management Agency or ADEME) funding which is an integral part of the government’s new energy strategy.