Bidding Period Closes for 10 GW French Offshore Wind Tender

France has closed the bid submission period for AO10, its largest offshore wind tender to date, which is looking for developers for eleven projects with a combined capacity of around 10 GW.

The deadline for submitting offers was 12:00 on 12 October, according to the French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), which will assess the bids ahead of the planned award of projects in February 2027.

AO10 combines projects previously planned under two separate procurement rounds, AO9 and AO10, bringing them into a single tender. The move consolidates the development of offshore wind projects across France’s maritime regions, with around 5 GW of capacity allocated to fixed-bottom wind and another 5 GW to floating wind.

The tender comprises seven floating and four fixed-bottom offshore wind projects, including the delayed Oléron offshore wind project, which received no bids in an earlier tender.

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