{"id":1580,"date":"2022-01-27T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/ocean-winds-podejmuje-ostateczna-decyzje-inwestycyjna-w-sprawie-francuskiego-projektu-efgl%ef%bf%bc\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T17:35:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T16:35:31","slug":"final-decision-on-french-efgl-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/final-decision-on-french-efgl-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Final decision on French EFGL project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ocean Winds reaches Final Investment Decision on French EFGL project<\/strong>. <strong>This milestone marks the end of the development phase and start of construction for this key floating offshore wind pilot in the Mediterranean Sea.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ocean Winds, an international offshore wind energy company created by EDP Renewables (EDPR) and ENGIE (50:50),\u00a0and the \u201cBanque des territoires\u201d, as shareholders of the Eoliennes flottantes du golfe du Lion (EFGL) project, have just reached the Final Investment Decision, committing to the construction. This major step will allow the signing of contracts with the main industrial and financial partners and the launch of the project\u2019s actual implementation phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Built in consultation with local stakeholders and respectful of the environment, the EFGL project is already a reference in terms of environmental studies and biodiversity watch and protection. It is characterized by innovative technological choices and inhibits Ocean Winds\u00b4 ambition to quickly position floating wind energy as a competitive source integrated into the French energy mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThanks to the high-level teams working on the project,\u00a0this FID marks a step closer in the construction of a pilot that will serve as a technological reference for the entire floating wind energy sector\u201d, said Grzegorz Gorski, COO Ocean Winds.\u00a0\u201cAs the third generation of the Principle Power Inc. floater technology \u2013 after WindFloat 1 (2MW) starting operation ten years ago and WindFloat Atlantic (25MW) from two years ago \u2013 the design of the EFGL floater holds significant improvements and new solutions. With such a long operational experience, it is now the most advanced floater technology and is ready for a full-scale commercial deployment.\u201d In addition, he commented: \u201cOcean Winds with PPI technology is now the only continuation of the French pilot programme projects bidding in Bretagne Sud tender. The other technologies awarded are either discontinued or the awarded developers changed their bets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EFGL pilot project involves the construction and operation of three 10 MW floating wind turbines,\u00a0more than 16 km offshore from Leucate (Aude) and Le Barcar\u00e8s (Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es-Orientales). By capturing the regular and sustained offshore winds,\u00a0the turbines, the most powerful ever installed on a float, will cover the annual electricity needs of more than 50,000 coastal residents.\u00a0The farm is scheduled to be commissioned at the end of 2023 and will operate for 20 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ocean Winds reaches Final Investment Decision on French EFGL project. This milestone marks the end of the development phase and start of construction for this key floating offshore wind pilot in the Mediterranean Sea. Ocean Winds, an international offshore wind energy company created by EDP Renewables (EDPR) and ENGIE (50:50),\u00a0and the \u201cBanque des territoires\u201d, as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/final-decision-on-french-efgl-project\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1582,"href":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions\/1582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bc-wind.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}