{"id":90356,"date":"2025-09-28T07:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T07:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/90356\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T07:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T07:59:07","slug":"giant-1-5-gigawatt-wind-farm-planned-for-france-its-biggest-clean-energy-project-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/90356\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant 1.5 Gigawatt Wind Farm Planned for France \u2014 Its Biggest Clean Energy Project Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TotalEnergies and RWE have been selected to build the largest clean energy power plant in France, a 1.5-gigawatt wind farm. The project is the Centre Manche 2 (AO8) offshore wind farm.<\/p>\n

Traditionally a fossil fuel giant (and still so), it\u2019s interesting that TotalEnergies has made the shift enough to be selected for such a large wind project. How different things are in France than in the USA, where our president is trying his hardest to kill a budding offshore wind industry and Exxon has nothing at all to do with wind power, let alone winning contracts to build and operate the biggest wind farms.<\/p>\n

Speaking of TotalEnergies, here\u2019s some more info on the project from the oil-turn-wind giant: \u201cLocated more than 40 km off the coast of Normandy, this will be the largest renewable energy project ever developed in France. Once built, it will generate approximately 6 TWh per year and supply green electricity to the equivalent of over 1 million French households. The electricity will be sold at a competitive price of \u20ac66\/MWh, as set by the tender.<\/p>\n

\u201cTotalEnergies will be the operator of the project, relying on its expertise in offshore wind and the management of large-scale marine energy projects. The Company will continue the necessary studies to reach a final investment decision by early 2029. Electricity production is expected to begin in 2033, in line with RTE\u2019s grid connection schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project is expected to employ up to 2,500 during its 3 years of construction. The giant project is expected to come at a cost of \u20ac4.5 billion, but pay back much more than that over time.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, they are also inviting local residents and authorities to invest in the project. Here are some other goodies regarding the project:<\/p>\n