The EDF group inaugurates its first floating solar power plant installed on the lake of a hydroelectric dam in Lazer in the Hautes-Alpes
Lazer, June 20, 2023 – The EDF group is inaugurating the Lazer floating solar power plant, the first of its subsidiary EDF Renewables in France and the first to combine photovoltaic and hydroelectric production on the same site. Installed on the lake of a hydroelectric dam operated by EDF, it doubles the capacity of […]
EDF Renewables and its partners inaugurate ADELI, an agrivoltaic demonstrator on rice fields in Beaucaire
Beaucaire, June 19, 2023 – EDF Renewables and its partners are inaugurating an agrivoltaic demonstrator on rice crops in rotation with alfalfa. The results of this demonstrator will be used to study the way in which agrivoltaism can respond to the agricultural, environmental and climatic challenges specific to this territory. Located in the town […]
E.Leclerc and EDF Renewables announce the installation of 3 solar power plants in Allier
This is the first long-term supply contract for electricity from renewable sources for the Ivry-sur-Seine brand – June 5, 2023 – In line with its commitments to more virtuous energy, SIPLEC (E. Leclerc) has concluded with EDF Renewables a long-term purchase contract for electricity from renewable sources (or Corporate PPA) which will allow the […]
The City of Saumur and EDF Renewables inaugurate the first solar power plant in Saumur (49)
EDF Renewables and the City of Saumur inaugurate the Saumur Chemin Vert solar power plant. Designed by EDF Renewables at the initiative of the City of Saumur, this renewable energy installation offers a second life to a former technical landfill center. The new power plant, by producing the equivalent of the electricity consumption of 5,500 people, contributes to […]
The Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind farm project reaches a major milestone with the launching of its first float
Paris, May 22, 2023 – EDF Renewables and Enbridge Éolien France 2 S.à.rl, a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc. and CPP Investments, have successfully launched the first of three floats which will accommodate the wind turbines of Provence Grand Large. A new major step for floating offshore wind power in France. After loading […]
EDF Renewables and Fred. Olsen SeaWind win auction for Ireland's first offshore wind power tender
Paris, May 16, 2023 – At the end of the first auction for the development of marine renewable energies launched by the Irish government, the project company Codling Wind Park, owned by EDF Renouvelables and Fred. Olsen Seawind won the largest wind project in the Irish Sea on May 11, 2023. EirGrid, […]
EDF Renewables launches with Lendosphere its first crowdfunding campaign for the renewal of the Oupia wind farm, in Hérault (Languedoc-Roussillon)
Paris, May 2, 2023 – EDF Renewables is launching a crowdfunding campaign via Lendosphere for its first wind farm renewal in mainland France: the Oupia wind farm located in Hérault. The collection, open from May 2 to June 11, will allow the local population to invest in the wind farm. This fundraising campaign […]
Inauguration of the operating base – maintenance of the Calvados offshore wind farm, and the development of the Ouistreham outer port
The operation and maintenance base of the Calvados offshore wind farm was inaugurated today, in the presence of Bruno Bensasson, Executive Director of the EDF group in charge of renewable energies and Chairman and CEO of EDF Renewables, Hervé Morin, President of Ports of Normandy and the Normandy Region, Michel Fricout, Vice-President of […]
The EDF group and Maple Power win a gigawatt offshore wind project off the coast of Normandy
Paris, March 27, 2023 – At the end of the fourth offshore wind call for tenders launched in January 2021, the Ministry of Energy Transition chose Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie, the project company owned by the EDF Renouvelables consortium, a subsidiary of EDF group, and Maple Power, to ensure the design, construction, […]
The Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux and EDF Renewables partners for a solar power plant in Verdon-sur-Mer
Le Verdon-sur-Mer, March 20, 2023 – The Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux and EDF Renewables sign an agreement for the installation of a photovoltaic power plant at the Verdon-sur-Mer port terminal in Gironde. With a maximum capacity of 52 MWp, this future renewable energy production facility will contribute to the development of a former oil storage area. […]