#France

France, Paris: GE’s Grid Solutions business and HSM Offshore Energy have announced signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for further AC projects.

France, Paris: GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions has unveiled the world’s first 420 kV, 63 kA g3 gas-insulated substation (GIS) circuit-breaker prototype.

France, Paris: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has launched a platform through which 16 governments will share best practices to achieve energy efficiency.

France, Paris: GE continues to provide leading technological solutions to the ever-evolving challenges facing grid operators today.

France, Saint-Nazaire: In another pioneering step in the offshore wind industry, DEME installed the first offshore substation (OSS) in France.

France, Montoir-de-Bretagne: The jacket foundation and the topside of the substation are to move from the port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire to the installation site.

France: Atlantique Offshore Energy has signed a contract to carry out the maintenance of the substation for the Calvados offshore wind farm off France.

France, Paris: GreenStruxure, a joint venture of Schneider Electric and Huck Capital, and ClearGen (Blackstone), have announced a strategic partnership.

France, Paris: VINCI has signed an agreement to acquire ACS’s energy business that includes a 15 GW renewables pipeline, for $5.7 B (€4.2 B).

Nexans has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Empire Offshore Wind LLC to connect the Empire Wind offshore projects to the onshore grid.

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and Sembcorp Marine have won a contract to supply a state-of-the-art HVDC transmission system for Sofia.

France, Saint-Nazaire: Fabrication of the offshore substation topside for the Fécamp offshore wind farm is progressing in Saint-Nazaire.

France, Paris: A new high-voltage power line between France and Britain is expected to go live by the end of January.

France, Paris: Nexans is to supply specialised power cables to Australia’s solar farms.

SRD and GÉRÉDIS Deux-Sèvres awarded Efacec the modernisation of the command centres responsible for managing the electrical distribution network in New Aquitaine.

France, Paris: Global power producer ENGIE has appointed Gillian-Alexandre Huart as CEO of ENGIE Energy Access.

Atlantique Offshore Energy has begun construction of the Fécamp offshore wind farm electrical substation with its partners GE Grid Solutions and SDI.

Michel Augonnet has taken the position of the new President of CIGRE, and Michael Heyeck became the Vice President of Finance (Treasurer).

France: Trench has developed, tested, and launched the first high voltage bushing insulated with biodegradable ester fluid.

France: The installation of Saint Nazaire’s offshore substation is due to start in summer 2020, despite COVID-19 impacts.

Consortium Atlantique Offshore Energy, GE Grid Solutions, and Société de Dragage International made a contract to deliver electrical substations to 2 wind farms

France: RTE is proposing to invest $36.4 B (33 B euros) by 2035 to renovate the French network and add more international power lines.

France: French duo Ideol and Atlantique Offshore Energy have unveiled market-ready plans for a floating substation for the offshore wind sector.

France, Paris: Exxelia, a global designer and manufacturer of highly engineered passive components, will exhibit two innovative products.