Highlights First ever commercial floating project July 1 deadline to preselect candidates Bids capped at Eur120/MWh London — France has opened a tender for the world’s first commercial floating offshore wind project in an area off the South Brittany coast, energy regulator CRE said. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now A public consultation for the 250 MW project, offshore Lorient to the west of the Belle Ile, was concluded in December 2020 and a report published in February. The tender is the first under an accelerated system, CRE said. In a first phase to July 1, the regulator is to pre-select candidates based on criteria including operating offshore infrastructure such as floating wind with over 20 MW capacity, according to a document dated April 30. The second phase, a competitive dialogue between pre-selected candidates and the regulator, starts in September for […]