Thegroup, which includes German development partner wpd and French turbinemaker Alstom, aims to bringing online the Tréport and Ile d’ Yeu / Ile deNoirmoutier megadevelopments – each expected to add 480-500MW to France'sinstalled offshore output – as early as 2021.

EDF,which won the Fécamp (498MW), Courseulles-sur-Mer (450MW) and Saint-Nazaire(480MW) projects in the country's first offshore tender in 2011, called itsbids "solid, tailored and realistic offers".

Alstomwill