#France

RWE has secured two contracts in French for an 11 MW onshore wind project and a 4 MW solar project.

Valorem has announced that its PV projects have received Environmental Terms Approval (ETA) from the Greek Ministry of Energy and Environment.

Construction works have commenced on the Celtic Interconnector that will link Ireland and France.

EDF Renewables has opened the Rivière des Galets solar power plant in Réunion, providing a second lease of life to a former “wild” landfill site.

French electricity transmission operator RTE has commissioned Dorsalys to build the Grande Sole substation.

French DSO Enedis has installed a new transformer in the Le Bourget substation just outside Paris.

France, Paris: Schneider Electric and the public institution Rebuilding Notre Dame de Paris have signed a sponsorship agreement.

The Channel Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, has reached a technological milestone with a high-voltage grid solution from GE.

SNCF Réseau and the National Institute for Solar Energy (INES) in France have agreed to jointly develop renewables projects.

Hitachi Energy has announced winning an order to supply its Grid-eMotion® Flash ultrafast charging system for two bus routes Clermont-Ferrand, central France.

Hungary, Budapest: Ganz Transformers and Electric Rotating Machines Ltd. has delivered a high-performance transformer unit in France.

France, Paris: The European Commission’s LIFE climate action program has awarded GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business $3 M (€3 M) to fund.

Transformers Magazine proudly presents an interview with Domenico Villani, Executive Board Director of KEMA Labs – Testing, Inspection and Certification Division – and Executive Vice President at CESI.

France, Paris: Hitachi Energy has unveiled the world’s first eco-efficient 420-kV circuit-breaker in conjunction with CIGRE Session 2022.

France, Paris: Over the past three months, three offshore electrical platforms with GE Grid Solutions’ technology have successfully sailed out.

France, Paris: The French government has announced its intentions to take full control of energy utility company EDF.

France: The offshore substation topside and jacket foundation for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm have been loaded and will soon be transported to 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.