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Veolia and Waga Energy launch one of the largest green gas projects in France

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 Robin Whitlock

Waga Energy and Veolia signed a contract in early October in Paris to install a Wagabox purification unit at the Claye-Souilly (Seine-et-Marne) waste storage centre.

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GE Renewable Energy, EDF Renewables and Enbridge celebrate production of first nacelle for French wind farm

Thursday, 17 September 2020 Robin Whitlock Jérôme Pécresse, President and CEO of GE Renewable Energy, as well as Bruno Bensasson, EDF Group Senior Executive Vice-President Renewable Energies, representing the consortium formed by EDF Renewables ...

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GE Renewable Energy to hire 250 employees for its wind turbine blade factory in Cherbourg, France

Thursday, 18 June 2020 Robin Whitlock

GE Renewable Energy has announced today its plan to recruit 250 employees at its LM Wind Power wind turbine blade manufacturing site in Cherbourg, France, by the first quarter of 2021.

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DEME Offshore and Herrenknecht to manufacture a subsea drill for the construction of Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm

Friday, 14 February 2020 Robin Whitlock DEME Offshore and Herrenknecht have signed an agreement for the fabrication of a subsea drill to be deployed at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France, which will be the first wind farm in the ...

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Kallista Energy chooses Greenbyte Energy Cloud to future-proof its wind farm monitoring

Tuesday, 14 January 2020 Robin Whitlock Independent power producer (IPP) Kallista Energy has chosen Greenbyte’s data platform to upgrade and reinforce its wind farm monitoring capacity as it expects its 213MW wind energy portfolio in France ...

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Sonnedix announces €28.5 million refinancing of 32 MW portfolio in France

Monday, 04 March 2019 Robin Whitlock

Global solar power producer Sonnedix has announced the non-recourse debt refinancing of a 32 MW portfolio of photovoltaic plants in south west France at a value of 28.5 million euros.

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Engie, EDPR, Sumitomo Corporation and the Bank of the Territories receive green light for wind turbines at Dieppe

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 Robin Whitlock A project awarded in June 2014 for the construction of two offshore wind farms off the coast of Dieppe – Le Treport is now taking shape with receipt of the necessary prefectoral authorisations today ...

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Paris study to explore the electrification of the River Seine

Thursday, 24 January 2019 Robin Whitlock

The City of Paris has set ambitious goals to improve air quality and reduce the city’s carbon footprint in conjunction with the upcoming Olympic Games in 2024.

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ENGIE and EDPR partner with Sumitomo to develop offshore wind projects at Yeu-Noirmoutier and Dieppe-Le Tréport

Tuesday, 18 December 2018 Robin Whitlock As part of a new alliance with ENGIE, Sumitomo Corporation is investing 29.5 percent in offshore wind projects at Dieppe Le Tréport and 29.5 percent in Yeu Noirmoutier, and is providing the consortium ...

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Ciel & Terre and Principia Partner on Floating Solar Technology

Friday, 14 December 2018 REM French companies Ciel & Terre and Principia have entered into a collaboration agreement to further develop Ciel & Terre’s leading floating solar platform systems, supported by Principia’s strong ...