Total, Ørsted and Elicio Comes Together, To Mutually Bid for Dunkirk Offshore Wind Farm

Total, Ørsted and Elicio have announced that it has come together to form an industrial conglomerate to submit a bid for the Dunkirk offshore wind farm in France for a capacity of up to 600MW.

In late 2016, France launched the tender for the development of the Dunkirk offshore wind farm. The French government is anticipated to declare the winning bidder in mid-2019. Elicio was pre-selected by the French Energy Regulatory Commission to bid for the project along with nine other companies, as per reports.

Elicio France President Emile Dumont believed: “Wind energy has significant growth potential in France and is at the heart of Elicio’s strategy to contribute towards a cleaner and cost-effective energy powered world.

“Further to Elicio’s successful pre-selection for the French round 3 competitive dialogue and by joining our unique expertise and experience, we are committed, with our partners Total and Ørsted, to making this tender a milestone in the French offshore wind sector”.

The projected offshore wind project, with a maximum capacity of 750MW, is planned to be built about 10km off the Dunkirk coast in northern France. It is part of the third round of tenders launched by France for the development of offshore wind farms. The Dunkirk offshore wind farm is estimated to be spread over 70 Km area.

Estimated to be commissioned by 2022, the Dunkirk offshore wind project will take France a step closer towards generating more than 3GW of energy from renewable resources, mainly from offshore wind by 2023.