A €11 billion (£9.6bn) scheme aimed at supporting offshore wind energy in France has been granted approval by the European ...

Support comes as France looks to build momentum for offshore wind sector that took a long time to get up and running ...

The European Commission has approved a £9.5 billion scheme to introduce new support contracts for France's offshore wind ...

Italian offshore services provider Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has secured two new contracts from Prysmian, worth $23.5 ...

Wind energy contract deadline pushed back FILE – Three wind turbines from Deepwater Wind stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation's first offshore wind farm. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer ...

A specialized "jack up" barge at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind site near the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Mass. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Raquel C Zaldívar/New England News Collaborative) ...

While Britain and Germany have already built 8,200 and 6,400 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind capacity - enough to power millions of homes - France does not have a single turbine in the water.

The parties now say they expect to reach an agreement by March 31, more than two months after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to halt offshore wind.

A French wind power tender has attracted interest from a slew of international energy heavyweights, signalling that France's offshore wind industry could finally be taking off after years of missteps.