France has launched tenders for seven offshore wind projects totalling 10 gigawatts, along with 1.2 GW of solar and 0.8 GW of onshore wind, as part of a broader push to strengthen energy sovereignty with homegrown technologies, according to global news provider Reuters.
The announcement marks the country’s first major offshore wind round since adopting a new 10‑year energy planning law in February, which raises the installed offshore wind target to 15 GW by 2035 from under 2 GW today.
The medium‑term goal is to cut the country’s dependence on imported oil and gas and reduce exposure to volatile global energy markets, including disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz and rising European prices.
Finance Minister Roland Lescure said the renewables drive builds on France’s existing nuclear base, which he argued has helped insulate the country from recent shocks and kept electricity prices around 30–35% lower than in Italy.
France will give priority to developers using domestic and European‑sourced components, ahead of a broader “Made in Europe” framework to be integrated into public procurement criteria from 2030. On offshore wind, bids can source no more than four of nine strategic components from China, and the share of Chinese‑made permanent magnets in turbines will be capped at 50%. For solar projects, the resilience criterion will apply to photovoltaic cells and modules.
Future tenders will also include sustainability and cybersecurity criteria, reflecting a long‑term strategy to secure European supply chains, Lescure added. The government cited several domestic industrial players, including Holosolis for PV cells in Moselle, Nexans for cables in Ain, Carester for rare-earth processing in the Atlantic Pyrenees, and French‑based wind turbine sites operated by Siemens Gamesa and GE Vernova.
