RTE issues tender for Dunkirk offshore substation

The TSO plans to award two contracts to one awardee for the construction, delivery and maintenance of the wind farm

French TSO RTE has issued a contract for the construction, delivery and maintenance of an offshore substation which will deliver power from Eoliennes en Mer de Dunkerque's 600MW Dunkirk wind farm.

The TSO plans to award two contracts to one awardee - including one that will include engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of the substation.

The second contract will be for the operations and maintenance of the substation for a period of up to twenty years.

The tender for these contracts will remain open until December 7. A value for the contracts was not included on the tender document.

When completed Dunkirk will comprise 46 wind turbines located in an area of ​​less than 50 square km and will produce electricity at €44 per megawatt hour.

The offshore wind project was awarded in June 2019 by the French state to the EMD consortium, made up of EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge and RWE Renewables (Innogy at the time).

RTE is in charge of the electrical connection for the wind farm including the construction of the offshore substation and a land-based electrical substation on the territory of the Grand Port Maritime de Dunkirk (GPMD).