35 French companies will be represented in a France pavilion at EWEA 2012, to be held in Copenhagen from 16 to 19 April. This national pavilion is being organised by Ubifrance, the French agency for export promotion, in partnership with France Energie Eolienne, the wind power branch of the Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables (France’s Renewable Energies Union) and Windustry France. With support from their regional partners, French SMEs will be demonstrating their expertise and presenting their latest innovations to European clients.
France has a number of significant natural advantages that are helping it to establish itself as a major wind power country: it has the second largest wind resource in Europe after the United Kingdom, its mainland has three coastlines and it boasts the world’s second largest maritime area.
Its Research and Development initiatives and industrial expertise mean that it is in a position to develop an innovative and powerful wind sector. 11,000 people currently work in France’s wind sector - a number which is set to grow to 60,000 by 2020.
As of the end of December 2011, its total onshore installed capacity stood at 6600 MW. This should reach 19,000 MW by 2020, with offshore capacity reaching 6000 MW. In 2011, the French government issued an initial invitation to tender for 3000 MW, to be distributed across 500 to 600 wind turbines which will be built off the Channel, North Sea and Atlantic coasts. It should issue a second offshore invitation to tender any time now.
French companies involved in the wind sector are taking advantage of this favourable situation and are using the domestic market to develop expertise that has been acquired in other sectors, such as metallurgy, aeronautics, shipbuilding, etc. Thanks to a number of initiatives being implemented by various regional bodies, France’s wind industry is growing significantly. The Pays de la Loire regional agency, Bourgogne Développement, Bretagne Développement Innovation and Bretagne International, as well as representatives of the Picardie Regional Council, the Somme General Council and Havre Développement will all be present at EWEA 2012, alongside companies from their regions.
Come and meet the French exhibitors in Hall B at Stands BD10 - BE10 - BF10.
ASTRIUM has expertise in the field of high-performance composites which are used in developing and building wind turbine blades. www.astrium.eads.net
BLUE WATER SHIPPING
offers logistics services for onshore and offshore projects. www.bws.dk
THE BORDEAUX MARITIME PORTis a logistics and industrial platform. It creates and develops industrial zones and manages a number of port sites within the Gironde estuary. www.bordeaux-port.fr
BRETAGNE POLE NAVAL is a cluster of companies involved in the naval and Marine Renewable Energies sectors in Brittany. www.bretagnepolenaval.org
CEOLE specialises in building towers for wind turbines. www.ceole.com
The DCNS group builds submarines and surface combatants, as well as associated systems and infrastructures. DCNS also develops a wide range of marine renewable energy solutions. www.dcnsgroup.com
D.E.F. is specialised in developing fire safety systems and can provide all professionals with solutions tailored to meet their fire safety requirements. www.def-online.com
DELTA BOX is specialised in designing and manufacturing aircraft warning lights and can supply low, medium and high intensity solutions. www.delta-box.com
DOUCE HYDRO
designs and manufactures a wide range of small, medium and large hydraulic cylinders. www.doucehydro.com
EPSILONE COMPOSITE
is the world’s leading specialist in producing carbon fibre pultruded profiles for various industrial sectors, including wind power. www.epsilon-composite.com
ESI Group supplies virtual prototyping solutions for industry, factoring in the physical properties of materials. www.esi-group.com
FIXATOR designs suspended platforms for maintaining wind turbine blades and shafts, as well as hoists for lifting people. www.fixator.fr
FOURE LAGADEC is specialised in boiler works and develops essential components for use in wind turbines, such as transition pieces and masts, as well as providing maintenance services. www.fourelagadec.com
G-TEC provides specialised geotechnical engineering services, as well as carrying out marine geophysical and marine environmental surveys. www.g-tec.eu
H2AIR develops onshore wind farms. www.h2air.fr
IN VIVO is a consultancy firm specialised in marine, coastal and aquatic environments. It provides services for most wind farm projects in France. www.invivo-environnement.com
NAVALU builds aluminium boats that are functional, durable and reliable. www.navalu.fr
NEOPOLIA is a network of industrial subcontractors involved in Renewable Marine Energies. www.neopolia.fr
NETWIND is specialised in providing preventive and curative maintenance solutions for wind farms. www.net-wind.com
SIAG produces towers, as well as all the internal parts and steel foundation components required for onshore wind farms. It also has an offshore division for meeting the specific requirements of offshore wind farms. www.siag-group.com
STX FRANCE (EUROPE) is a leading shipbuilding group which is setting out to become the manufacturing partner for carrying out surveys and building facilities for generating electricity using renewable energies. www.stxeurope.com
STX FRANCE SOLUTIONS is specialised in designing the foundations for offshore wind farms and electricity substations. www.stxsolutions.fr
The VALOREM group is involved in all aspects of renewable energies - from development through to construction, as well as carrying out technical studies and maintenance operations. www.valorem-energie.com
Win 1.0, is an acronym for “Wind Innovation in Normandy”, a project backed by the Filière Energies Haute-Normandie association made up of a number of onshore and offshore test sites. It was set up to enable manufacturers to develop and certify new wind turbine prototypes in situations resembling operating conditions.
WIND FOR FUTURE is a cluster of companies involved in the wind sector in Burgundy and in the centre-east region of France. www.windforfuture.com
WIND INDUSTRY is the wind energy company cluster for the Aquitaine region. www.aquitainewindindustrycluster.com
The YES (Your Energy Solution) cluster is a group of companies in the Lorraine region involved in developing renewable energies, as well as subcontracting and providing maintenance services. www.windenergy4lorraine.com
About:
The Syndicat des énergies renouvelables (France’s Renewable Energies Union) is made up of more than 500 companies. It provides employment for more than 80,000 people and is worth some €10 billion. It counts companies from all the renewable energy sectors among its members: biomass (FBE), wood, biofuels, wind power (FEE), marine energies, geothermal energy, hydroelectricity, heat pumps, photovoltaic solar energy (SOLER), solar thermal energy and thermodynamic energy.
France Energie Eolienne has more than 230 members. The wind energy sector provides employment for more than 11,000 people in France and is worth more than €2 billion. As of the end of 2011, total installed capacity stood at more than 6600 MW.
Windustry France is the brand under which companies involved in France’s wind power sector operate. It currently includes nearly 300 industrial companies throughout France, which are already working for the French or European wind power industry.
Ubifrance, France’s agency for helping French companies in their international development has a network of 80 offices in 60 different countries which it uses to support French companies in their international development initiatives.
For any further information :
UBIFRANCE
Lorena PAZ VILAS
Project manager
Tel. : +33 (0)1 40 73 35 84
E-mail : lorena.pazvilas@ubifrance.fr
Brigitte MARCEL
Export adviser
Tel. : +45 33 37 61 79
E-mail : brigitte.marcel@ubifrance.fr
SERFE
Françoise JOUET
Communication manager
Tel : +33 (0)1 48 78 05 60
E-mail : francoise.jouet@enr.fr