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. I ts 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 PORT is 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. F or 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

The Pays de la Loire region (in western France) will be present at the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 trade show in Amsterdam (in The Netherlands), which will take place between 29 November and 1 December. The French region’s pavilion will provide visitors with the opportunity to better understand its offshore-energy sector. The region will also host a conference that will take place at the trade fair on 29 November. On 3 November, ALSTOM announced its decision to set up an industrial site in St Nazaire (in the Pays de la Loire region), with the creation of two production facilities for nacelles and generators of wind turbines. This decision highlights the appeal of the Pays de la Loire region for important industrial projects relating to offshore wind energy and, more generally, to the offshore-renewable-energy sector. Pays de la Loire is intent on taking the lead in the marine-renewable-energy sector in France: its prime objective is to reach 1,400 MW in offshore wind energy produced within the region by 2017, as part of the overall call for tender, in France, which was for 6,000 MW. The region is undertaking various short- and medium-term projects linked to offshore energy. These include SEM-REV, an experimental site which will be located in the open sea and whose aim will be to harness wave energy. SEM-REV will also test the small-size production of offshore wind energy and will be operational from early 2012. SEM-REEF is another of the region’s projects. It will be a test site devoted to floating offshore wind energy and will be one of the few projects aimed at performing life-size experiments. The Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer (or IFREMER, the French research institute for the sea) has identified the site as one of the most significant projects to host France Energies Marines, i.e. France’s national offshore renewable-energy platform. The Pays de la Loire region, which faces the Atlantic, on the west coast of France, is fast turning into a premier centre for offshore wind energy: in terms of R&D, industrial capacity and logistics, everything is now in place for the offshore-wind-energy sector to start growing rapidly across the region. The Pays de la Loire has advanced engineering, research and testing facilities. In terms of R&D, the region possesses two flagship institutions. Firstly, there is the Ecole Centrale de Nantes, which is acknowledged throughout Europe for its commitment to the offshore-renewable-energy sector. Secondly, the region has the Jules Verne Wind Tunnel at the Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (or CSTB, France’s scientific and technical centre for the construction industry) — a national R&D centre devoted to the interactions between wind and large structures. Several high-technology clusters further strengthen the appeal of Pays de la Loire in the field of ren ewable energy. The EMC2 cluster of excellence, specialising in metal assemblies and complex composites, runs the world-class Jules Verne Technological Research Institute. This institute is devoted to advanced technology in the production of composites, metals and hybrid structures. It also houses Technocampus Océan, which is a platform focused on innovation in metals, oceanic applications and sea-based forms of energy. Pays de la Loire is also outstanding in terms of logistical services and facilities. The Port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire is the leading port on France’s Atlantic coast and the fourth most important port in France. It specialises in the transport and handling of large industrial assemblies and heavy freight; it also offers land, which is available for development, as well as infrastructures and logistical facilities that are tailored to the needs of operators. The following companies, which are all key regional players in the offshore-renewable-energy sector, will be on the Pays de la Loire pavilion (Hall 11 —11550a) at the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 trade show. ALSTOM ALSTOM is a major player in the offshore-energy sector globally. www.alstom.com DCNS Group DCNS Group is an innovator in marine-based energy, employing 12,500 people and generating annual revenues of around €2.5 billion. http://en.dcnsgroup.com   METEODYN METEODYN is a design firm that specialises in wind simulation and climatology. www.meteodyn.com NEOPOLIA NEOPOLIA is a network of 160 companies across five markets, including offshore renewable energy, marine technology, oil and gas, aerospace, and railway transport. www.neopolia.fr NET-WIND NET-WIND is a cluster of excellence devoted to the maintenance of wind-energy facilities. www.net-wind.fr ROLLIX ROLLIX is the world’s leader in wind-turbine slewing rings for blades and towers, which are suitable for all power levels.  www.rollix.com   STX France STX France is a specialist in large assembly and a designer of high-technical-content floating engines using metal sub-assemblies (including metal foundations, towers and electrical sub-stations) and of cable-laying ships. www.stxeurope.com   About Pays de la Loire The region of Pays de la Loire will be represented at the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 trade show in Amsterdam (in The Netherlands), which will take place between 29 November and 1 December 2011. The French region will organise a conference, which will take place on 29 November at 2.00pm (Room D403/Elicium, on the fourth floor). The Pays de la Loire Pavilion can be found in Hall 11 (stand 11550a). For further information about EWEA OFFSHORE, please go to: www.offshorewind2011.info For further information about Pays de la Loire, please go to: www.paysdelaloire.eu

ROLLIX, one of the key players in the French offshore wind-turbine sector, has developed pitch and yaw bearings for the new Alstom Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbine — the largest offshore wind turbine manufactured to date. Within the framework of a strategic partnership, Alstom, a world leader in power generation, and ROLLIX, its historical supplier, have developed the slewing ring bearings for both the blades and the nacelle (i.e. the outer casing) of the turbines ROLLIX’s specialised engineers, working near Nantes (in western France), collaborated closely with the Alstom team to design the slewing ring bearings that will be used for the new offshore-wind turbine. The slewing bearings, which control blade rotation (pitching) and nacelle rotation (yawing), have gone through a highly specific development process. The components that ROLLIX has engineered were optimised so that they could take up as little space as possible, and yet withstand the loads of the new offshore-wind turbine that features the world’s longest blades, which are 73.5-metres long each. The pitch and yaw bearings, which feature impressively sized rings of almost 4 metres in diameter, were then assembled on the wind turbine itself in Saint-Nazaire, the large Atlantic port located close to the ROLLIX plant (in the Pays de la Loire region of western France).  The ROLLIX slewing ring bearings are perfect for use in the offshore-wind-energy industry, since they are made of strong and precise components that can withstand the high speeds, high loads and salty environment involved in this segment of the energy sector. ROLLIX boasts a number of achievements worldwide and is a supplier to major international wind-turbine manufacturers. Bearings made by the specialist French company are found on more than 37,000 wind turbines internationally, representing 52GW in established power, including 1.5GW of offshore energy. From 5kW to over 10MW, ROLLIX supplies all the manufacturers in the wind-turbine field. ROLLIX designs specific bearings that are suited to a wind turbine’s lifespan. The company’s special sealing system makes for completely tight bearings. It can also provide integrated bearings with an automatic-lubrication system. ROLLIX’s finish by grinding is a state-of-the-art technology, used for the double-row slewing rings. About ROLLIX ROLLIX, part of the Defontaine Group, has been designing and manufacturing special bearings and slewing rings that range from 150mm to 7000mm in diameter, with and without gears, since 1974. The company is one of the key players and a pioneer in France’s wind-turbine sector, within the framework of offshore-development projects. ROLLIX will take part in the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 trade show in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) from 29 November to 1 December 2011 (Stand 11550), and the EWEA 2012 conference in Copenhagen (Denmark) from 16 to 19 April 2012. For further information about Alstom, please go to: www.alstom.com For further information about ROLLIX, please go to: www.rollix.com

Siemens Wind Power, som er den største producent af offshore vindmøller, er etableret i Danmark og har et netværk af førende underleverandører. Ubifrance Danmark har organiseret et eksportfremstød i samarbejde med Siemens Wind Power, hvor følgende franske virksomheder deltog. De er: - FERRY CAPITAIN - www.ferrycapitain.fr - JEUMONT ELECTRIC - www.jeumontelectric.com   - SKF France - www.skf.dk   - BECK-CRESPEL SAS - www.beckcrespel.com   - JEFMAG - www.jefmag.fr    - PTP Industry - www.ptp-industry.com   - VON ROLL SA - www.vonroll.com   - XP Group - www.mgr.fr Disse 8 virksomheder har således kunnet: - deltage i et velkomstseminar og præsentation af udbudsprocedurer af SWP Global Sourcing Manager - besøge Siemens Wind Power A/S’ nacelle-produktion i Brande - gennemføre B2B-møder med relevante indkøbere For yderligere informationer, venligst kontakt : Brigitte Marcel Eksportrådgiver Infrakstruktur Transport Industri Tlf: 33 37 61 85 Email: brigitte.marcel@ubifrance.fr