Renewables

27 April 2023

ENGIE reaches Final Investment Decision for its Dieppe-Le Tréport offshore wind farm

The Group has now 1 GW of offshore wind projects in construction phase in France. ENGIE, through Ocean Winds, the joint venture held 50/50 with EDP Renewables and dedicated to offshore wind, announces the final investment decision for the Dieppe-Le Tréport project, together w...

21 April 2023

ENGIE announces the Financial Close of Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland

ENGIE, through its joint venture Ocean Winds held 50/50 with EDP Renewables and dedicated to offshore wind, announces the financial close for Moray West Offshore wind farm with £2bn of non-recourse project finance secured. Moray West, localized in the Moray Firth, Scotland, re...

6 April 2023

Iles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm reaches Final Investment Decision and starts construction

Ocean Winds, ENGIE’s joint venture held 50/50 with EDP Renewables and dedicated to offshore wind, announces today the final investment decision for the Îles d'Yeu and Noirmoutier project, together with its partners Sumitomo Corporation, Banque des Territoires and Vendée Energi...

7 February 2023

Give an immediate boost to the development of renewable energies

France’s Assemblée Nationale and its Senate have just passed the bill designed to facilitate the creation of renewable energy projects – vital for tackling the challenges posed by climate change and the current energy crisis. 

19 January 2023

ENGIE signs major biomethane supply agreement with Arkema to further reduce the carbon footprint of its bio-based polyamide 11 materials

ENGIE and Arkema have signed a long-term agreement starting on 1st January 2023, for the supply of 300 GWh/year of renewable biomethane in France. This represents one of the largest private biomethane deal in Europe to date.

8 December 2022

Ocean Winds awarded a 2 GW floating offshore wind project in California

Ocean Winds, ENGIE’s joint venture held 50/50 with EDP Renewables and dedicated to offshore wind, was awarded a lease area for a floating offshore wind site of 2 GW capacity by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

24 November 2022

ENGIE and Google conclude a Corporate PPA relying on Ocean Winds’ offshore wind development

ENGIE and Google to undertake a 12-year 100 MW corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) supporting Moray West offshore wind development.

10 November 2022

ENGIE to develop a 3 GW wind farm in Egypt

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, on the 8th of November, by consortium partners Orascom Construction PLC, Toyota Tsusho Corporation and ENGIE with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) and the New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) to build,...

27 October 2022

ENGIE acquires 6 GW of solar and battery storage capacity projects from Belltown Power in the US

The acquisition of these 33 early to late-stage projects will accelerate renewables development across multiple states in North America and significantly strengthen the Group's project pipeline

22 August 2022

Ocean Winds will develop 2 new floating offshore wind projects (2.3 GW) in Scotland

As part of the clearing round process for ScotWind leasing, Crown Estate Scotland awarded Ocean Winds, the 50-50 joint venture of ENGIE and EDPR dedicated to offshore wind, with two additional seabed leases for floating offshore wind projects: a 1.8 GW capacity site with partn...

30 June 2022

CMA CGM and ENGIE set to co-invest in the Salamander project, to produce second-generation biomethane

First concrete project under the strategic partnership that ENGIE and the CMA CGM Group signed in November 2021. CMA CGM will acquire a stake in the Salamander project and the launch decision is expected to be made in late 2022. Salamander plans to come on stream gradually i...

31 May 2022

ENGIE, NEOEN and the Banque des Territoires announce a new stage in development of the HORIZEO renewable energy project

ENGIE, NEOEN and the Banque des Territoires, committed players in the energy transition of the regions, announce the continued development of the HORIZEO project with several changes and new commitments. This decision follows the public debate organised by the National Commiss...

12 May 2022

ENGIE awarded multi-country on-site solar contract by Faurecia

ENGIE announced today the signing of an on-site solar power contract with Faurecia, a major player in the global automotive industry and a FORVIA Group company. This new carbon-neutrality agreement follows a global partnership between ENGIE and Faurecia to support its energy t...

5 May 2022

Renewable energy: ENGIE launches its pioneering label in France with the expertise of Bureau Veritas

ENGIE launches today a pioneering initiative to speed up the acceptance of renewable energies, with the creation of a label jointly-designed with Bureau Veritas.  Named “TED” for Transition Energétique Durable (Sustainable Energy Transition), the label is founded on meaningf...

28 February 2022

Ocean Winds, an ENGIE JV, awarded in the “New York Bight” auction

Ocean Winds, ENGIE’s 50/50 joint venture with EDPR dedicated to offshore wind, has been awarded a 289 km2 lease area in the New York Bight offshore wind energy auction, for a site with a capacity of up to 1.7 GW. 

26 January 2022

Offshore wind: a key step towards the world’s first large scale floating wind project

Ocean Winds, an ENGIE 50/50 joint-venture with EDPR, and its partner Aker Offshore Wind, have been awarded the exclusive rights to develop the Korea Floating Wind project.

17 January 2022

Ocean Winds, an ENGIE JV, awarded new seabed rights for offshore wind in Scotland

ENGIE’s joint venture Ocean Winds, held 50/50 with EDPR and dedicated to offshore wind, has been awarded the rights to develop new offshore wind generation capacity in the outer Moray Firth in Scotland, as part of the ScotWind tender process run by Crown Estate Scotland (CES).

20 December 2021

Ocean Winds, an ENGIE JV, secures 400 MW PPA in the US

ENGIE is pleased to announce that Ocean Winds, its 50/50 joint venture with EDPR dedicated to offshore wind, has secured a 400 MW Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”) for Mayflower Wind, the 50/50 joint venture company owned by Ocean Winds and Shell New Energies, to deliver clean...

29 November 2021

ENGIE and BASF sign power purchase agreement for renewable energy in Europe

Long-term PPA over 25 years Total volume amounts up to 20.7 terawatt hours Renewable energy for low-emission chemical production

11 November 2021

ENGIE and Crédit Agricole Assurances acquire one of the largest independent renewable power producers in Spain

ENGIE and Crédit Agricole Assurances are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement to acquire from Canadian institutional investment manager, Alberta Investment Management Corporation, a 97.33% stake of Eolia Renovables, one of the largest renewable power produce...

4 October 2021

SIGEIF, ENGIE and the town of Marcoussis inaugurate the largest solar farm in Île-de-France, in the presence of Barbara Pompili, Minister for the E...

The largest photovoltaic farm in Île-de-France was inaugurated on 4 October 2021 by Catherine MacGregor, Chief Executive Officer of ENGIE, Jean-Jacques Guillet, chairman of SIGEIF, and Olivier Thomas, mayor of Marcoussis and departmental councillor. With a power of 20.3 MWp ov...

28 April 2021

ENGIE announces development of a 2 GW renewable energy portfolio and total exit from coal by 2025 in Chile

Development of a 2 GW renewable energy portfolio including 1 GW newly announced in addition to 1 GW committed at the end of 2019. Commitment to close 0.8 GW of old coal units reaffirmed, conversion to gas or biomass of  0.7 GW – corresponding to the newest units – by 2025 ann...

19 April 2021

ENGIE continues progress on Group simplification and announces the sale of its 60.5% stake in ENGIE EPS SA

ENGIE announces today the signing of a Sale Purchase Agreement with Taiwanese company TCC for its 60.5% stake in ENGIE EPS SA, a leading provider and system integrator in storage and e-Mobility solutions.

15 February 2021

Orange joins forces with ENGIE to deliver a global renewable energy supply solution

Orange is joining forces with ENGIE, the leading developer of solar and wind power in France, to deliver a global renewable energy supply solution in the country. This will involve creating new solar energy production capacities, managing the production of all renewable electr...

13 January 2021

Reservoir Sun, OL Groupe and ENGIE join forces to provide solar power for the OL Vallée project

Reservoir Sun and ENGIE are now lead partners in providing the OL Vallée project with access to solar energy. This innovative and sustainable undertaking includes the installation of solar facilities that will use a range of photovoltaic solutions to power the entire local eco...

13 January 2021

ENGIE commissions 3 GW renewable capacity, in a difficult global pandemic context

ENGIE commissioned 3 GW of new renewable capacity in 2020, including ~ 2 GW in the US. In a difficult global pandemic context, ENGIE has reiterated the strong growth performance delivered in 2019. ENGIE is on track to meet its target to add 9 GW of renewable capacity between...

11 December 2020

ENGIE announces 650 MW of renewable energy offtake contracts with Amazon

Today, ENGIE announces several energy offtake contracts with Amazon for a global renewable energy portfolio of wind and solar projects across the United States, Italy and France totaling  650 MW. These Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) will exclusively rely upon renew...

10 December 2020

ENGIE announces 650 MW of renewable energy offtake contracts with Amazon

Today, ENGIE announces several energy offtake contracts with Amazon for a global renewable energy portfolio of wind and solar projects across the United States, Italy and France totaling  650 MW. These Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) will exclusively rely upon renew...

22 January 2020

ENGIE and Edelweiss Infrastructure Yield Plus sign a strategic partnership for solar energy in India

ENGIE and Edelweiss Infrastructure Yield Plus (EIYP) announce today a strategic partnership for solar assets in India.

20 December 2019

ENGIE, Crédit Agricole Assurances and Mirova win bid to acquire 1.7 GW hydroelectric portfolio from EDP in Portugal

ENGIE, together with its consortium partners Crédit Agricole Assurances and Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, announces it has won a competitive process conducted by EDP for the acquisition of Portugal’s second largest hydroelectric portfolio, for an enterpr...

18 December 2019

ENGIE to replace 1 GW of coal assets with 1 GW of renewables

ENGIE announces the closure of three additional coal units – two in Chile and one in Peru In Chile, this announcement follows the commitment made with the government in June this year – closing of four units in Tocopilla – and the recently announced 1 GW renewables developm...

24 September 2019

Microsoft and ENGIE announce renewable initiatives

Microsoft and ENGIE today announced both a long-term solar and wind energy power purchase agreement (PPA) in the United States and implementation of Darwin, an energy software developed by ENGIE using Microsoft Azure’s intelligent cloud services to optimize performance of ENGI...

9 July 2019

ENGIE updates investors on Renewables Global Business Line

27 June 2019

ENGIE’s renewable energy capacity exceeds 1.5 GW in India

ENGIE was recently awarded a 200 MW onshore wind project The Group won a new 280 MWp solar PV project ENGIE announces the commercial operation of its 338 MWp solar PV project in Kadapa

21 May 2019

EDP and ENGIE join forces to create a leading global offshore wind player

Antonio Mexia, EDP CEO and Chairman of EDPR and Isabelle Kocher, ENGIE CEO, announce today the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to create a co-controlled 50/50 joint-venture (JV) in fixed and floating offshore wind. The new entity will be the exclusive...

21 May 2019

Zero Emission Valley

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the Banque des Territoires have acquired a 49% stake in Hympulsion as part of a unique public-partnership, while the Michelin Group, ENGIE and the Crédit Agricole together own a 51% stake in it.

6 March 2019

ENGIE and SUEZ partners to boost energy transition in France by developing solar energy

ENGIE and SUEZ commit to boosting the energy transition of French regions through a partnership to develop photovoltaic solar parks in all Recycling & Recovery waste storage facilities in mainland France. In total, about 100 sites are concerned, with an estimated installed...

7 August 2018

ENGIE, the leader of the last call for solar tenders with nearly 230 MW awarded, confirms its position as solar No. 1 in France

As part of the fourth session of the fourth call for solar tenders organised by the Energy regulatory commission, “CRE 4-4”, ENGIE, through its ENGIE Green, LANGA and Compagnie Nationale du Rhône subsidiaries, has won 25 photovoltaic projects in France, nearly 230 MW out of th...

12 March 2018

French President Macron, Indian Prime Minister Modi and ENGIE CEO Isabelle Kocher inaugurate ENGIE’s Mirzapur solar power plant in India

On this occasion, ENGIE is pleased to announce four more successes in renewable energy in the country: the signing of a power purchase agreement for the Kadapa solar power plant, in Andra Pradesh (338 MWp), the beginning of commercial operation of the Bhadla solar power plan...

11 January 2017

ENGIE signs an agreement for the development of Renewable Energies in Senegal

ENGIE announces the signature of a partnership with ANER, the National Renewable Energies Agency in Senegal, to accelerate the development of renewable energies in the country.

18 September 2015

Inauguration of ENGIE’s Roc du Doun solar power plant in Correze by the French President

Roc du Doun photovoltaic facility is the Limousin region’s first solar power plant with an installed capacity of 12 MWc. Located in the municipality of Gros-Chastang, the plant has approximately 37,000 photovoltaic panels that will produce each year close to 16,8 million KWh,...

1 July 2015

ENGIE becomes the French leader in the solar industry by acquiring a 95% stake in Solairedirect

ENGIE has just acquired a 95% stake in Solairedirect with 100% voting rights in Solairedirect, a global leader of competitive solar.