France funds upgrade of five ports for floating wind turbines

On 30 July 2026 the French government selected five ports under the France 2030 programme (administered by ADEME) to share almost €260 million in grants to upgrade their infrastructure for the manufacturing, assembly and shipping of floating offshore wind turbines. Cherbourg, for example, is to receive €10.5 million of ADEME funding against a €30 million total investment. The funding is expected to trigger close to €1 billion of investment overall and to create a network of complementary industrial hubs on the Atlantic, Channel and Mediterranean coasts; the backdrop is France's target of 6 GW of floating wind by 2040. Announced on 30 July 2026. Update (21 Aug 2026): the grants go to Marseille-Fos (€82.3m, DEOS project, €303m total cost), Nantes–Saint-Nazaire (almost €60m, Éole), Brest (€58m, InFloW), Port-la-Nouvelle (€48m, NOUVEOL) and Cherbourg (€10.5m, Flamands 0 quay). At Fos construction is due to start in early 2028 with phased handovers between late 2029 and mid-2030, and Port-la-Nouvelle targets 2030; the source gives no date for the other ports. 31 December 2030 is therefore a placeholder for the target year 2030 (offshoreWIND.biz, 21 Aug 2026).