Neutral
Informational - no clear directional impact
Low Impact
Minor progress or informational
On 2 April 2026, the French Government, via the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, announced that the separate AO9 and AO10 offshore wind tenders will be merged into a single procedure for around 10 GW of capacity (5 GW fixed-bottom and 5 GW floating), with the call for tenders to be launched in the coming months and first winners expected by end-2026 or early 2027; this unified auction framework will cover the AO10 Eastern Channel fixed-bottom sites off Fécamp, including the ~2 GW AO10 Centre Manche Est‑1 project.