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On 2 April 2026, the French Government announced its intention to merge the ongoing AO9 and upcoming AO10 offshore wind auctions into a single, simplified tender procedure offering about 10 GW of capacity (roughly 5 GW fixed-bottom and 5 GW floating) across all French maritime facades. This reconfigured auction framework, later reflected on the official AO10 tender webpage, means that the AO10 Sud-Atlantique (Golfe de Gascogne Sud, 1.2 GW) zone will be awarded as part of a large combined round with first winners expected by late 2026 or early 2027.