Golfe du Lion Centre 1b

Golfe du Lion Centre 1b (Projet 7 of Groupe PPE3 / Groupe PF) was formally included in the French AO10 / Procédure de Mise en Concurrence n°1/2026 with the publication of the cahier des charges rectificatif vCRE on 21 April 2026. The merged 11-project procedure covers approximately 10 GW (5 GW fixed-bottom + 5 GW floating) across Normandie, Bretagne, Charente-Maritime, and Golfe du Lion. First lauréats are expected to be designated end-2026 / early-2027 with a target average attribution tariff below €100/MWh. The cahier introduces, for the first time, EU Net Zero Industry Act supply-chain resilience criteria into the selection scoring.

The 400 km² Golfe du Lion Centre zone in the French Mediterranean façade was designated as a priority area for offshore wind by the ministerial decision of 17 October 2024, following the "la mer en débat" national public debate. The zone hosts three floating lots in the AO10 / Procédure de Mise en Concurrence n°1/2026 — Projets 6, 7 and 8 of Groupe PPE3 (Groupe PF, Projets Flottants). GLC 1b (Projet 7) is the second floating lot, at 500–600 MW, sharing the FEP zone designation and offshore grid pairing (RTE-built) with sibling lots GLC 1a (Projet 6, same capacity range) and GLC 2 (Projet 8, 1,050–1,150 MW).