With more than 3,500 km of coastline, France has the second largest offshore wind potential in Europe. France has confirmed plans to boost its capacity base and become a world leader in floating offshore wind, France is the first country in the world with the publication of a tender for a floating offshore wind park of 250MW site off south Brittany in 2022, which will be followed by two 250MW projects in the Mediterranean Sea in 2023.

Recently Emmanuel Macron, President of France made the announcement that the goal is to install 40GW in 50 offshore wind projects by 2050, starting in 2024 with plans to award 1GW of offshore wind projects extensions per year, fixed-bottom or floating, to leverage existing project’s grid connection.

Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT)

The FOWT is the world’s largest event dedicated to floating offshore wind and will be held from May 16-18, 2022 in Montpellier, France. The objective of the FOWT is to further the advancement of floating wind and to accelerate its implementation into the global renewable energy mix. This event is meant to promote constructive discussions between all actors and stakeholders of this emerging industry.

At this moment, the FOWT is planned as a both physical and virtual event, which means the conference program, the plenary sessions and the B2B matchmaking will also be completely accessible online. The FOWT exhibition area will only take place physically.

Netherlands participation

The Netherlands Business Support Office (NBSO) in Nantes, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE), will organize a Netherlands pop-up booth for all Dutch participants to showcase their logo and corporate movie/presentation.

Participation via the Netherlands pop-up booth will include the following:

• Exposure in the pop-up booth with company logo and space for company brochures;
• Shared TV screen at the pop-up booth for corporate movie/presentation;
• Participation in the NL – FR side event (topic, date & time TBC);
• Entrance to the complete FOWT program: conferences and technical visits.
• Participation in the B2B matchmaking;
• Catering: drinks, network lunches and gala dinner;
• On-site support from organizers of the Netherlands participation; and
• Joint promotion.

A minimum number of 10 participants, who will be physically present, is required to proceed with the Netherlands pop-up booth.

Participation costs

€400,00 per person, excluding VAT and travel related expenses. This price includes all services as described above.
Price for conference ticket via FOWT directly is between €492,00 and €552,00, and excludes participation in the Netherlands pop-up booth and the services provided by the organizers of the Dutch participation.

For very small companies (less than 10 employees) and an annual turnover or a total balance sheet of less than 2 million euros), the price per person is €300, excluding VAT and travel related expenses.

Only Dutch (affiliated) companies can register through us. Non-Dutch companies have to register via the FOWT directly and can’t be included in the Netherlands participation.

In case you already booked your own tickets via FOWT directly, please contact eline@hhwe.eu to discuss the possibilities.

More information and registration

Companies can register via the ticket system above.
Please note that you have to receive an automatic reply with the confirmation of your ticket order after your registration. If you didn’t receive this confirmation, make sure to contact us in order to ensure your registration is well received at our end.

Deadline for registration: Friday April 15, 2022.

For more information, please contact Eline Timmer (eline@hhwe.eu | +31 6 51 24 90 79) or Maret Reinders (m.reinders@nbso-nantes.fr) | +33 7 88 67 39 63.