Provence Grand Large
3 SG 8.0-167 DD turbines on SBM Offshore / IFP Energies Nouvelles tension-leg platforms (TLP). Located in Faraman zone off Gulf of Fos, 40 km west of Marseille.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
—
Location
FranceMediterranean Sea
Technology
Capacity
25 MW ◆
Turbines
3 × 8.4 MW ◆
Model
Siemens Gamesa SG 8-0-167 DD ◆
Foundation
Floating ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
France floating wind pilot tenders (ADEME) · 2016 ·
Water depth
98–99 m ≈
Distance from shore
17 km ◆
Wind speed
9.5 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
FiT · €240/MWh ◆
Grid
Secured · 2025-06 ◆
Connection
RTE substation, Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone ◆
Schedule
FID
Nov 2021 ◆
COD
Jun 2025 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok’s transactions record
Origination · 2016-07
France floating wind pilot tenders (ADEME)
- Awarded to
- EDF Renouvelables (+ SBM/IFPEN floats)
- Basis
- integrated tender
From the auction results — the round that created the project.
Dashed tick marks today (9 Sep 2026). The teal diamond on the spine is origination — the seabed award or round that created the project. Every other ownership event lives in the band below: one station per recorded deal, dated at its label, in deal order rather than to calendar scale. Secondary trades appear only at the interchanges; grey lines are parties whose entry or exit Hafrok’s record does not hold.
Announced-COD history: 2025-Q2→2025-06 · 2 recorded revisions · held (announced 2025-Q2, unchanged)
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime on record
RegimeFrench pilot Obligation d'Achat (purchase obligation / feed-in tariff), 240 EUR/MWh, 20-year contract.
InstrumentFiT
A built project sells its power under the contract or support regime it was financed with; it is not expected to bid into new government offtake rounds. Where the record does not yet name that regime, the row says so rather than guessing.
Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers
Satellite installation tracker
counted from satellite radar images · a structure standing in the sea on a given date, not a turbine producing power · a guide, not a sourced fact
Installation · counted from satellite
Foundations3 of 3≈100% · first seen 2023-08-05
Turbines1 of 3≈33% · first seen 2026-05-21
Latest count2026-09-01from 438 satellite passes · 0 substation platforms left out so the counts compare with the turbine number · anything first seen in the last 60 days is not yet confirmed
Hafrok counts foundations and turbines from satellite radar images (≈): a structure is counted once it is seen standing in the sea, which is not the same as producing power. A structure first seen in the last 60 days is not yet confirmed, because on a single image a freshly set foundation and a ship holding position look alike. Substation platforms are left out so the counts compare with the number of turbines. Rows marked with a dot (·) come from Hafrok’s own registers; a supplier or contract appears only where a source states it — everything else reads “not recorded”, never guessed.
Structures standing over time · count
strong line = confirmed · light line = seen in the last 60 days, not yet confirmed · the chart counts every structure (3 turbines + 0 platforms); the table counts turbines only
foundationsturbines up (a substation top being set in place counts here too)
Satellite image
Image taken2026-09-07≈Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellite, northbound pass · 1 newer pass skipped because the satellite’s track only caught part of the farm (the best of them 0%)
Farm covered100%≈the whole farm lies inside the image
Structures ringed3 confirmed · 0 not yet confirmed≈as counted on 2026-09-01 · the image is newer than the count, so a bright spot without a ring may be a structure not yet counted
Construction ports
PortPort-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone ◆assembly and installation base
PortFos-sur-Mer ◆·float fabrication (Eiffage Metal) · quay 1000 m · draft 14.5 m
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, processed by ESA and by Microsoft Planetary Computer.
Latest satellite radar image · 2026-09-07
a radar picture, not a photograph: the sea is dark, steel is bright · black is beyond the edge of the image
confirmed structure (3)seen recently, not yet confirmed (0)probably a substation platform (a larger structure than a turbine; the register above has the facts)farm boundary
Sources & verification
12/18 fields verified · rests on 12 sources (5 primary) · ◆ 1 document held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator1
[7]
Operator3
[4]
SBM Offshore2023-10-12
“SBM Offshore is pleased to announce the successful installation of the 3 floating wind units for the Provence Grand Large pilot project to their final location 17 kilometers off the Port-Saint-Louis-d…”
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore constructionTurbinesModelUnit capacity+1 more
[5]
[13]
DGEC — Ministère de la Transition écologique (eoliennesenmer.fr)2026-08-25◆ French Eoliennes en mer register (DGEC),…
“Register node 864 (node--type-project) at /facades-maritimes-en-france/facade-mediterranee/faraman — title 'Faraman-Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône'; page text 1644 chars, hash d97776b464267522…. Identifyin…”
supportsRegister entry
Trade press8
[1]
Offshore Wind Biz2025-06-05
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCommercial operationCOD historyTurbinesTotal capacityStatus+4 more
[2]
[3]
Offshore Wind Biz2024-11-20
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsFirst power
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
Mer et Marine2022-09-12
“Appelé à devenir le premier parc pilote d'éoliennes flottantes en France, le projet Provence Grand Large, porté par EDF Renouvelables, progresse en vue d'une mise en service en 2023. La construction d…”
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore construction
[12]