{"id":20937,"date":"2026-02-16T16:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saitec-offshore.com\/?p=20937"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:52:32","slug":"franco-spanish-offshore-renewable-energy-summit-in-bayonne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitec-offshore.com\/en\/franco-spanish-offshore-renewable-energy-summit-in-bayonne\/","title":{"rendered":"Franco-Spanish offshore renewable energy summit in Bayonne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Saitec Offshore Technologies will participate in the upcoming cross-border event “Perspectives for Development and Cooperation for Marine Renewable Energies (MRE) in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Euskadi,” held at Technocit\u00e9, Bayonne, on March 12 and 13, 2026.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

As France scales up its floating offshore wind ambitions, Nouvelle-Aquitaine is positioning itself as a strategic industrial and logistics hub along the Atlantic<\/strong>. With 720 km of coastline and four major commercial ports, the region aims to support at least 7 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2050, in line with France\u2019s national objective of reaching 45 GW of offshore wind and around 20% of electricity generation from this source by mid-century. Through the Aquitania Wind Energy alliance, the ports of Bayonne, Bordeaux, La Rochelle and Rochefort are upgrading their infrastructure to handle large-scale floating wind projects, backed by an investment plan of more than \u20ac200 million and expected to generate over \u20ac2.2 billion in added value and hundreds of long-term jobs in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this context, Euskadi stands out as a natural, high-value partner for Nouvelle-Aquitaine\u2019s emerging floating wind cluster. Beyond pioneering projects such as DemoSATH, Spain\u2019s first grid-connected floating wind demonstrator, the Basque Country has built a\u00a0competitive\u00a0industrial ecosystem with strong capabilities in offshore engineering, advanced manufacturing, shipbuilding and electrical systems.<\/strong> This cross-border industrial base is exceptionally well placed to accelerate the deployment of floating wind in the Bay of Biscay, from design and fabrication of key components to assembly, grid connection and long-term operations and maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over two days, public authorities, industry leaders, port operators and project developers from both sides of the border will come together to turn this complementarity into concrete cooperation. The goal is to lay the foundations for a resilient European value chain in floating offshore wind, capable of capturing the economic, industrial and employment opportunities associated with multi-gigawatt development in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and across the wider Atlantic Arc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key topics of the cross-border event<\/h4>\n\n\n\n