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The multinational EDP has formalized its commitment to expand its presence in the French energy market through a strategic financial growth plan. Through its subsidiary EDP Renewables and Ocean Winds, the company will allocate a total of €1.3 billion over the next four years to strengthen clean generation infrastructure in the territory.
Development of the French energy sector and new generation projects
Regarding the distribution of this capital, the corporation plans to deploy more than one gigawatt of capacity through onshore wind, offshore wind, photovoltaic technology, and battery systems. These assets will be fully dispatchable by the national grid operator, which will optimize supply security and strengthen the economic competitiveness of the French industrial sector.
Consequently, this initiative seeks to consolidate the nation’s energy sovereignty and support long-term governmental decarbonization objectives. Likewise, the organization’s presence at the ninth edition of the “Choose France” Summit underscores its strategic role as a foreign investor in a country where it has maintained commercial operations for more than two decades.
For his part, EDP Group Chief Executive Officer Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade expressed the entity’s commitment to those markets that choose sustainability as a fundamental driver to achieve energy independence. The company currently manages a global portfolio of 32.8 gigawatts in operations distributed across generation, distribution, transmission, and retail segments.
In relation to global strategic planning, the company contemplates a budget exceeding €12 billion through the period corresponding to 2028. Of this financial allocation, approximately seventy percent will be directed toward the development of competitive low-carbon generation technologies, while the remaining thirty percent will be allocated to the modernization and expansion of electrical grids in the four key operating regions.
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