France Picks Tidal Power Winners

GALWAY, IRELAND--December 11, 2014 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) The French government has awarded a new wave of tidal energy contracts as the country hopes to overcome a late start to become a major player in the budding marine energy sector.

GDF Suez SA (EPA:GSZ) (Paris) and French engineering firm, Alstom S.A. (Levallois-Perret, France) have been chosen for a pilot project at Raz Blanchard, west of the Cotentin peninsula.