RTE is the French Transmission System Operator, a public service company responsible for developing, maintaining and operating all electricity transmission assets in France, French territorial waters and the French exclu…
sive economic zone, to the extent directly connected to the French transmission grid and for ensuring the secure supply of power. In this context, the responsibility for the connection of French offshore wind farms and European countries transmission grid to the French grid has been entrusted by the
French government to RTE. In order for RTE to perform its duties, RTE intends to perform marine surveys on French coasts from project de-risking phases to maintenance phases. RTE is thus launching a qualification system for economic operat