French energy company GDF-Suez (GDF.FR) said Friday it is teaming up with construction and concession company Vinci SA (DG.FR) and nuclear technology group Areva SA (AREVA.FR) to bid in a multibillion-euro French government tender for an offshore wind farm project.

The project involves the installation of 3,000 megawatts of installed wind turbine capacity by 2015.

The exclusive partnership is bidding for three of the five suitable areas identified by the French government, GDF-Suez said in a statement. The three, which could represent as much as 1,750 MW of offshore wind power capacity, are Dieppe-Le Treport, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fecamp, all located in northern France .

The generation output from these wind farms would supply electricity to several million inhabitants for nearly 30 years, GDF-Suez said.

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