French energy multinational TotalEnergies and German energy group RWE have won a contract to built a large offshore wind energy project with a potential to supply the equivalent of one million households with electricity, the French government said Wednesday.

The project, called “Centre Manche 2”, will be France’s largest-ever renewable energy installation.

TotalEnergies in a separate statement put the overall investment at 4.5 billion euros ($5.3 billion), making the deal the company’s biggest French contract in three decades.

The offshore farm is to go onstream in 2033, and will take France’s total wind energy production, either already in operation or in development, to 7.8 gigawatts, the energy ministry said.

France’s four currently operational wind farms each produce under 500 meg

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