Wind Power In France
In 2021 France reached a total of 18,676 megawatts (MW) installed wind power capacity placing France at that time as the world's seventh largest wind power nation by installed capacity, behind the Wind power in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom and Wind power in Brazil, Brazil and ahead of Wind power in Canada, Canada and Wind power in Italy, Italy. According to the International Energy Agency, IEA the yearly wind production was 20.2 TWh in 2015, representing almost 23% of the 88.4 TWh from renewable sources in France during that year. Wind provided 4.3% of the country's electricity demand in 2015. France has the second largest wind potential in Europe. The country's , wind power potential is due to its large land area and extensive agricultural landscape where turbines may be located more readily as well as access to considerable offshore resources. Timeline of developments * In 2001 the French government initially planned to produce 21% of its electricity consumption with ...
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