Wind power in France

Wind turbines in Champagne-Ardenne.

In 2021 France reached a total of 18,676 megawatts (MW) installed wind power capacity[1] placing France at that time as the world's seventh largest wind power nation by installed capacity, behind the United Kingdom and Brazil and ahead of Canada and Italy. According to the 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.[2] Wind provided 4.3% of the country's electricity demand in 2015.[2]

Wind energy capacity, 2014-2023 (MW)[3]: 15 
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
9,201 10,298 11,567 13,499 14,900 16,427 17,535 18,551 20,811 22,196
Onshore wind energy capacity, 2014-2023 (MW)[4]: 18 
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
9,191 10,287 11,556 13,497 14,898 16,425 17,533 18,549 20,809 22,194

France has the second largest wind potential in Europe.[5] 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.

  1. ^ "Renewable Energy Capacity Statistics 2022" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Programmations pluriannuelles de l'énergie (PPE)". Ministère de la Transition écologique.
  3. ^ IRENA, International Renewable Energy Agency (2024). "RENEWABLE CAPACITY STATISTICS 2024" (PDF). www.irena.org. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ^ IRENA, International Renewable Energy Agency (2024). "RENEWABLE CAPACITY STATISTICS 2024" (PDF). www.irena.org. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  5. ^ "France". www.wind-energy-the-facts.org.