Wind Power News: France
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Iberdrola to invest up to 4 billion euros in French renewable energy
Spanish utility Iberdrola (IBE.MC) said on Wednesday it will invest up to 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion) over the next four years in France to develop renewable energy. Iberdrola said it is already investing 2.4 billion euros in the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France and plans to invest in new onshore wind, solar photovoltaic and participate in future offshore wind capacity auctions. “France is a strategic country for Iberdrola,” said Ignacio Galán, chairman and CEO of Iberdrola. “The company . . . Complete story »
Éolien: le grand revirement d’Emmanuel Macron | Macron’s reversal on wind
Adoptée par décret le 21 avril, la programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE) prévoit d’accélérer le développement, très contesté en France, de l’éolien. Il y a quelques mois pourtant, le président de la République affirmait vouloir freiner son essor. Le vent aurait-il tourné? La feuille de route énergétique de la France à l’horizon 2028 est désormais gravée dans le marbre. Adoptée par décret gouvernemental le 21 avril, la programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE) pour 2019-2028 affiche la volonté française de réduire . . . Complete story »
Wind farm ‘disfigures’ Cézanne’s mountain
If Paul Cézanne were alive today, his celebrated pictures of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire in Provence would soon have to include 22 giant wind turbines. Construction began in February after the highest Paris court rejected appeals to block what locals call the “massacre” of the mountain overlooking Aix-en-Provence. The judges accepted arguments that the turbines will barely be visible six miles from the mountain’s peak, but critics disagree and last week appealed to the local court in Toulon for an injunction . . . Complete story »
Provence wind farm project would have Cézanne ‘turning in his grave’ say heritage buffs
A plan to build wind farms on a mountain in Provence immortalised by Paul Cézanne would have the French painter turning in his grave, say heritage groups who have launched a last-ditch legal bid to halt the project. The Post-Impressionist artist painted Mount-Sainte Victoire some 87 times throughout his life and it came to symbolise his genius and put the picturesque area with its pines, cypresses and red-tiled roofs on the international map. But a string of local and national . . . Complete story »
Une éolienne en feu au parc de la Bouleste, à Flavin
[translate article to English] L’alerte a été donnée ce mardi 24 mars peu avant 10 heures par un agriculteur riverain des lieux du sinistre. Neuf pompiers et plusieurs gendarmes dépêchés, un impressionnant panache de fumée, visible à plusieurs kilomètres… et un risque de chute de la génératrice, en proie aux flammes. La situation était tendue, ce mardi matin, aux abords du parc éolien de la Bouleste, à Flavin, où l’une des cinq éoliennes du site a pris feu peu avant 10 . . . Complete story »
Fury at plans to build wind turbines on graves of British First World War heroes
Plans to build a wind turbine farm on a famous First World War battlefield in northern France have been described as “revolting”. Tens of thousands of British soldiers were killed during the historic Battle of Cambrai and many of their bodies were never recovered. Cambrai became famous as the first battle in the Great War to feature a major tank offensive. Now businesses are trying to exploit the land to make money from a giant wind farm – with early . . . Complete story »
Revolt over wind farm at sacred British battlefield
Angry protesters yesterday described controversial plans to build a wind farm on a First World War battlefield as revolting. Tens of thousands of British soldiers were killed during the Battle of Cambrai, with many of the bodies never recovered. Now businesses are trying to exploit the sacred land in France to make money from a giant wind farm. Cambrai became famous as the first battle in the Great War to have a major tank offensive, and lasted for several weeks . . . Complete story »
Le développement des éoliennes de plus en plus contesté
La loi de programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie prévoit un doublement des capacités de production électrique avec des éoliennes. Pas du goût de tous les habitants des territoires ruraux. Un groupe de travail sur leur répartition a été lancé par Emmanuelle Wargon, secrétaire d’État à la Transition écologique. [translate article to English] La production des éoliennes s’appuie sur une énergie inépuisable : le vent. À l’heure de la lutte contre le changement climatique et de la mise en place d’une économie décarbonée, ces . . . Complete story »
Mad as the sea and wind: Wind power in France: A lie and a swindle?
[Cliquez ici pour la version Française.] The public’s disenchantment with wind power is growing rapidly: its supporters have become a minority. More and more French people are concerned about the environmental and health damage and the blots on their country’s famous landscapes as a result of its massive development. They are also exasperated by the cavalier methods used to impose it, and the corruption of elected officials that too often accompanies it. But the French still do not realize, due . . . Complete story »
“Je n’ai jamais entendu ça de ma vie” : sous les éoliennes, son quotidien est impossible
[“I had never heard such noise before”: Under the wind turbines, normal life is impossible (translate article to English)] TÉMOIGNAGE – Nausées, insomnies, maux de tête… Il arrive que ces symptômes se développent chez des riverains partageant leur quotidien avec un parc éolien. Au-delà des nuisances sonores provoquées par le mouvement de leurs pales, les infrasons qu’elles dégagent sont également pointés du doigt. Hubert, habitant d’un village d’Auvergne, raconte à LCI comment ce bruit inaudible lui a rendu la vie impossible. . . . Complete story »
