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A French start-up says its Wind Tree is ideal for urban environments, harnessing the most gentle of winds to produce power through its micro-turbine leaves. Suzannah Butcher reports.
France will be putting out a major call for tenders in 2025 to increase its offshore wind farms production, with the aim of reaching 10 gigawatts by 2035, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday at a conference in the Brittany region. SOUNDBITE
The sea is rough and the wind is blowing hard in La Rochelle as Storm Ciaran sweeps across France. One man, a lorry driver, dies in the Aisne and two French departments, Côtes-d'Armor and Manche, are still under a red alert due to severe wind conditions. IMAGES
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the bloc will "fast-track" wind power installation permits as part of a broader "European Wind Power Package". SOUNDBITE
French president Emmanuel Macron inaugurates the very first of a series of offshore wind farms, off Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique), the deployment of which he intends to accelerate in the face of the energy crisis. IMAGES
Viana do Castelo (Portugal), Sep 23 (EFE) .- (Camera: Paula Fernández) Windfloat Atlantic, the world's first semi-submersible floating wind farm, led by EDP Renovables in northern Portugal, generated 75 gigawatt hours (GWh) during its first year, with a technology for which the company has already announced plans in Spain.FOOTAGE OF THE WINDFLOAT ATLANTIC FLOATING WIND FARM, IN VIANA DO CASTELO, PORTUGAL.SOUNDBITES FROM THE PROJECT DIRECTOR, JOSÉ PINHEIROTRANSLATIONWe have been able to deliver 75GWh, which means more or less 60,000 people being supplied by this type of energy, avoiding 33,000 tons of CO2. It has been a success, with a lot of workThere is wind, there is a lot of sea, there are energy transition needs. There is a good fit for this type of technology to form part of the energy mix in Spain
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