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Added on the 02/07/2021 13:17:00 - Copyright : France 24 EN
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
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
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.
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
A Coruña (Spain), Jul 22 (EFE).- (Camera: Eliseo Trigo).- Iberdrola has signed this Thursday in Fene (A Coruña, Spain) a framework collaboration agreement with the consortium formed by Navantia and Windar to promote wind power projects marina that will generate a thousand jobs and build a large foundation factory.FOOTAGE OF THE ACT OF SIGNING OF THE COLLABORATION AGREEMENT.