How are the French market for wind power and the French wind power industry developing?
French mentality is gradually changing and climate awareness is growing. “Nuclear France” has in recent years opened itself to alternative forms of energy, including wind energy, and has considerably improved the economic parameters following the implementation of renewable energy legislation. The market for wind power is growing exceedingly fast worldwide. In Europe, at present, France has the best prospects of development, followed by Great Britain and Greece. This can be clearly expressed in figures. The French currently feed into the grid 2,500 MW of electricity generated by wind power (compared to 22,000 MW in Germany and 12,000 MW in Spain). The French government aims to increase this figure to 10,000 MW by the end of 2010, and to 25,000 MW by 2025. There is a very high demand for wind power plants at present, and manufacturers can hardly keep up with production. The lead times for the delivery of a wind turbine can meanwhile be as long as five years. The boom shows, however, tha
