The regional prefects will be responsible for mapping the areas suitable for hosting future onshore wind farms, Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili told deputies on Thursday, affirming the government's desire to accelerate the deployment of this energy, on land and sea.
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At sea, the location of the first floating park will be announced soon, she said.
“In the south of Brittany, the public debate on the floating wind turbine project ended at the end of December.
I will choose the location after the submission of the report of the Committee for the public debate scheduled for the end of February, and it will be the first commercial fleet of floating wind turbines in Europe, ”
she said during a debate. in the National Assembly.
"In the Mediterranean, the public debate should start in the first half of the year and the location of two future floating wind farms could take place by the end of 2021"
, she added.
Floating wind turbines, which are the subject of pilot sites at this stage, can be set up regardless of the depth, in particular far from the coast.
In
“land”
offshore
(on the sea floor), seven projects have already been awarded, some since 2012, but none yet completed, faced with multiple regulatory difficulties or legal recourse.
The first should start in 2022, off Saint-Nazaire.
A competitive process is underway for an 8th, off the Cotentin.
It will be awarded in 2022, said Barbara Pompili, assuring:
"we are doing everything possible to accelerate the development of offshore wind"
and
"the government intends to respect the PPE"
, the multi-year programming of the energy.
France plans 40% of electricity from renewable sources by 2030. But the pace of installation remains insufficient.
"Improve planning"
To keep the objective on the onshore wind side, and
"that each territory take its share"
,
"we must improve the planning"
, said the Minister:
"I will ask the regional prefects to initiate the drafting of maps of suitable areas. to the development of wind power, in consultation with local players ”
.
"This mapping will not be legally binding, but can serve as a guide when updating town planning documents"
, she said.
In the climate bill, there will also be
"a variation by region of the renewable energy objectives of the PPE, in consultation with the communities, to distribute the objectives according to the potential and specificities of the regions"
, he said. - she added, noting that regional development plans should in turn contain objectives.
