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Presidential: dismantling the wind turbines, as Le Pen wants, would be "an aberration" according to Macron

2022-04-14T14:06:29.613Z


The President of the Republic, candidate for his re-election, criticized the proposal of his opponent in the second round, which he sees as "a


Visiting Le Havre this Thursday to campaign on ecology, Emmanuel Macron reacted to the proposals of his opponent in the second round, Marine Le Pen, who intends not only to stop any new construction of wind farms but also to dismantle all existing wind farms. .

For the President of the Republic, questioned on France Bleu, “getting out of renewables is a complete aberration”.

"In Madame Le Pen's project, I was amazed to discover (...) that hundreds of millions of euros would be spent dismantling existing wind turbines, which, I must say, is a use of the taxpayer's money who questions me, ”he said, ten days before the second round of the presidential election.

Macron for the installation of 50 offshore wind farms

The program of the far-right candidate indeed proposes a gradual dismantling of existing wind turbines: “We will pronounce a moratorium on wind and solar power;

for wind power, we will launch the gradual dismantling of sites, starting with those that are reaching the end of their life.

All grants dedicated to promoting these processes will be suspended.

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Asked by listeners about his program, the Head of State defended his plan to develop both nuclear and renewables, in particular offshore wind farms. He plans to install 50 offshore wind farms, with a total power of 40 GW and has also undertaken to develop the recycling of wind turbines, currently 90% recycled, and not to open wind farms "without consultation", particularly with fishermen.

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According to him, the moratorium on wind power envisaged by Marine Le Pen would lead to the closure of the largest industrial project dedicated to renewable energies in France, the industrial site of Siemens Gamesa for the production of offshore wind turbines, located in the port of Le Havre and which should create 750 jobs.

Source: leparis

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