Regularly, Le Figaro examines in depth the ins and outs of a question that electrifies the debate and divides the political class as well as French society.
They are promised a phenomenal growth in the coming decades by some, doomed to public scrutiny by others.
Renewable energies, wind and solar, are being built en masse in most countries around the world, in order to decarbonize their electricity production as part of the fight against global warming.
But does France, with its unique nuclear fleet in the world, which produces 70% of French kilowatt hours, really need it?
The government swears yes.
At the start of the school year, he presented a “renewables acceleration”
bill
.
Even before unveiling a similar text on nuclear power.
“The massive deployment of renewable energies is essential to step up our fight against climate change and reduce our dependence on imported energy products, which represent two thirds of our consumption
,” said Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, presenting the text.
“President Macron above all proposes more wind turbines to disfigure France and I do not believe that is the urgency”
, retorted the leader of the LR deputies, Olivier Marleix.
Nuclear versus wind (and, to a lesser extent, solar): the debate between energies is highly politicized.
Who is right ?
Who's wrong ?
Here are the elements that will allow you to overcome the caricatured oppositions and answer this question: are renewable energies (really) useful to France?
The weaknesses of wind and solar
Everything opposes nuclear and…
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