Nantes (Loire-Atlantique)
The wild creeks of the Ile d'Yeu, accessible in 30 minutes by boat from the bridge which leads, by road, to the marshes and beaches of Noirmoutier.
Between the two Vendée islands, on the horizon of 2026, in this postcard setting, 62 wind turbines 210 meters high must be spinning, about ten kilometers from their coasts.
For a potential power of 496 MW, equivalent to
"the annual electricity consumption of around 800,000 people, i.e. more than the entire population of Vendée
(700,000 inhabitants, editor's note)
"
, argues the consortium Éoliennes en mer Îles d'Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN).
This file was launched a decade ago by the State.
Electrical connection work to the mainland began this summer.
If a large part of the island populations now seems indifferent or resigned to the project, hundreds of opponents grouped together in two local collectives (Yeu wind up; Touche pas à nos îles) and an association (Nény…
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