Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022 edition - Flipbook - Page 65
Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022
(French Atlantic coast) but as this is a
protected area, this project is highly
controversial and no tender has been
published to date. However, the project is
still on track and has even been extended : it
is planned to attribute an additional capacity
of 1 GW in the same area (“South Atlantic”).
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Therefore, to date, a total capacity of around
3.5 GW has been awarded to different
operators on seven sites, and an additional 1
GW should be awarded this year on an eighth
site.
All these projects are summarised in the graphic below:
C. E
xpectations as to future
developments in the market
until 2030 and beyond
Under French law, the national energy policy
aims to push up the share of renewable
energies to 23% of the gross final
consumption of energy in 2020 and to 33%
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Article L.100-4 of the Energy Code.
in 2030. In order to achieve these goals, the
share of renewable energies should represent
in 2030 at least 40% of electricity
production, 38% of final consumption of
heat, 15% of final consumption of fuel and
10% of gas consumption.5