http://www.ewea.org/blog/2011/01/france-kick-starts-its-offshore-wind-aspirations/ Breath of fresh air Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ewea.org/blog/2011/01/france-kick-starts-its-offshore-wind-aspirations/#comment-11824 France Goes Big for Offshore Wind Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:08:15 +0000 http://www.ewea.org/blog/?p=1209#comment-11824 [...] According to the European Wind Energy Association, France is currently ranked as Europe’s fourth largest wind market–after Germany, Spain and Italy–while boasting the continent’s second largest offshore wind potential. Now it would appear that Sarkozy aims to close the gap between actual and potential offshore wind power,while meeting France’s renewable energy target of 23% by 2020. The country is largely powered, at present, by its extensive nuclear power facilities. [...]

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