France should not achieve the objectives it had set for the deployment of renewable electric energies over the period 2019-2023, according to the annual Barometer Observ’ER which once again notes insufficient progress in wind power in 2022. like solar.
For onshore wind power, the official target of 24.1 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity set for the end of 2023 “will not be achieved”the country barely reaching 20 GW at the end of September 2022, notes this barometer published on Tuesday 24 January.
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On this energy, “the current progress is not in line with the pace required by the multiannual energy program” over the period 2019-2023, underlines this study carried out in partnership with the National Federation of licensing and governed communities (FNCCR) and Ademe, the ecological transition agency.
Photovoltaics “still not on the right track”
To fulfill its objectives, France should connect “nearly 4 GW of additional power in 2023”a level that seems “out of reach of the French sector”, adds the barometer. The sector will never have reached the 2 GW of annual additional power, notes the report, which evokes the administrative obstacles, the space constraint, or even “acceptability” new projects by the population.
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On the photovoltaic side, despite an increased growth rate since 2021 and a “recovery partially confirmed in 2022 (…) the sector is still not on the right trajectory”, adds the Observatory, which is based, among other things, on data from Enedis and EDF. In September, France had 15.8 GW of installed capacity in photovoltaic fields. It should reach 20.1 GW at the end of 2023.
A “need for national energy independence”
At the current rate, the national park should ultimately only have 19 GW at the end of 2023, far from the desirable trajectory to achieve the objective set for 2028 (between 35 and 44 GW).
“The electricity supply crisis, exacerbated by the conflict in Eastern Europe, has revealed a general awareness of the need for national energy independence”emphasizes Pascal Sokoloff, Managing Director of the FNCCR, for whom this new edition of the Observatory demonstrates “Nevertheless, once again, the gap between stated ambitions, declarations and the reality on the ground”.
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This observation comes at a time when Parliament is debating a law to speed up administrative procedures to facilitate the deployment of renewable energies, which has been warmly welcomed by players in this sector.
