Installed wind power capacity in France 2008-2023

Installed wind power capacity in France amounted to 22.2 gigawatts in 2023, this was the peak from the period in consideration. A recent scenarios projected by WindEurope estimated France to become the second biggest country in terms of installed wind energy capacity by 2030 in Europe. Onshore and offshore wind power in FranceWind power installations can be installed both onshore and offshore. The French onshore wind energy capacity has been estimated at 20.6 gigawatts in 2022, meaning that the vast majority of the country's wind installations are onshore.   Renewable energy opportunities in FranceDespite its vast Atlantic coastline, France still has a low wind power capacity, as opposed to countries like the United Kingdom or Ireland where the world’s biggest offshore windfarm was inaugurated in 2018. Despite this, the wind energy sector employed almost 1.4 million people in France, which could increase with the development of offshore wind farms as a contribution to the extension of renewable energies.

2023年，法国已安装的风电容量达到22.2吉瓦，这一数字是该考察期间的最高值。WindEurope近期发布的情景预测显示，到2030年，法国有望成为欧洲安装风电容量第二大国家。在法国，陆上风电和海上风电的安装均可进行。据估算，2022年法国陆上风电容量为20.6吉瓦，这意味着该国绝大多数的风电安装位于陆上。尽管法国拥有广阔的大西洋海岸线，但其风能容量相对较低，与英国或爱尔兰等已分别在2018年启用了全球最大的海上风电场国家相比。尽管如此，风能行业在法国雇佣了近140万人，随着海上风电场的发展，这一数字有望随着可再生能源的扩展而增加。