With a view to the establishment of new wind farms, the government gave six months to the prefects to identify the "favorable zones".
Thanks to this mapping, "non-binding", the government wants a development of wind power "more harmonious and better distributed" on the territory.
The government is giving regional prefects six months to map the "favorable areas" for the installation of wind farms, stressing the importance of consultation with residents and elected officials, according to a circular published on Friday.
The Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili thus recalls "the importance of developing wind power", in order to achieve the development objectives of renewable energies included in the Multi-year Energy Program (PPE).
Barbara Pompili asks for a "first return" six months after the regional elections, with a view to finalizing the projects one year after them.
The mapping will be "non-binding", a "decision-making aid", it is specified.
Exponential growth
"The development of renewable electric energies will inevitably go through a strong growth of solar photovoltaic and onshore wind power, whose installed capacities will have to be multiplied by 5 and 2.5 respectively between 2019 and 2028", emphasizes Barbara Pompili in the circular published on the Légifrance website.
The government wants development "more harmonious and better distributed" over the whole of France.
In the instructions given to the prefects, the Minister also emphasizes the protection of the environment, information to the public and local elected officials, consultation, which are essential to promote the acceptance of projects.