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France has set itself the objective of operating 17 offshore wind farms by 2030, which will transform all coastlines. What impact will these wind turbines have on the lives of local residents and on ecosystems?
The French coastline will radically change in the coming years. By 2030, France should operate 17 offshore wind farms. The next one, in Brittany, off the coast of Saint-Brieuc, began producing electricity during the summer of 2023.
The Spanish energy company Iberdrola is installing 62 masts 207 meters high which will supply 835,000 homes. A gigantic project that the “Special Envoy” teams were able to follow exclusively. Fishermen fear seeing their scallop resources disappear. Are they right to be worried?
What about fishing and tourism?
On the Batz-sur-Mer side, the very first offshore wind farm has been visible since the summer of 2022. The horizon line is definitely no longer the same… What do locals, fishermen and tourists think? ? At sea, cohabitation with wind turbines can turn into confrontation, like two years ago, when around fifty fishing boats surrounded the wind farm, complaining about the loss of fishing areas, and the noise from the construction site. which scares away the fish.
In Scotland, we no longer really ask the question because the offshore wind turbines are part of the decor. Manufacturers have taken a head start and are already preparing the new technology: floating wind turbines.
A report by Eléna Le Runigo, François Cauwel, Marc Sainsauve and Jeanne Bureau for Hikari broadcast in “Envoyéspecial” on October 12, 2023.
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