FEE – EWEC 2006 Presentation 1 The take-off of wind energy development in France and the 2005 Energy Law EWEC 2006 in Athens policies and programmes - 1 march 2006 Jean-Yves Grandidier France Energie Eolienne
FEE – EWEC 2006 Presentation 2 Who is France Energie Eolienne ? France Energie Eolienne, also called FEE is an association founded in 1996 with the following main objectives To provide the authorities, the research and industrial organizations with enlightened assistance in order to develop wind power production on a larger scale To promote the consumers’ interest towards wind power energy To create a link between the French and the foreign sectors involved in the development of wind energy
FEE – EWEC 2006 Presentation 3 Who is France Energie Eolienne ? Some studies and works carried out by our organization Economical study and suggestions for an acceptable tariff Definition of a new procedure for the access to the public network together with the grid operator Study of the credit capacity of a MW wind park in France
FEE – EWEC 2006 Presentation 4 The current situation and a realistic forecast for the next 2 years With 370 MW installed in 2005, wind capacity has almost doubled in France last year Forecast of installation Year 2006 : 700 to 1000 MW Year 2007 : 1000 to 1500 MW
FEE – EWEC 2006 Presentation 5 The current situation vs FEE expectations
FEE – EWEC 2006 Presentation 6 The negative points of the current situation Disastrous result of the offshore tender : on 500 MW opened and 1100 MW proposed only 100 MW have been selected french regulator is not ready to pay for offshore learning Disapointing result of the onshore tender : 1.On 500 MW opened, only 480 MW proposed 2.Less than 300 MW selected Application by the administration of the acoustic regulation is becoming more strict Since july 2005 Ministry of Defence has forbidden wind park installation in a radius of 30 km around the military radars
FEE – EWEC 2006 Presentation 7 The positive points of the current situation The 2003 RTE report about previsions of demand and production balance in 2010 : Renouvables substitute mainly to conventional fuel or coal plant The 2005 RTE study about large scale integration of wind : MW give a credit capacity of MW The 2005 RTE report about forecasts of demand and production balance between 2010 and 2020 : 1000 MW of new production capacities are needed each year from 2009 on With a wind capacity of 10 GW by 2011, Wind can fulfill the requirements of RTE
FEE – EWEC 2006 Presentation 8 The uncertainties of the current situation : what will be the tariff in the futur ? Investors are facing a dramatic increase in the price of the turbines A decrease by 3,3% in constant money + a decrease by 10 % after 1500 MW cannot be accepted FEE has made proposals for a tariff which comply with the requirements of the law : Reference site : 6,25 m/s at 80 m hub height Mechanism of modulation in order to have not an excessive profitability on the windiest sites
FEE – EWEC 2006 Presentation 9 The uncertainties of the 2005 energy law: how will the ZDE be created (1)? Driver : to avoid an « anarchic » development of the wind parks from a landscape point of vue Provision : introduction of the area for the development of wind energy (ZDE) defined by the prefet on a proposal of the interested local authorities. These areas are defined according to the wind ressource, the grid capacity and the protection of the landscape A minimum and maximum power are associated to the proposal of the interested local authorities When a turbine is located in a ZDE : it is eligible to the administrative tariff
FEE – EWEC 2006 Presentation 10 The uncertainties of the 2005 energy law : how will the ZDE be created (2)? The drawbacks of the law Problem of coherence : instead of acting on the land planning law, the law acts on the electric law. Grid capacity is a prerequisit to define a ZDE. This tool cannot be used for planification of the development of the transmission grid Lack of precision
FEE – EWEC 2006 Presentation 11 Thank you for your attention