Enel Green Power, subsidiary of the major Italian electric utility, has completed two wind farms with a total capacity of 42 MW in Vallée d’Arce (30 MW) and La Druine (12 MW). The two new installations take total accumulated wind energy capacity installed by Enel in France to 68 MW. “In 2009, we have started up eight wind farms with a total capacity of 60 MW”, Francesco Starace, president of Enel Green Power, has said. In doing so, the company confirms that it has “achieved its objective of expanding considerably in France”. Enel has also announced that it has a further 80 MW of wind capacity under construction in France, plus a pipeline of 500 MW.
In the case of RWE, the Forières wind farm, consisting of four 2 MW turbines, is the company’s largest installation in France, taking its total accumulated capacity to 28 MW. The installation, which generates an average of 22.4 GWh per annum, forms part of the project portfolio of the subsidiary RWE-Innogy covering the regions of Pays de la Loire, Normandy and Midi Pyrénées. RWE Innogy has a total of 2.1 GW of renewable energy installed worldwide, which it plans to increase to 4.5 GW by the end of 2012.
According to the Pure Power report published by the European Wind Energy Association, over the next 12 years, France and the United Kingdom will install new wind capacity at the same or a similar rate to that experienced in the Spanish and German markets.
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