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Tableau de bord éolien-photovoltaïque au premier trimestre 2011

Éolien

  • puissance raccordée : 5874 MW au 31/03/2011 (+1% par rapport au 31/12/2010) pour 906 installations
  • 80 MW nouveaux raccordés au cours du 1er trimestre 2011 (-45% par rapport au 1er trimestre 2010)
  • 3,2 TWh produits au cours du 1er trimestre 2011 en métropole (+15% par rapport au 1er trimestre 2010)

Photovoltaïque
  • puissance raccordée : 1337 MW au 31/03/2011 (+25% par rapport au 31/12/2010) pour 182 486 installations
  • 267 MW nouveaux raccordés au cours du 1er trimestre 2011 (+162% par rapport au 1er trimestre 2010)


Wind power
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 06:19:25 AM EST
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Wind is barely growing at all, off a very low base!

This, because developers

a) have a hell of a time getting permits, due to more stringent regulations, and lack of incentive for local authorities to facilitate them
b) have trouble financing wind parks they already have permits for.

It's almost as if the government were deliberately sabotaging terrestrial wind. Almost no irony intended.

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

by eurogreen on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 10:59:08 AM EST
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But at least solar is still growing. What is the current incentive system there?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 12:35:04 PM EST
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Actually, wind has been doing decently well in France over the past few years, with above a GW installed each year, and the same likely this year. The drop in the first quarter is not significant as such.

Wind power
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 12:46:30 PM EST
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I add: in every country I saw intra-year data for, wind installations peak in the fourth quarter.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 01:08:51 PM EST
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Q4 loaded installations are something the industry has been trying to avoid, or get a better handle on for two decades. Particularly egregious in the USA-based configuration of reality, not nearly so bad in Yurp.

Although.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 01:32:33 PM EST
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The pdf linked from Jérôme's link includes a graph showing the last three years and this year with the quartals in different colours. Apparently, the trend is not so clear there: in 2007 and 2009, Q3 was equally strong; in 2008, Q3 was weak and all the others equally strong (while total annual installations showed a steady moderate increase).

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 02:00:52 PM EST
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