The French Ministry of Environment, Energy and Sea has presented its targets for the development of renewable energies, as part of the "Pluri-annual energy planning" (Programmation pluriannuelle de l'Energie, PPE).
By 2023, France aims to raise installed renewable capacity by more than 50%, from the current 43 GW (2015) to 71-78 GW by 2023, to double onshore wind capacity, to triple solar PV capacity, to more than double wood-fired power capacity and to boost wind renewable potential. The country has set a target of 3,000 MW of offshore wind capacity by 2023, plus 100 MW for renewable marine energies (including floating wind, tidal and marine) and will raise the volume of projects approved through tenders to up to 6,000 MW for offshore wind and up to 2,000 MW for marine energies, depending on first progress reports, price conditions and local negotiation.
France also aims to boost by more than 50% renewable heat production from 2014 levels, thanks to a 20% increase in biomass-fired heat production, a 7-fold increase in heat production from biogas (methanisation), a 4-fold increase in heat production from geothermal, a 75% increase in heat production from heat pumps and an 80% increase in heat production from solar thermal. France also plans to triple renewable heat and cold deliveries on networks and to inject 8 TWh of biogas from methanisation in the gas network by 2023. By this date, bio-GNV (natural gas for vehicles) could account for 20% of GNV consumption.
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