France Trails on Wind Energy Amid Bureaucracy, Costs, Lobby Says
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France missed annual goals for wind energy development for a second year amid bureaucratic hurdles, the cost of installation and local opposition, a lobby said.
About 650 megawatts to 750 megawatts of wind capacity were installed last year, about half of the 1,300 megawatts targeted, according to a presentation by the France Energie Eolienne industry group today. The outcome is as much as a 20 percent drop from 2011, which itself was down almost a quarter.