French power company (RTE) has released data show that total installed capacity of wind power in France in June for the first time this year, more than 5,000 MW of electricity consumption in France accounted for 1.7%.
French electricity transmission network published monthly show in June this year, the wind is relatively small, the average wind generating capacity in France is only 798 MW, accounting for 16% of installed capacity.
This year in June, the French national electricity consumption grew 1.5%, while industrial use of electricity from the first time since November 2009, declining 0.3%. Over the same period, France from March 2009 for the first time since the continuous output power abroad, mainly France, the power output increase of 10.7% year on year, of which 37.4% growth in wind power generation.
In recent years, the French government through subsidies and other means to vigorously promote wind power. In 2003, France was only 239 MW of wind turbines . According to this year
