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In 1998, France signed the Kyoto Protocol, to reduce green house gas emissions and global warming. Falck is developing wind farms that will help France achieve these goals.

Plouigneau

Summary

Current status : Building permit application submitted early 2007
Location : Plouigneau, Brittany, FRANCE
Number of turbines : 10
Expected capacity : 20 MW
The amount of clean energy produced annually is the equivalent to the energy consumed by: 19,000
Amount of CO2 saved : 13,000 tonnes
Planning authority : Finistère Prefecture and DDE
Project manager : Bertrand Le Mouëllic

The wind farm is located near the English Channel (Manche) and 10 km to the east of Morlaix and very close to the national road between Brest and Rennes. Approximately 1 km to the south of the site is the Mont d’Arrée massif which is the highest point of Brittany (385 m high). The land use in the surrounding areas is mixed between farming and local/regional light industry. The land on the site belongs to private land owners and the major activities are farming including crops and animal grazing. There are also small protected natural areas located on the eastern side of the site in the Douron Valley. The production will be delivered to an EdF substation approximately 8 km away by underground cable following the existing roads in order to minimize the impact on undeveloped areas.