[en] Drawn up in association with Capgemini Invent, the 2023 edition of the Wind Observatory provides an assessment of jobs and market in the French wind industry. With a total of 28,266 jobs in France, wind power is the country's leading employer in the renewable energies sector, and a key driver of sustainable job creation. Revealing the structuring of the wind energy sector in France, the observatory presents a precise panorama of all the components of this industry, and offers in-depth reflections on training, socio-economic spin-offs, the electricity system, offshore wind energy, as well as regional focuses

[en] The 2024 edition of the Wind power observatory assesses jobs and the wind energy market in France. With a total of 31,447 jobs in France, wind power remains the country's leading employer in renewable energies and the second largest source of renewable electrical energy. Both onshore and offshore wind power are essential to boosting the industry, and have become an economic lung for local communities. This annual observatory reveals the structuring of the wind energy sector in France, presenting a precise panorama of all its components, and offering in-depth reflections on training, socio-economic spin-offs, the electricity system, offshore wind energy, as well as regional focuses. With an output of over 50 TWh by 2023, onshore and offshore wind power now accounts for over 10% of the country's annual electricity consumption. This confirms wind power's position as France's third-largest source of electricity generation, behind nuclear and hydroelectric power, while setting a course for second place between 2025 and 2026. To achieve the objectives of the 2028 Multiannual energy programming, we need to double the rate of installation of connected capacity to install an additional 12 GW of onshore wind power, and accelerate the allocation of projects. At the current rate, the country will be deprived of 7 GW of onshore wind power. Inadequate project planning is jeopardizing the achievement of the objectives of the 2028 Multiannual energy programming and the 2035 Offshore Wind Pact. Further ministerial decisions are required to achieve the volume of projects needed to meet the objectives of the Offshore Wind Pact. Employment in the wind power sector has been growing steadily over the past 5 years, with 11% more jobs between 2022 and 2023, and plans to exceed 40,000 jobs by 2030. The distribution of jobs remains stable across the various links in the value chain, while SMEs continue to expand in the market. Initial trends for 2024 confirm the good performance of 2023, with wind-generated electricity production in the first half of 2024 16% higher than in 2023 over the same period. This performance can be attributed to the gradual start-up in 2023 of the Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Brieuc and, more recently, Fecamp offshore wind farms, which in 2023 generated around 1.5 TWh of electricity, as well as to the increased performance of new wind turbine models, which are now capable of generating electricity as soon as wind speeds exceed 4 meters per second, compared with a minimum of 6 meters per second less than a decade ago. Households and businesses in France can now benefit from the quality and competitiveness of one of the most efficient and competitive renewable and decarbonized production methods, along with photovoltaic solar power. As the recent British example has shown, the moratorium on onshore wind power imposed by the Conservative Party a decade ago and the British exit from the European electricity market have deprived them of one of the most competitive sources of electricity production. In France, wind power has proved to be an effective means of mitigating electricity prices over the last two years, contributing over 50% to the financing of the 'tariff shield'. With this in mind, the new British government has decided to bring onshore wind power back to the UK, with the aim of doubling installed capacity to 30 GW by 2030

[en] Drawn up in association with Capgemini Invent, the 2022 edition of the Observatory enables us to evaluate jobs and the wind energy market in France. With a total of 25,500 jobs in France, wind power is the leading renewable energy employer in the country, and a key driver of sustainable job creation in the regions. Revealing the structuring of the wind energy sector in our country, the observatory presents a precise panorama of the wind energy sector and all its components, and offers in-depth reflections on training, socio-economic spin-offs, the electricity system, offshore wind energy, as well as large-format regional wind energy maps

[en] The 2021 edition of the Observatory is being released in a pivotal year given that it is the last one before the next presidential election and the first that will be read by the new regional officials. The share of wind in electricity generation now amounts to 9% of France's global power mix. Since 2020, wind power has been the No.3 source of electricity in France after nuclear power and hydropower. These outcomes, achieved after 15 years of extensive work by the 900 companies in the industry that are established in France, confirm the robustness of our fundamentals, both in terms of competitiveness and of industrial capabilities. In terms of competitiveness, the downward trend in wind power generation costs manifests itself within the winning bid prices in the call for tenders, both for onshore (Euros 60.8 per MWh) and offshore projects (Euros 44 per MWh). This downward trend provides the wind industry with a competitive advantage over historical sectors burdened by upward trends in their production costs (for example, Euros 110-120 MWh for new nuclear operations). In terms of industrial capabilities, the wind industry has demonstrated its know-how by installing new wind farms at a steady pace, even in the midst of a global pandemic. All the business operating along the value chain (planning and design, component manufacturing, construction engineering, operations and maintenance) are thus in line to deliver the yearly 1,900 MW of onshore wind and 1,000 MW of offshore wind that must be installed by 2028 in order to secure France's energy supply and achieve the country's national and international goals (for instance PPE, SNBC, COP 21). These sound fundamentals are the result of a sustained, concerted effort on the part of the businesses that make up the French wind power industry. These fundamentals translate into significant social and economic benefits. These include 2,400 jobs created in 2020, and overall more than 22,600 jobs in France (the wind industry is now the top employer in the renewables sector), as well as upwards of Euros 220 m in local tax revenues that contribute primarily to funding municipalities of less than 100 inhabitants and that have been invaluable in revitalising communities by making public local investments possible. The wind industry, which has become indispensable, approaches the second half of 2021 by taking part in the debate and formulating proposals for 2022 that will allow everyone to be informed of the vision that the industry has on the challenges facing society (for example, employment, training, independence, safety, reindustrialization, combating social inequality) and on the solutions proposed to support France's energy transition

[en] The first edition of the Renewable Electricity System Observatory brings together a wealth of technical, economic and forward-looking data. This observatory takes stock of the development dynamics of the renewable electrical energy sectors in a controllable system, and highlights the challenges associated with the development of production flexibilities, storage, and hydrogen in France. This first edition is structured around 5 thematic chapters: wind power, photovoltaics, storage, hydrogen, and flexibility. It brings together information on the major industrial players in each of these power system components. It provides information on market trends in order to reconstitute the growth dynamics and challenges, particularly in terms of economic framework, that each of the components of the power system, today and in the future, must meet in order to place the power system at the heart of the decline in fossil fuels, which will have to reduce from 60% to 40% of our energy consumption by 2035

[en] Since 2008, Ademe's study 'Markets and jobs contributing to the energy transition' has been tracking nearly forty industries in three main sectors: Renewable and Recoverable Energies (RE and R); Low-emission and low-energy land transport; Residential buildings. For each sector, the study tracks the associated markets (in MEuros) and direct jobs (in FTE) in France. The present report is dedicated to renewable energies and covers 16 sectors classified by the following sub-sectors: - Renewable electricity generation: hydroelectricity, onshore wind power, photovoltaics, smart grids, marine renewable energies (MRE); - Renewable heating systems for private homes: wood-fired heating appliances, solar thermal systems, aerothermal heat pumps and thermodynamic water heaters, surface geothermal energy assisted by heat pumps in the residential sector (domestic geothermal heat pumps); - Collective renewable heating systems: wood-energy in the collective-tertiary-industrial sector, heating networks, cooling networks, household waste incineration units, geothermal energy, etc. (excluding surface heat pumps in the residential sector); - First generation biofuels for the gasoline sector (bioethanol and biogasoline) and the diesel sector (biodiesel); - Biogas from methanization and from non-hazardous waste storage facilities. Each of these sectors is the subject of a data sheet, the aim of which is to measure the level of activity generated in France. Activity is broken down into five main segments: equipment manufacture (including those for export), equipment sales, construction of production units and equipment installation, project set-up and preliminary studies, domestic energy sales and operation-maintenance of equipment and facilities. In this report, the sectors monitored are presented by sub-sector and according to their market share in each sub-sector in 2021 (in descending order). In addition, an evolution trajectory aligned with public policy objectives is estimated for markets and jobs up to 2023. For the residential building sector, this is based on the objectives of the second Pluriannual Energy Program 2019-2028 (PPE2). The markets and jobs corresponding to these targets are compared with current trends in the various sectors, using the preliminary 2022 estimate calculated on the basis of the first available data and information (Observ'ER, SDES, ADEME, Enedis, trade federations)

[en] Since 2008, ADEME's study 'Markets and jobs contributing to the energy transition' has monitored more than 30 sectors, divided into three main areas: Renewable and Recoverable Energies (R and RE), Low-Energy and Low-Emission Land Transport, and Residential Buildings. For each sector, the study tracks the associated markets (in terms of sales) and direct jobs (in terms of FTEs) in France. Each sector is broken down into 5 major segments: equipment manufacturing (including those for export), equipment sales, construction of production units and equipment installation, project assembly and preliminary studies, domestic energy sales, and operation and maintenance of equipment and installations. In addition, a market and job growth trajectory aligned with public policy objectives is also indicated up to 2028. This is based on the objectives of the French Multiannual Energy Program (PPE2) and the National Low-Carbon Strategy (SNBC). The markets and jobs corresponding to these environmental policy objectives are compared with current trends in the various sectors concerned, using the preliminary 2023 estimate calculated on the basis of the first available data and information (ADEME, SDES, Observ'ER, Uniclima, Eurostat, INSEE, Enedis, CCFA, AVERE, trade federations)