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France
35,521,9 MW - 2,184 windfarms - 11,051 turbines (*)


Official installed capacities  

 Year Capacity
(MW)
Growth
(%)
Onshore share
(MW)
Offshore share
(MW)
 199710
 199821
 199925
 200068
 200195
 2002148
 2003248
 2004386
 2005757
 20061,567
 20072,455
 20083,404
 20094,492
 20105,970
 20116,640
 20127,564
 20138,254
 20149,296
 201510,293
 201612,065
 201713,757
 201815,307
 201916,646
 202017,949
 202118,676
 202221,120
 202323,474
 202424,929
 202526,372


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Zones (*)  

 Zone Connected
capacity (MW)
Share (%)
 80 (Hauts-de-France)
 Offshore
 62 (Hauts-de-France)
 51 (Grand Est)
 02 (Hauts-de-France)
 10 (Grand Est)
 28 (Centre-Val de Loire)
 08 (Grand Est)
 60 (Hauts-de-France)
 76 (Normandie)
 55 (Grand Est)
 52 (Grand Est)
 86 (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
 79 (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
 44 (Pays de la Loire)
 22 (Bretagne)
 59 (Hauts-de-France)
 11 (Occitanie)
 56 (Bretagne)
 17 (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
 89 (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
 36 (Centre-Val de Loire)
 12 (Occitanie)
 57 (Grand Est)
 21 (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
 85 (Pays de la Loire)
 16 (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
 18 (Centre-Val de Loire)
 81 (Occitanie)
 34 (Occitanie)
 45 (Centre-Val de Loire)
 49 (Pays de la Loire)
 35 (Bretagne)
 53 (Pays de la Loire)
 29 (Bretagne)
 25 (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
 07 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
 87 (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
 66 (Occitanie)
 14 (Normandie)
 50 (Normandie)
 54 (Grand Est)
 26 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
 27 (Normandie)
 15 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
 88 (Grand Est)
 48 (Occitanie)
 72 (Pays de la Loire)
 63 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
 23 (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
 43 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
 971 (Guadeloupe)
 988 (Nouvelle-Calédonie)
 70 (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
 61 (Normandie)
 77 (Ile-de-France)
 41 (Centre-Val de Loire)
 58 (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
 83 (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur)
 03 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
 31 (Occitanie)
 67 (Grand Est)
 91 (Ile-de-France)
 13 (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur)
 01 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
 972 (Martinique)
 974 (La Réunion)
 2B (Corse)
 39 (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
 78 (Ile-de-France)
 42 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
 30 (Occitanie)
 69 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
 71 (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
 19 (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
 84 (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur)
 46 (Occitanie)
 38 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
 Unidentified 0,0


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Top 10 manufacturers (*)  

 Manufacturer Connected
capacity (MW)
Market share (%)
 Vestas
 Enercon
 Nordex
 Siemens-Gamesa
 Senvion
 GE Vernova
 Gamesa
 Repower
 Siemens
 Ecotecnia
 Others 530,0
 Unidentified 223,3


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Top 25 turbines (*)  

 Turbine Connected
capacity (MW)
Market share (%)
 V90/2000
 MM92/2050
 E70/2300
 V100/2000
 SG 8.0-167 DD
 V100/2200
 V110/2200
 E82/2000
 E82/2300
 N100/2500
 N90/2500
 N117/3000
 SWT-7.0-154
 Haliade 150
 E70/2000
 N117/3600
 N117/2400
 V136/3450
 E92/2350
 G90/2000
 V110/2000
 V126/3450
 V150/4000-4200
 V136/4000-4200
 V117/3300
 Others 9,431,4
 Unidentified 524,1


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Turbine power distribution (*)  

 Power range Number of connected
turbines
Represented capacity
(MW)
 Less than 1 MW
 1 to 2 MW
 2 to 3 MW
 3 to 4 MW
 4 to 5 MW
 5 to 6 MW
 6 to 7 MW
 7 to 8 MW
 More than 8 MW


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Wind farm age distribution (*)  

 Period Number of connected
wind farms
Number of connected
turbines
Represented capacity (MW)
 Before 1980
 1980 to 1989
 1990 to 1999
 2000 to 2009
 2010 to 2019
 Since 2020
 Undated


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Main windfarms in operation

Fécamp Offshore (497,0 MW)
Saint-Brieuc (496,0 MW)
Noirmoutier (496,0 MW)
Saint-Nazaire (480,0 MW)
Sud Marne (126,0 MW)
Richebourg 1 (92,4 MW)
Sud Marne (75,4 MW)
Germinon-Velye (75,0 MW)
Champagne Picarde (72,6 MW)
Forêt de Lanouée (64,6 MW)
Douiche (60,0 MW)
Levézou Salles-Curan (60,0 MW)
Langres Sud (53,3 MW)
Sambrès (53,3 MW)
Le Moulin d’Emanville (51,0 MW)


Recent windfarms

Groies de Parançay (8,4 MW)
Eole Saint-Quentin Nord (16,0 MW)
Les Terrages (3,0 MW)
Les Terrages (9,0 MW)
Chambon-Puyravault (33,6 MW)
Saint-Jean-de-Liversay (18,0 MW)
Romazières (12,0 MW)
Noirmoutier (496,0 MW)
Romazières (6,0 MW)
Saint-Bon (12,6 MW)


Legend

#ND: no data
(*): according to The Wind Power database


Update for this sheet

15 February 2026




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