France will target to double the pace at which it adds new solar and biogas production capacity for the rest of the decade to reach its 2030 emission-reduction targets, Energy Transition Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said.
The country also aims to launch a “major” tender for offshore wind projects around the end of 2024 to speed up the development of that energy source, Pannier-Runacher said at a press briefing Tuesday. The annual pace for onshore wind projects should remain in line with 2022 levels, she said.
France will also have to increase investment in battery and hydro-pumped storage systems, as well as tools that help shift power consumption outside peak demand, she said. The country will prepare to build six nuclear reactors, create programs for so-called small and innovative modular reactors, and maintain its sovereignty on the entire nuclear fuel cycle, she said.
To fight global warming, the French government aims to cut the country’s emissions by about one-third between 2022 and the end of the decade — in line with European Union targets for a 55% reduction from 1990 levels.
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