He comes to defend his energy policy based on the development of renewable energies and the revival of nuclear power. Less than a month before the European elections, Emmanuel Macron will be in Normandy for two days. The Head of State will first go to Fécamp (Seine-Maritime) this Wednesday afternoon to inaugurate an offshore wind farm, the third in France after those of Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Brieuc.
With 71 wind turbines installed, the Fécamp park will have a power of around 500 megawatts and will operate at 100% during the summer. It will then be able to supply around 700,000 French people. Around ten other marine wind farms are also under construction or planned in France and a huge call for tenders must be launched next year for the production of 10 additional gigawatts by 2035.
The start, twelve years late, of Flamanville
During his visit to Fécamp, Emmanuel Macron must also unveil the winner of one of the current calls for tenders relating to a floating wind farm with a power of 250 megawatts in the south of Brittany.
After renewable energies, the President of the Republic will also come to talk about nuclear power with a trip on Thursday to the Flamanville EPR site (Manche). He will witness the end of uranium loading of the first French EPR in preparation for the start-up, twelve years late, of the country’s most powerful nuclear reactor. Located on the tip of Cotentin, it will supply nearly three million households.