Challenges for Wind Turbines in the Energy Transition: The Example of an Offshore Wind Farm in France

Abstract

To meet the requirements of European policy on energy transition (the 20/20/20 targets), France is developing a number of major offshore wind farms projects. Based on the study of one of them (off the coast of Caen), this chapter analyses the challenges and issues raised by these projects for the development of renewable energies. In particular, it explores how they provide evidence of ``think global'' limitations, as wind power is only seen as an alternative energy source rather than as a local community resource.