page_title: Wind power in France
section_title: Installed capacity
hierarchical_section_title: Wind power in France / Installed capacity
caption_attribution_description: English: Wind turbines in the Aveyron department of the Midi-Pyrenees region of France
context_page_description: In 2017 France reached a total of 13,759 MW installed wind power capacity placing France at that time as the world's eighth largest wind power nation by installed capacity, behind the United Kingdom and Canada and ahead of Italy and Brazil. According to the IEA the yearly wind production was 20.2 TWh in 2015, representing almost 23% of the 88.4 TWh from renewable sources in France during that year. Furthermore wind provided for 4.3% of the country’s electricity demand out of the 18.7% provided by renewables in 2015.
  France has the second largest wind potential in Europe. The country's large wind power potential is due to its large land area and extensive agricultural landscape where turbines may be located more readily as well as access to considerable offshore resources.
caption: Wind turbines in the Aveyron department of the Midi-Pyrenees region of France
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