Toulouse data centre's excess heat to warm 27 buildings Project embraces a virtuous circular economy with sustainable energy use
French windfarm paused after 300 protected birds killed by blades Plus how many windfarms are there in France?
Electricity bills in France: move to change peak / off-peak hours system The aim is to make better use of renewable energy sources
news Noise, bird deaths: Windfarm ordered to close for first time in France Campaign groups successfully argued that the turbines were causing harm to birds and residents
France lags behind on wind farm installations, official report warns It now risks fines for being the only country in Europe to miss its European renewable energy targets
French MPs approve bill to speed up development of renewables France aims to multiply solar energy production by 10 and increase both off and onshore wind farms
Easy-fit French solar panels could cut electricity bill by 鈧�30 a month The kits should pay for themselves within three to five years and come with everything needed to get started
France aims to overcome local discontent in wind farm push Emmanuel Macron has inaugurated France鈥檚 first offshore wind farm, after revealing measures aimed at increasing local support for renewable energy projects
Are there tax benefits to renewable electricity contracts in France? 鈥楪reen鈥� electricity deals are increasingly common in France. We look at the practical benefits of switching to a renewable energy contract
EDF nationalisation is end of bumpy ride for French investors In 2005, they bought shares at 鈧�32 each, believing it was a safe investment. The finance ministry has offered shareholders 鈧�12
France plans renewable energy boost as inflation threatens projects It is the only EU country not to have achieved the target of having 23% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020
Le Pen: Is her plan to ban all French wind farms realistic? The far-right presidential hopeful has pledged instead to build up nuclear production if elected. Why, and how would the plan work?
French mayors must be consulted but cannot veto wind farm plans 'The state cannot say it supports decentralisation if it continues to make decisions in the place of mayors' says Andr茅 Flajolet, mayor of SaintVenant, Pas-de-Calais
16km slick off Brittany coast after ship accidentally dumps oil in sea The ship was working as part of a new offshore wind farm project when the accident happened. Authorities are now working to prevent the oil washing up on the Breton coast
Locals fight to save rural French land that Proust loved A peaceful rural landscape described by Marcel Proust in A la recherche du temps perdu could be surrounded by 150m wind turbines unless literature-lovers win a last-gasp fight.
Giant solar energy plant opens in France A giant solar energy plant with 40,000 solar panels has opened in southwest France, with the power to provide energy to almost 13,000 people.
France's largest floating solar plant powers up Energy from 17-hectare site will provide enough energy for more than 4,700 homes
French solar road is a flop but... The world鈥檚 first solar road, built nearly three years ago in France, has turned out to be a flop: as a way to harvest solar power, in terms of making money by reselling energy 鈥� and as a road.
Wind turbine project draws protests in the Dordogne More than 450 people in the Dordogne (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) have protested against a wind turbine project in the region.
Biarritz solar benches prompt jokes over 鈥榥o sit鈥� rule New benches in Biarritz with solar panels built into the seats have prompted mockery on social media, after it was reported that people should 鈥渁void sitting on them during sunnier hours鈥�.
Anger at green light for wind power Twenty-one new projects for clusters of electricity-producing windmills, approved in June, have provoked the anger of opponents and a muted reaction from supporters.
Franco-German electric battery plan to rival China More than 鈧�5billion is to be invested in a Franco-German project to develop electric car batteries to compete with China.
Solar panels are hot idea but beware pitfalls Solar photovoltaic panels cost a fifth what they did 15 years ago, so many people are looking again at fitting them 鈥� even though the price EDF pays for electricity has tumbled.
First for France as wind turbine heads offshore While there are more than 30 offshore windfarms in the UK, October saw the first sparks of French offshore electricity.
Renewable switch campaign launches in France 1 Action Concrete initiative gets under way in time for Earth Day on Sunday
Pioneer village pays for its own solar farm More than 200 residents are supplied with sufficient electricity to fit their needs
Could you buy nothing 鈥榥ew鈥� for the whole of 2018? An eco-friendly association is asking consumers to not buy anything newly-made in 2018, especially when it comes to clothes, books, furniture, white goods and electronics.
Power plan for Bordeaux bridge Prototype water turbines under Bordeaux's first bridge over Garonne could start generating electricity from early 2018
Australians upset at wind farm plan on WWI battlefield An wind turbine project in Pas-de-Calais is causing controversy as its intended site is a former battlefield, on which thousands of Australian soldiers died in World War I.
Local green power for local buyers A new energy supplier, Ilek, allows consumers to buy green electricity from a local supplier of their choice, whether it is a neighbouring windfarm, solar power station or hydro-electric dam.
France鈥檚 largest offshore wind farm approved Brittany project will produce enough energy for 850,000 at full power
