"A major surge of technological denial": the renewable energy sector fears the exclusion of wind and solar power from the French strategy

The Renewable Energy Union (SER) is calling on the government to amend the bill on the future of energy, which was being discussed in the National Assembly until Friday.

The Renewable Energy Union (SER) denounced on Thursday, June 19, the consequences of the proposed law on France's energy future, which was being examined until Friday in the National Assembly. "The amendments adopted so far could exclude solar and wind energy – onshore and offshore – from the country's future energy planning," the SER warned in a press release . They stipulate that "decarbonized energies are produced from nuclear, hydraulic, tidal, geothermal, aerothermal, biomass, osmotic and kinetic installations" but do not mention wind and solar energy , it notes.

"This statement leaves aside, in a great burst of technological denial, the two renewable sectors that are developing the fastest in the rest of the world: solar and wind," continues the SER, for whom "it is urgent to reintroduce these strategic sectors into the text of the law, otherwise the energy and social consequences will be disastrous . " "Designing France's energy future by deciding, by pure political convention, that solar and wind should be excluded from the equation is totally irresponsible," denounces Jules Nyssen, president of the SER.

On Monday, MPs began examining the bill by Senator Daniel Gremillet (LR) , already adopted at first reading in the Senate, which will inspire the multi-year energy programming decree (PPE) setting out France's roadmap for the period 2025-2035.

Discussions became heated on Thursday afternoon, with the surprise adoption of a moratorium on the development of new wind and photovoltaic installations, a measure deemed "irresponsible" by the government. An amendment to this effect by LR deputy Jérôme Nury was narrowly adopted by the right and the far right in the face of the depleted benches of the left and the central bloc groups. The RN has consistently denounced costly and "intermittent" energy sources throughout the debates.