Both winners of the first round have said they want more solar during their electoral campaigns. While Macron promises to double installed PV capacity by 2022, Le Pen claims she will push for a massive deployment of solar and biomass (not wind), although under an "intelligent protectionism".The first round of the French presidential election has said that Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will now have to contend to become France's next president. This result, which leaves the country's traditional parties out of the competition for the first time, is in line with what polls had said during the past weeks.
Marine Le Pen is the well-known leader of the Front National, which has succeeded to improve the anti-immigration and nationalist party's image over the past years, thus making it more attractive for moderate voters. Macron, instead, is a pro-Europe centrist that has created his own party called En Marche!, a political start-up and a completely new model, according to several observers.
Although Macron and Le Pen have failed to provide too many details on their respective energy policies during the electoral campaign, both contenders said openly that solar will receive due attention in their plans for energy and sustainable development.
Macron's program for energy and renewables seems to reflect a strong continuation of the energy policy of France's current government. Macron, in fact, has promised to maintain the current 2030 target for renewables, which aims at covering 32% of national electricity demand with clean energies, ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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