FAIR AND EFFICIENT TARIFFS FOR WIND ENERGY: PRINCIPLES, METHOD, PROPOSAL, DATA AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES IN FRANCE

摘要

After a short presentation of the French rapidly changing context for the development of wind power, this paper presents the principles, the method and the detailed formulas to establish a "fair and efficient" tariff system for wind energy. The method used by ADEME to propose and to help to define such a wind energy tariff system was the "Profitability Index Method" of which recent developments are presented. The new French tariff system defined in the 8th of June 2001 arrete for wind power plants under 12 MW is described. Its potential consequences on the profitability of projects and on the wind power development in France are presented. As a minimum of 5 GW and up to 10 GW of wind power could be installed in France in 2010, some figures of the related over-cost incurred are given and discussed.