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Chastel-Nouvel — France

Wind power plant in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Approximate location 44.5707, 3.4925.

WindLanguedoc-RoussillonFranceOnshorePre Construction

Chastel-Nouvel is a 12 MW wind power plant in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It ranks #564 of 2,216 France power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 8.2% of France's electricity; the national grid averages 41 gCO₂/kWh (94.9% low-carbon) (2025).

12MW installed capacity
2006Pre Construction

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1024277.

Data status

Known data

FacilityChastel-Nouvel WRI
CountryFrance · Languedoc-Roussillon WRI
Coordinates44.5707, 3.4925 WRI
FuelWind WRI
MW installed capacity12 MW ODRE official registry; installed/nameplate capacity
Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified
OwnerArkolia Énergies [100%] WRI
Commissioned2006 WRI
TechnologyOnshore WRI

Official enrichment

Official statusEn service official source

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#564 / 2216 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#238 / 721 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.04× · 11.5 MW · n=721 calculated
Climate8.2°C · HDD 3,552 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC2 · 25/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: ODRE official registry; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 12 MW, Chastel-Nouvel is around the median wind plant in France (11.5 MW). Technically it is described as Onshore. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #238 largest wind power plant of 721 in France by capacity.

France has 721 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 9,164 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 44.5707, 3.4925 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Chastel-Nouvel?

Chastel-Nouvel is a 12 MW wind power plant in Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Pre Construction 2006.

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