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La Prénessaye — France

Wind power plant in Brittany, France. Approximate location 48.1859, -2.6476.

WindBrittanyFranceOnshorePre Construction

La Prénessaye is a 10 MW wind power plant in Brittany, France. It ranks #841 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).

10MW installed capacity
2011Pre Construction

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1024499.

Data status

Known data

FacilityLa Prénessaye WRI
CountryFrance · Brittany WRI
Coordinates48.1859, -2.6476 WRI
FuelWind WRI
MW installed capacity10 MW GEM · 2026 · L100000907987; operating plant capacity
Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified
OwnerEDF Renewables [100%] WRI
Commissioned2011 WRI
TechnologyOnshore WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#841 / 2216 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#430 / 721 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.87× · 11.5 MW · n=721 calculated
Climate11.5°C · HDD 2,370 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC4 · 32/100 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: GEM · 2026 · L100000907987; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 10 MW, La Prénessaye is below 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 #430 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 48.1859, -2.6476 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is La Prénessaye?

La Prénessaye is a 10 MW wind power plant in Brittany, France, Pre Construction 2011.

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