Les Essarts-le-Vicomte — France

Les Essarts-le-Vicomte is a 12.3 MW wind power plant in Champagne-Ardenne, France. It ranks #513 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1024200.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000909399; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 12.3 MW, Les Essarts-le-Vicomte 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 #201 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

• Périgny-la-Rose · Wind · 14 MW · Champagne-Ardenne
• Esclavolles-Lurey · Wind · 14 MW · Champagne-Ardenne
• NOGENT · Nuclear · 2,726 MW · Champagne-Ardenne
• Sourdun · Solar · 5.36 MW · Ile-de-France
• Saint-Aubin · Biomass · 1.15 MW · Champagne-Ardenne
• Romilly-sur-Seine · Solar · 7.6 MW · Champagne-Ardenne

Location

Coordinates 48.6649, 3.5534 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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