French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled plans for the country to invest €71bn to significantly boost domestic renewable energy capacity over the next 10 years.
Photovoltaic capacity will almost quintuple to 40GW, while onshore wind will more than double in size to 35GW by 2028.
France will also add a further 2.5GW of offshore wind to the 3GW currently planned.
The plans were announced in a speech detailing the government’s plans for France’s upcoming energy roadmap.
The measures still need to pass through several legal stages and are likely to be set in stone in summer next year.
New renewables are set to partly replace nuclear energy. The country has set a target to reduce nuclear’s generation share to 50% by 2035 from 75% currently. Paris will have shut down between four and six nuclear reactors by 2028.