French court bins permits for largest onshore wind farm

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The Nancy Administrative Court of Appeal has announced the cancellation of orders made by the Prefect des Ardennes, authorizing the operation of 63 wind turbines at Mont des Quatre Faux. The issue: the "visual" impact of this large-scale project. - Ardennes: France's most powerful land wind farm project retounded by justice (Environnement). TF1 INFO

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According to the court, the project "significantly aggravates the encirclement of the horizons of these villages" and "these attacks do not appear to be regularizable without a very significant development of the project"

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Nancy's Administrative Court of Appeal cancelled the authorizations received by this project of 63 wind turbines in the Ardennes.

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In particular, EDF was planning to build 63 wind turbines north-east of Reims, but justice considered that the "visual" impact would have been too large for the inhabitants.

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In particular, Nancy's Administrative Court of Appeal considers that the project generates too much "visual" impact.

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[63–wind turbine project on Mont des Quatre-Faux cancelled] The course of the hearing on March 13th suggested this. This Thursday, April 3rd, 2025, the Nancy Administrative Court of Appeal officially rendered its final decision in the Mont des Quatre-Faux wind project case. The order of June 26th, 2017, from the Prefect of the Ardennes authorizing the establishment of the Mont des Quatre-Faux wind farm and the regularization order of October 3rd…