World Power Plants

Parc éolien des Monts de l'Ain8.2 MW Wind

WindRenewableVerified: Mar 2026

Parc éolien des Monts de l'Ain is an onshore wind farm in eastern France with an installed capacity of approximately 8 MW. It is one of many small and mid-sized wind projects distributed across rural France that together make up the country's 20+ GW onshore wind fleet. An earlier capacity figure shown for this facility resulted from a unit error in the source data and has been corrected.

Capacity
8.2 MW
Commissioning Year
2020

6 years old

Owner
Engie
Location
46.0610°, 5.5113°

France, Europe

Context & rankings
  • 1,033. largest of 2,195 plants in France
  • #25,692 worldwide by installed capacity
  • #4,448 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
Age & fleet comparison

6 years in operation

Wind fleet average: 14.4 years

Operator portfolio

Engie operates 344 plants totalling 13,020 MW

Regional density

92 plants within 100 km, 17,475 MW combined

Nearest plant: Allement (8.9 km)

Data provenance

Source: Wikidata

Location

Coordinates:: 46.060978, 5.511282
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Carbon Footprint

Zero Direct Emissions

Parc éolien des Monts de l'Ain is a wind power plant producing approximately 22 GWh of clean electricity per year with zero direct CO₂ emissions during operation.

Lifecycle emissions: ~11 g CO₂/kWh (manufacturing, transport, decommissioning)

Technical Details

Primary Fuel Type
Wind
Energy Source
Renewable
Country
France
Continent
Europe
Data Source
Global Power Plant Database

FranceEnergy Profile

2,195
Total Plants
192.2 GW
Total Capacity
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