Wpd managing director Martin Lehnhoff told Recharge of the court setback on the sidelines of the Windforce conference.

The developer currently is studying how to proceed further in the case, with an appeal being an option, a Wpd press official said.

Wpd – which was part of a consortium led by French utility EDF that lost both 500MW zones awarded in May – had challenged the process that led to the Vendée development site going to a rival group led by GDF, in partnership with EDPR and Areva.

Specifically,