Marine Le Pen's energy programme would represent a backward step if the far-right candidate wins France's presidential elections, a group representing the renewables industry said.
Le Pen, who has put nuclear at the heart of her campaign, has proposed dismantling France's existing wind farms and cutting subsidies to wind and solar power, which would distance the European Union member from the bloc's energy strategy.
President Emmanuel Macron, Le Pen's rival in the April 24 presidential election runoff, has said he would promote renewable energy as an opportunity to create jobs if re-elected.
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